1971 Yamaha GC-15D Brazilian Rosewood Grand Concert Classical Guitar

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1971 Yamaha GC-15D Brazilian Rosewood Grand Concert Classical Guitar

Location:

Sanford, FL

Description:

Here is an excellent condition rare, 1971 Yamaha Grand Concert Classical Guitar Model GC-15D.This is a high level quality classical guitar. It was made in a small corner workshop of the Yamaha Nippon-Gakki factory in Japan. This is from the second series of Yamaha Grand Concert top level guitars.The overall condition of the guitar is excellent. There are no cracks in the top, back or sides of this guitar. The finish of the top was refurbished using lacquer to minimize surface blemishes.This hand-crafted guitar was built using solid Brazilian rosewood for the back and sides, a Cedar neck and a solid European spruce top. The binding and headstock cap are made using rosewood as well. The guitar has the intricate rosette used on the early Grand Concert series.Scale length on this guitar is 662 millimeters. The ebony fretboard is in excellent condition. The guitar has just been refretted, with the ends and surface well polished. Action on the 12th fret low E string is 3.9 millimeters and the 12th fret high E string measures 3.1 millimeters. Nut width is 52 millimeters.This guitar still has the original gold Yamaha tuners in very good condition which hold tune well.This is a very rare early Yamaha Grand Concert guitar. Because of this, it uses a unique numbered and dated label.In the mid 1960's Yamaha wanted to build quality classical guitars. Knowing that the secrets of building a great guitar were passed down from father to son for generations of Spanish luthiers, they hired Eduardo Ferrer. Eduardo was the nephew of Benito Ferrer, one of the greatest luthiers of the early 20th century known for having given Andres Segovia his first quality guitar.In 1966, 1967 and 1968, Yamaha hired Eduardo Ferrer to teach their three greatest luthiers how to build great classical guitars. From this instruction, the Yamaha Grand Concert series of guitars was born.Comparable modern Yamaha guitars are priced at 7,000+ dollars.The guitar will be carefully packed and shipped in a good condition hard shell case placed inside a sturdy box.Please see my other fine Classical and Flamenco guitars for sale.

Category:

Guitars

Posted:

January 7 on Americanlisted