The Alhambra 10FP Carlos Pinana Flamenco Negra guitar is a recent model from Alhambra guitars in the eastern part of Spain. Many contemporary Flamenco players find they need a guitar that offers a fuller and rounder bass response, as well as the traditional treble-clarity and power one expects in a traditional Flamenco guitar. To this end we have seen an increasing number of Flamenco Guitars built with dark coloured Rosewood back and sides, commonly called Flamenco Negra guitars.
Alhambra Guitars, in a collaboration with Carlos Piñana, a fabulous young player from Murcia, Spain, have focused on making dramatic improvements to the Flamenco Negra Guitar. Master Luthiers Menguel Y Margarit of the Alhambra Custom Shop completed a year-long experimental phase developing an entirely new bracing system for these new guitars. Breaking with tradition they chose the increased responsiveness of cedar for the top; abandoning the standard 7-fan-brace pattern, they developed a complex bracing system of 9 delicate parallel braces intersected by 2 cross members with a total of 15 individual top braces; and joined to the sides using massive solid Spanish-cedar linings.
DETAILS:
- Solid Cedar Top
- Indian Rosewood back and Sides
- Ebony Fingerboard
- French Polish
- Split Golpéador Tap plates
- Deep Body
- 650mm scale length
- 52mm nut width
- Hardshell case included
