Hi All,
Richard Bruné with his son Marshall
Exciting news. Richard Bruné, all round nice guy and luthier extraordinaire from the Chicago area, just finished setting up and maximizing sound and playability on a number of guitars that will be coming my way.
One is a professionally owned, recorded and beloved 1991 Manuel Velazquez with brilliant German Spruce and Brazilian Rosewood. Used on a number of professionally released recordings, the guitar is out of this world in terms of sound and playability, warmth and clarity.
A Reyes model built by Manuel Adalid using the finest woods is also coming. Actually 2 of them, one with Cypress, the other with Cedar and Rosewood.
A Hauser model, again, using the finest materials, is en route. This guitar is not capable of being ordered from Manuel. It was a special build using his oldest woods. This guitar will cost almost double what a typical Hauser build would cost from Manuel Adalid.
A new Kenny Hill Signature Cedar with EIRW is en route, along with a few Performance Series guitars to round out the inventory. I’ll write more about these as they come in to the gallery.
I have a Baroque Guitar coming from Italy, and a few other immensely gorgeous instruments from around the world. Busy place of late, which is nice, except for my ability to relax and play some golf. 🙂 Best and talk soon. Rich
Hello,
I am inquiring about finding the value of a 1957 Manuel Velasquez Guitar #12 that belonged to my father. He is now deceased, and none of my siblings play the guitar. It is not in it’s original case and does have some scratches and lines through it (hopefully not cracks). Could you point me in the right direction for finding it’s value and a new home, perhaps? I am in Chicago. Thank you,
Joan Abrams