AUTHORIZED BARTOLEX USA DEALER
2008 Bartolex
10-String Guitar
Up for consideration is a wonderful-sounding 2008
Bartolex 10-String
classical guitar, with all solid woods and a solid spruce top.
This the original model Bartolex 10-String guitar, with Ramirez
fan bracing, and it is from the same Bartolex line that I personally
play. Click HERE
for my review of my own
guitar. Click HERE
for 1270 Hi-resolution photos of this guitar. This model is no
longer in production, as it has a lot of high-end details that
are very expensive to make. So here is your chance to get this
amazing new guitar right away, without having to wait or place
a custom order. The street price for the current model guitar
(available in December) is $1,699 -- with laminated back and
sides -- so here is a rare chance to get an all-solid
wood concert 10-string guitar at a tremendous discount!!!
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$100 Off From Bing.Com
Bartolex is a guitar company founded by Argentinian luthier
and guitarist Neris Gonzales, with production based in
a high-quality Artisian Workshop in China. The result is a great
guitar design with high-quality woods and workmanship, at a very
affordable price (Click here for my Cathedral
Guitar Interview with Neris). Click here for additional
Bartolex reviews 1
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The sound, both acoustically and recorded, is wonderful. I personally
am endorsing Bartolex 10-string guitars, because I have already
played several dozen gigs this year on my own Bartolex
guitar, and I'm continually astounded at how good these guitars
are. This guitar is the answer to my personal dream of having
a quality 10-string guitar in standard production, at an affordable
price -- and maybe it will be for you as well.
I have played and owned many multi-string classical guitars,
and this instrument rivals, equals or surpasses many hand-made
guitars currently selling in the 3k - 6k range. This guitar has
a AAA-grade solid spruce top, solid East Indian Rosewood back
& Sides, ebony fretboard, and creates a beautifully-balanced
Spanish sound with rounded trebles, deep basses, and excellent
resonance and sympathetic sustain. The low bass response is particularly
good on this guitar. Many low A strings sound weak and tubby,
but the Ramirez bracing creates a wondeful balance across all
the registers, and creates a very even response all thw way down
to low A.
I have the guitar tuned in Romantic/Baroque tuning,
a standard 10-string tuning: 1-6 is normal, and 7-10 descend
step-wise: 7=D, 8=C, 9=B, 10 =A. Strings By Mail
has a great selection of 10-string sets and can put together
custom sets for you at a discount over individual strings.
GUITAR SPECS:
* Scale Length 650 mm
* Nut Width = 84 mm
* 12th Fret width = 100 mm
* Action Fret 1 = 3.5 mm
* Action Fret 10 = 4.5 mm
* Top = Solid Spruce
* Saddle, Nut = Bone
* Back/Sides: Solid East Indian Rosewood
* Fretboard = Ebony
* Finish: Lacquer
* Model: MRS10
* Hardshell case
* Made in China
SOUNDFILES
Here are fifteen quick, 1-take MP3s of this guitar, tracked
using a vintage Neumann KM254 tube microphone, into a
Presonus
ADL 600 preamp with a Rosetta 200 A/D converter.
This is straight, pure signal with no additional EQ or effects.
This guitar is very easy to record, and would make an excellent
classical 10-string guitar for a CD, or for recording nylon-string
guitar tracks in any musical style:
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| Corn Yards (Scottish Renaissance,
Rowallen Lute Book, 1596-1657)
2
| Bianca Fiore (Cesare Negri,
1535-1604, Italian Renaissance)
3
| Love Song (Guillaume de Machaut,
1300-1377, French)
4
| Intonation Test (fretted note @
12th fret, followed by Harmonic)
5
| Kyrie
(Latin Chant, + improvisation)
6
| Joy To the Person (Anon.,
English Renaissance)
7
| Kelly's Song (Stephen Andrew Bright,
original composition, 2008)
8
| From the Beginning (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, 1972, Trilogy)
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| Branle Gay
(Renaissance)
10
| Se A Mi Acorgo (Italian Renaissance)
11
| Packington's Pound (English
Renaissance, before 1596)
12
| Timur's Song (Stephen Andrew Bright,
original composition, 2009)
13
| Resonance Test
(Showing Sympathetic Resonance)
14
| The Third Tune (Thomas Tallis, 1505-1586,
with improvisations)
15
| Wascha Mesa (Hans Neusidler,
1508-1563, German Renaissance)
In short, this guitar is a great concert and/or recording guitar
for any intermediate to advanced-level player, and it would make
a great guitar for concerts, recitals, local gigs, as well as
recording studio projects. It is also the ideal guitar for first
getting into the world of Multi-String guitars, as it is a very
affordable, easy-to-play, and a great-sounding instrument.
CONDITION
This guitar is about one year old, and is in near mint condition.
Only upon close inspection one can fine a tiny ding inthe binding
of the lower bout. The rest of the guitar is like new. The case
has some small white marke from storage in a closet next to the
sheet rock.
SHIPPING & TERMS
USA shipping is $40.00 via or FedEx Ground with included insurance,
but shipping is free to USA Buy-It-Now customers. All sales are
final, so please ask questions first. I do accept PayPal. Thanks
for looking. This auction is for 2008 Bartolex 10-string classical
guitar and hardshell case and microfiber polishing cloth. No
other accessories are included.
PLEASE CHECK OUT
my other Pro Audio / music gear for sale in Current
eBay Auctions, and also see some of other Bartolex
Multi-Strings that have Recently
Sold on eBay.
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