A rare find, a fabulous guitar with true Spanish spirit and tone. The tone is very rich and powerful with great projection and sustain. A joy to play.
About the Luthier
Established in 1966, all Amalio Burguet guitars are handmade in their workshop in Catarroja Spain. The Burguet family's goal is to provide top quality instruments. For this they use the best materials including solid tonewood in all models with a minimum drying time of 7 years. They also use the most innovative glue and the best varnishes on the market today.
Condition
The guitar is in excellent showroom condition despite the age of 22 years. It has a few superficial marks of use in different places, such as dings and scuffs, but no major issues. Please refer to the pictures. Guitar players have different styles and features, so it might need to be set up according to your preferences. There is no visible fretwear.
Specs
Top: Cedar (Thuja plicata)
Bracing: Fan
Back / Sides: Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck: Cedar (Thuja plicata)
Fingerboard: African Ebony
Bridge: Rosewood, Natural Bone Saddle
String Length: 650 mm
Nut Width: Natural bone, 52 mm
String Width: 42.5 mm
Body Thickness: 100 mm (4")
Action at 12th Fret (1st): 3.60 mm
Action at 12th Fret (6th): 3.75 mm
Ships in Original hard case
From Valencia, Amalio Burguet has been in charge of his own workshop in Catarroja for more than 50 years. He is tirelessly and constantly in search of a way to make the best possible guitars.
A life dedicated to making guitars.
Amalio Burguet was born in Catarroja, a small village near the sunny city of Valencia in 1951. From a very young age, he developed a great ability to make guitars by working in various workshops. It was in these workshops that he made his first guitar in 1966 and became an expert in series production
However, he admired the guitars that were totally handmade, hand crafted in a one man workshop. Soon he resumed his musical training, years of conservatoire and began to look deeper into the most artisanal aspects.This involved studying the treatment of materials more in depth, especially the treatment of wood and the construction processes
In 1984 he realised his dream, he opened his own workshop in Catarroja. It is here where he applies everything he has learned, making innovative high quality handmade guitars, at the same time affordable for everyone, students and professionals. In short, Amalio is the alma mater of the small family workshop. A whole life dedicated to the artisanal development of the instrument that he is obsessed by, the Spanish guitar.
