Name: 2015 Luciano Maggi Flamenco Spruce Cypress
SKU: LMAGGI-2015-Blanca-S_CY
Price: 9995.00 USD
Availability: InStock

2015 Luciano Maggi Flamenco Spruce Cypress

$9,995.00

An amazing guitar by the Italian Master Luthier – Blanca with superb power and voice

1 in stock

Description

2015 Luciano Maggi Flamenco Spruce Cypress

Features

Model	2015 Luciano Maggi Flamenco Spruce Cypress Shaula Model
Condition	Pre-Owned- Excellent Condition – see description below
Scale	650 mm
Finish	French Polish Top with Maggi’s Original Varnish
Tuners	Pegs – Traditional – fit very well
Case	Italian Contoured HSC – nice case by Marco Magi of Italy

Tone Woods

Top	Select Italian Spruce, source is Val di Fiemme (Stradivari’s spruce)
Sides/Back	Cypress
Neck	Figured Sapele Mahogany
Bridge	Rosewood – 12 hole tie block
Head Plate	Carved Rosewood
Fingerboard	Ebony (Diospyros ebenum) via Cameroon

Measurements

Nut Width	52mm
String Spacings	44mm – 51mm- 58mm at 1st fret – 12th fret – saddle
Overall length	39″
Body length	19 1/4″
Upper bout width	10 3/4″
Waist Width	9″
Lower bout width	14 1/8″
Body depths	3 7/16″ & 3 11/16″ upper bout to lower bout
Weight	3lbs. & 2 oz.

2015 Luciano Maggi Flamenco Spruce Cypress

Comments:

This is a very interesting guitar. She is classified as a Shaula Flamenco by Luciano (see label photo). The internals are amazing (see photos). The guitar is quick, loud, percussive, a monster in every regard. She is also in excellent condition, with just the slightest tap marks in and around the rosette and the bridge, (wholly expected from a professional level flamenco). I would have thought it would be worse, but she was very well taken care of in all regards. The old style wooden pegs work very well. I was able to tune it up very quickly and easily.

The guitar is seriously worked on the inside. I cannot say enough. There is bracing, X patterns, air flow holes in the soundbars, bracing on the back, and so on. It’s a marvel to look at the inside of this guitar. I suppose he knows what he’s doing simply because the guitar delivers. Extraordinary is the word.

The price includes an Italian built HSC and Express Shipping to the 50US

From the owner, who knows Luciano well, ”

The purpose of the diaphragm is to allow the air column flow through the sound port to be reversed in direction in respect to the sound hole flow.

In other words, when the air is going into the sound hole, it is expelled from the sound port and vice versa.

This prevents the air flow to fight against itself as it is the case in a traditional single hole guitar and it allows for much greater dynamics without the compression effect typical of when a guitar is being pushed to its limits.

It also allows the sound wave to be ‘formed outside of the guitar’. What I mean by that is that the air flow is almost circulating ‘through’ the guitar through the two holes, completing the circle outside of the guitar, where the audience is. The sound resulting is therefore perceived as ‘right there’ and coming from all around by the audience, rather than boxy as sometimes is the case even with traditional concert guitars.

I realize this all sounds like mumbo jumbo, but to hear is to believe.

The projection of this type of construction is really something one has to hear to believe it. To really appreciate all this you should play this guitar in a huge hall. After all, it is a concert guitar.

The dimensions of the small holes on the diaphragm also play a big role.

So much so that the guitar can be tuned and completely change sound character if you experiment any combination of plugging them up.

However, the best projection and volume is achieved with the holes open, just as it came.”

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Media

Listening with high quality headphones or audio equipment is highly recommended

We have a guest professional flamenco artist coming to the gallery to record the flamenco guitars here. He’ll do a helluva better job than me, that’s for certain LOL..

MP3 Audio – Just having fun with the guitar as I have zero flamenco chops – a few ideas and then some discussion – luciano-maggi-2015

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Video

Vito Genna performing a Traditional Rumba using Luciano’s guitar

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Another Video sent to me by Luciano. Wonderful performance, you can hear the raw energy of the guitar in the hands of the performer, Angela Centola playing some quality Sabicas

Shipping:

Premium HSC is included in your purchase price.
Insured FedEx Ground, USPS Ground Shipping is included to the 50 US
Anywhere else is subject to the most recent quote from USPS
Please write to me for a detailed quote for International Shipping.
Packaging is professionally done within its hard-shell case.
It is always preferred that you come to the Studio to play it and pick it up.
Rich