Kevin Aram Cedar Top Classical Guitar 2012 SOLD

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Kevin Aram 2012 Concert Classical Guitar Cedar Top

This guitar is extra special as it is a cedar top as opposed to the spruce top normally found on Kevins' guitars.  Kevin personally came to deliver the guitar to us and we are thrilled with it.  A lovely warm sound combined with sprucelike clarity, a guitar anyone would be happy to own.

The best price in the UK  and you can pick your own case!

Top:  solid cedar

Back and sides: solid indian rosewood

Fingerboard: ebony

A Brief History from Kevin about his guitar making:

In the past twenty five years I have made over 300 classic guitars, most of these being smaller bodied Spruce top instruments. Each guitar is individually hand made and uniquely named. I make every part myself with the exception of the Strings, the Machine Heads and the Fretwire.

For the first ten or so years of being in business I combined making with restoring and repairing which gave me the opportunity to examine some of the finest instruments in the world. These include guitars by Vicente Arias, Paulino Bernabe, Domingo Esteso, Arcangel Fernandez, Ignacio Fleta, Herman Hauser 1st, Santos Hernandez, Manuel Ramirez, Josè Romanillos and David Rubio.

Since moving to North Devon in 1991 I have concentrated solely on the development of the small and medium sized Spruce top guitar in the Torres and Hauser traditions.

My experience of working with this type of guitar must be amongst the most extensive of any maker working today.

I have built and repaired instruments for many professional musicians. Some of these who come to mind are: Gilbert Biberian, Carlos Bonell, Colin Downes, Anthea Gifford, Forbes Henderson, Joe Jewel, Earl Klugh, Eleftheria Kotzia, Norbert Kraft, Jonathan Leathwood, Juan Martin, Pepé Martinez, Friedemann Wuttke and John Zaradin.

My best known customer is Julian Bream. I was introduced to Julian by George Clinton, the then editor of "Guitar International", in August 1986. He purchased the guitar "La Cancion" from me in October of that year. A second instrument "Myrtle" was purchased in 1988. Both instruments have been used for concerts worldwide and "Myrtle" was used to record the Popular Catalan Folksongs by Miguel Llobet on the recording "Julian Bream - La Guitarra Romantica."

My guitars are known for their beauty, playability, reliability, projection and above all their musicality. Of this type of guitar they are amongst the finest available.