AUTHORIZED BARTOLEX USA DEALER
2009 Bartolex
10-String Guitar
Up for consideration is a new, wonderful-sounding
Bartolex 10-String
classical guitar, with all solid woods and a solid spruce top.
This is a new, old-stock / B-stock model 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 standard 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 February) 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. The B-stock
price has been lowered even $200 further. This deal will not
last long, and when these last few NOS / B-stock guitars are
sold, this great deal will be gone forever.
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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 a AAA-grade spruce top 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.
CONDITION:
Although the guitar is technically a new instrument, it does
have 2 issues: 1) a pair of cracks on the back on both the upper
and lower bouts, which can be seen in the photos. This was a
defect in the otherwise very beautiful Indian Rosewood, as the
cracks are in the exact same place, although the crack in the
upper bout is longer. These have been both been professionally
cleated and repaired. Also, there is a crack in the fingerboard
which is not visible in the photos -- or even to the naked eye
-- but when you change the strings you may notice a very thin
crack in the fingerboard between the 7th and 8th strings, running
from the 2nd fret up to the soundhole. As a result, we are selling
this guitar as a B-Stock / Factory Second, and
have further reduced the price $200 accordingly.
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 = 83 mm
* 12th Fret width = 90 mm
* Action Fret 1 = 4 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
* New hard case
* Made in China
SOUNDFILES
Here are twelve quick, 1-take MP3s of this guitar, tracked
using a vintage Neuman KM253/64 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:
1
| W Zkobie Lezy (Polish Carol,
Spiewniczek Piesni Koscielne, 1908)
2
| God Rest You Merry
(English Carol, 18th C.)
3
| Go Tell It On The Mountain
(Spiritual,1865)
4
| Intonation Test (Harmonic @ 12th fret, fretted note
@ 12th fret)
5
| Mendelssohn
(Felix Mednelssohn, 1809-1847)
6
| Joy To the World (Antioch.,
G.F. Handel, 1685-1759)
7
| St. Louis
(Lewis H. Redner, 1831-1908)
8
| Stille Nacht
(Franz Gruber, 1787-1885,)
9
| Puer Nobis
(Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
10
| The First Nowell
(Traditional English Carol, 18th C.)
11
| Greensleeves
Traditional English tune, 16th C.)
12
| Resonance Test
(Showing Sympathetic Resonance)
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.
SHIPPING & TERMS
USA shipping is $40.00 via or FedEx Ground with included insurance.
All sales are final, so please ask questions first. I do accept
PayPal. Thanks for looking. This auction is for 2009 Bartolex
10-string classical guitar and hardshell case. 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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