NEW Lucio Nunez 7-String Guitar

Spruce Top, Indian Rosewood, w/Cutaway!!!

LUCIO
NUNEZ
7-String
Guitar

Up for sale is a 2014 7-string classical guitar by San Antonio, TX, luthier Lucio Nunez, which features his lattice bracing pattern which he has been perfecting over the last 10 years, as well as a Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, and a cutaway. Lucio Nunez has built over 1,000 classical guitars over a carear spanning several decades, and also has a lot of experience making multi-string guitars. This 7-string is his Lucia model, which normally sells for $3,500, but has several custom features that normally cost extra -- like the rounded cutaway, and a 14-hole bridge. Here is a unique opportunity to get a beautiful 7-string guitar with no waiting time, and with custom upgrades at no extra charge!!!

Click HERE for 1270 Hi-resolution photos of this guitar, and here is additional info about Lucio from the Lucio Nunez website. This guitar comes with a full 1-year warranty, with a satisfaction guaranteed, 3-day return policy. Lucio Nunez has already made over a dozen 10-string guitars for me [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ], including eight Ramirez and Sakurai / Kohno 10-String guitar conversions [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ]. This is a wonderful 7-string guitar, and one of the few concert quailty 7-string guitars that you can get today without having to pony up $5,000 or more, and go on a lengthy multi-year waiting list!!!

The sound, both acoustically and recorded, is world-class. The sustain is fantastic, the sympathetic resonance on this guitar is simply excellent (see sound clip, below). I have played and owned dozens of multi-string classical guitars, and this instrument equals or surpasses most luthier-built guitars I have heard in the 5k and above range. This guitar has a beautiful Spruce top, a nice set of East Indian Rosewood back & sides, cutaway, 14-hole bridge for optium break angle over the bridge, and an endpin for future pickup installation for crossover players. The guitar has beautifully, sustaining trebles, deep resonant basses, and rich sympathetic resonance and sustain. The low bass response is outstanding on this guitar, and it also has great separation of voices, clarity and evenness through all the registers, and a balance that you can only find on the finest of guitars. This guitar is a wonderful instrument, and I offer a 3-day return guarantee that you will be absolutely thrilled to own and play it, or simply return it.

TESTIMONIALS

“The Cathedral 40 by Lucio Nunez is great by the way -- the best sounding guitar I've ever owned. I have had several $15k and $20K guitars in my collection in the past, and the Cathedral 40 (a Bernabe Imperial copy) beats them all pretty handily.”
--Walt Downs
Zephyrhills, Florida
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“I've played the Lucio Nunez Sakurai / Kohno 10-String Conversion for probably six hours since it came yesterday and she is indeed EXCELLENT. I have played guitars that cost three times as much that did not play as well or sound as good. The sustain and resonance on this instrument are amazing. I truly could not be happier with the instrument. The Sakurai / Kohno can do what I imagined a 10 string could do. It is simply superb. It is easily one of the finest instruments I have ever played. I cannot tell you how happy I am with the instrument. I will be playing it next week in public for its maiden voyage.”
Greig Schneider, D.M.A.
Los Alamos , New Mexico

“I just want to tell you how happy I am with the Lucio Nunez Kohno 15 10-String conversion. The pictures and recordings did not do it justice. It is simply amazing. I own two wonderful custom double tops that I have not played for three weeks. I can not put this guitar down. The workmanship is next to perfect. All notes are almost piano-like, yet warm and sweet. It has been a pleasure doing business with you.”
Herman Raley
Cashmere, WA

“No question, I love this guitar! The Lucio Nunez Ramirez 1a 10-string conversion is one of the finest-playing guitars I own. The tone is pure Ramirez -- she sings; the sustain is Viagra. I could not be more pleased with this guitar. I am so glad I purchased this instrument.”
Peter A. Couturer
Greensboro, NC

“The Lucio Nunez Kohno Model 10 conversion is certainly impressive. The new 10 string adaptation certainly respects the the workmanship and style of the late Mr. Kohno. From the signature head pattern to the Kohno style double ebony stripes and finish, it is hardly distinguishable from the original except for the extra strings -- my other performance guitar is from the same maker, same year, and same model, so I know! The sound, however, is the most impressive quality. It is especially well-suited to lute tunings and corresponding lute music for which I procured it.”
-- Roy Barger
Chattanooga, TN

