Acoustic Guitars
nylon and archtop strings
Red cedar table –
- Linen fiber box.
Basswood and cedar handle –
- 2 octave fretless key in Cormier.
- Horn bridge, bone saddles
-Event on table and sides –
Comfort side vent
Schertler machine heads
- Neck width 48 mm at the nut
Dia: 680 mm/650mm –
– Weight 1.8kg
- LR baggs Element sensor
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This nylon string version of the Ouessant was born at the request of Richard Bonnet, who wanted a 7 string (also low B), whose central characteristic is to be fretless! We started on the basis of the L1, linen body, for playing comfort and balance, and the choice of the multi-scale was made naturally, to give all the necessary depth to the bass strings...
Cedar top for roundness, cormier fingerboard, basswood handle, linen fiber!
Spruce Table –
Cypress back and sides.
Basswood and cedar handle –
21-box key & Macassar easel. Event on table and sides –
Schertler machine heads
Neck width 48 mm at the nut
Diameter: 650 mm –
Frets 2 mm – Weight 1.6 kg
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The Sassandra is my most advanced nylon string model. Corollary of the Ouessant, it takes up the main principles, side vent, pre-stressed Kopodirac dam, spruce top (available in cedar version), very dynamic offering beautiful bass.
This version is specifically designed with a 14 fret neck.
+ €320 for an Ischell Inside C system
Table composed of spruce/cedar. Cypress back and sides.
Basswood and cedar handle. 21-box key & easel in Macassar. Event on table and background.
Mechanical Schaller – Slide: 650 mm – Frets 2 mm
Youtube: DemoAlice Ducoin
A Sassandra nylon string model, dedicated to the sounds of flamenco, built light and dynamic, with the Audirac fan bracing, pre-stressed bracing reinforced with carbon.
Spruce top – Cypress back and sides. Basswood and cedar neck – 18 fret fingerboard & Macassar easel. Event on table and sides – Schertler tuners
Diameter: 660 mm – Frets 2 mm – weight 1.6 kg
Youtube: Demo Jacques Darras /Demo Steven Fougères
Ouessant nylon strings – Fully made guitar
in European species: cypress, spruce, lime and corm tree.
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Ouessant nylon string version - Spruce top
Back and sides in Cypree - Fingerboard and bridge in Cormier
Span 650mm
3/4 body version of the Sassandra, with mahogany back and sides, more rigid construction than for a full acoustic, and a more "folk" sized neck, dedicated more to Latin music or guitarists accustomed to ;the steel string guitar. The dimensions are adaptable to each customer, 43, 44, 46, 48 mm at the nut.
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Spruce top. Mahogany back and sides. Mahogany neck. Key & Ebony bridge, walnut binding. Event on table and sides. Schaller tuners.
Diameter: 640 mm. Frets 2 AirBag C electro system Ischell.
3/4 nylon strings, spruce top,
back and sides in macassar ebony.
Schertler mechanics. Diameter 650 mm
A steel-stringed Sassandra model, tuned in Tres
Cedar top, mahogany back and sides (kaya from Honduras),
Mahogany neck, macassar ebony fingerboard and bridge.
Schaller vintage type tulip button tuners, Ischell electo system, electret type sensor, very transparent and faithful to the sound;
of the instrument.
Diameter: 660 mm – Frets 2 mm – weight 1.6 kg
Numerous guitars made over the years, to order or directly created, based on Caravan, Malaga, Sassandra, Santobino models, etc.
Table carved in Spruce –
Carved back and sides in Jura walnut
Walnut and cedar handle –
21 fret rosewood fingerboard
Walnut and bone easel.
Event on table and sides –
+ side vent
Carbon and walnut tailpiece
Schaller Weverly tuners
Neck width 45 mm at the nut
Diameter: 650 mm –
2.5 mm frets – Weight 1.7 kg
Benedetti Floating Microphone
Ischell Inside C sensor
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The Gloucester is my latest acoustic archtop guitar model, designed and produced following my work alongside Ken Parker.
This version was electrified at the request of my client, with a Benedetti jazz microphone covered in a scrap of walnut at the bottom, and an Ischell pickup which restores the acoustic character of the guitar.
Table carved in Spruce –
Carved back and sides in Jura walnut
Walnut and cedar handle –
21 fret rosewood fingerboard
Walnut and bone easel.
Event on table and sides –
+ side vent
Carbon and walnut tailpiece
Schaller Weverly tuners
Neck width 45 mm at the nut
Diameter: 650 mm –
2.5 mm frets – Weight 1.7 kg
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The Gloucester is my latest acoustic archtop guitar model, designed and produced following my work alongside Ken Parker. Like the latter, I am trying here to bring together the tradition of acoustic jazz guitars with vaulted tops and contemporary design put at the service of ergonomics and sound performance.
This first acoustic version bears the nickname Buddha, a nod to my friend Ken!