STRINGS
I have the guitar in D'Addario strings, tuned to 7=A. Strings By Mail has a great selection of multi-string sets and can put together custom sets for you at a discount over individual strings. Several excellent string manufacturers offer 7-string low bass strings, including D'Addario, which come on this guitar, Hannabach, and Savarez. LaBella makes a set but I do not recommend it, as the low basses are weak and unresponsive. Aranjuez also makes a set, but I have not tried them.

GUITAR SPECS:
* Lucia Model
* Luthier: Lucio Nunez
* Top: Spruce Cedar
* B/S: Indian Rosewood
* Lattice Bracing
* Fretboard: Ebony
* Rounded Cutaway
* 14-Hole Bridge
* Wooden Endpin
* Saddle/Nut: Bone
* Finish: Lacquer
* Scale: 650 mm
* ACTION
@ String 1 = 3 mm
@ String 10 = 4 mm
* Humicase
* Made in USA

SOUND FILES
Here are 14 MP3 sound files of this guitar, to give you an idea of what to expect. The guitar has nice sympathetic resonance and sustain, as well as excellent power and projection, beautiful bass response, even response across the registers, ands is a joy to play. These MP3 files have no compression, EQ or reverb -- just straight signal, recorded through a pair of Schoeps CMT541 condenser mics, into Presonus ADL600 mic preamp, into a Metric Halo ULN8 converter/interface.

1 | Resonance Test (Stopped scales / chords showing sympathetic resonance)

2 | Intonation Test (Harmonic + fretted note @ the 12th fret)

3 | Packington's Pound (English
Renaissance, before 1596)

4 | Corn Yards (Scottish
Renaissance, 1596-1657)

5 | From the Beginning
(Emerson, Lake and Palmer)

6 | Pavan #1 (Luis Milan,
Spanish Renaissance)

7 | Jazz Blues
(Jazz Standard)

8 | The Third Tune
(Thomas Tallis, Renaissance)

9 | Timur's Song
(original composition)

10 | Prelude in Dm
(J.S. Bach, Baroque)

11 | Se Io M'Accorgo
(Anon., Italian Renaissance)

12 | Brian Boru's March
(Celtic Traditional)

13 | Love Song
(Machaut, 12C French)

14 | Bass Comp
(Bass Comp on Low B)

In short, this guitar is a World-Class concert and/or recording guitar, and it would make a great guitar for classical concerts and recitals, as well as recording studio projects.

RESOURCES
My website Cathedral Guitar has a lot of info on multi-string guitars; I also run an internet radio station on multi-string guitars and lutes 10-String Radio; and also I moderate a 300-member 10-String Yahoo Group on the multi-string guitar, and am working on an instructional book. James R. Smith has an excellent intoductory article to the world of multi-strings, here

CLASSICAL HARP GUITAR
This guitar type is also a relative of the Harp Guitar family known as the Fretted Harp Guitar. It has a big advantage over the other harp guitar types in that the frets extend across the entire neck, and the guitar can easily be played with a capo, and be quickly transposed into a variety of keys, which is especially helpful when accompanying singers. This is, of course, impossible on a regular harp guitar. Custom capos are made by Shubb (ask for the Pinnochio model), and also by Phill Elliott.

SHIPPING & TERMS
Insured USA FedEx Ground is $40. I do accept Visa, Master Card, AmEx, PayPal, and all the other forms of payment. Thanks for looking. Please ask questions before bidding. Satisfaction Guaranteed!!! This auction is for one Lucio Nunez Model Lucia 7-string classical harp guitar guitar and hardshell Humicase. No other accessories are included.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
If you are not happy with the guitar for any reason, simply return it within 3 days (buyer pays shipping both ways).

PLEASE CHECK OUT my other Brandt, Cathedral, Milagro, and Bartolex 7- 8- 10- and 11-string guitars in my Current eBay Auctions, and also see and hear several of my 10-string guitars that have Recently Sold on eBay.

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