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2018 GUITARS FOR YAIRI HONDURAN MAHOGANY SERIES

HONDURAN AAAA Solid Adirondack Spruce Back and Sides Solid Honduran Mahogany (Minimum 40 Years Naturally Seasoned) Neck Mahogany, one piece with extended neck joint. 50/50 finish Bracing Hand Carved FTS2/1 DYM60HD Bridge Ebony, Direct Coupled Mr. Yairi amassed an incredible amount of tonewood throughout his life and although Inlays Abalone and Mother of Pearl most is in or around the factory, some was stored on a piece of land he owned some Ebony/12th Fret Inlay miles away. We would go and see the wood on every trip, it became a ritual after lunch Headstock Plate Ebony but because most of it had darkened due to the elements we were never sure what all Nut and Saddle Real Bone of it was. Looking back now I sometimes think he may have been thinking, ‘One day they will realise what is in here.’ Well that day came, and what we found in terms of Tuners Gotoh 510’s, Gold with Ebony Buttons tonewood, was pure gold. Perfectly conditioned billets of Honduran mahogany that Bindings Ivoroid had been naturally seasoning for 45 to 50 years…unbelievable. Bridge Pins Ebony Strings D’Addario EXP16

DYM60HD DREADNOUGHT Solid AAAA Adirondack Spruce Top Natural / Gloss

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HONDURAN Top AAAA Solid Adirondack Spruce Back and Sides Solid Honduran Mahogany (Minimum 40 Years Naturally Seasoned) Neck Mahogany, one piece with extended neck joint. 50/50 finish Bracing Hand Carved FTS2/1 FYM60HD Bridge Ebony, Direct Coupled Inlays Abalone and Mother of Pearl INCREDIBLY POWERFUL GUITARS WITH SUPERIOR Fingerboard Ebony/12th Fret Inlay Headstock Plate Ebony CLARITY, RESPONSE AND A WONDERFUL TONAL Nut and Saddle Real Bone CHARACTER. Tuners Gotoh 510’s, Gold with Ebony Buttons Bindings Ivoroid Bridge Pins Ebony Strings D’Addario EXP16

FYM60HD . OM Solid AAAA Adirondack Spruce Top Natural / Gloss 3 YAIRI HONDURAN MAHOGANY SERIES

HONDURAN Top Solid Honduran Mahogany (Minimum 40 Years Naturally Seasoned) Back and Sides Solid Honduran Mahogany (Minimum 40 Years Naturally Seasoned) Neck Mahogany, one piece with extended neck joint. 50/50 finish FYM66HD Bracing Hand Carved FTS2/1 Bridge Ebony, Direct Coupled Honduran Series are probably the best guitars we’ve ever made. The Mahogany has Inlays Abalone and Mother of Pearl been paired with AAAA Adirondack spruce. Sonically they’re incredibly colourful Fingerboard Ebony/12th Fret Inlay and powerful with huge clear bass and mids. They’re almost intuitive in the way Headstock Plate Ebony they respond and draw the player in and then take you away. You will lose hours in Nut and Saddle Real Bone your day playing one of these amazing instruments. Tuners Gotoh 510’s, Gold with Ebony Buttons Bindings Ivoroid WITH SUCH WARMTH TO ITS TONE, THE HONDURAN 66 IS THE Bridge Pins Ebony ULTIMATE OM. SUPER RESPONSIVE WITH HUGE BASS AND MIDS. Strings D’Addario EXP16

FYM66HD . OM Solid Honduran Mahogany Top, Back and Sides Natural / Gloss

4 MASTERWORKS SERIES MAHOGANY DREADNOUGHT

Top Solid AA Sitka Spruce Back and Sides Solid African Mahogany Neck One Piece Mahogany, 50/50 Semi-Gloss Finish Bracing FST-Blues Bridge Bi-Level Rosewood MD60BG Inlays Paua Abalone and Mother of Pearl With clear purpose we set out to build a market leading, all-solid Dreadnought Fingerboard Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro, Extended designed for the flatpicker and powerful strummer in mind. The MD60BG’s deliver Pickguard Vintage Style Tortoiseshell on all fronts. Nut and Saddle Real Bone These superbly dressed guitars are super responsive with clear, powerful bass and Tuners Nickel Open Gear sparkling trembles. It’s cosmetics pay tribute to traditional Bluegrass guitars with Binding Herringbone open gear nickel tuners, classic inlays, high quality tortoiseshell style pickguard and Bridge Pins Ebony even a slightly extended fingerboard. Strings D’Addario EXP16

SUPER QUALITY, ALL-SOLID DREADNOUGHT. Advanced Tonal Response

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MD60BG MD60EBG DREADNOUGHT DREADNOUGHT Natural / Gloss LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element Pick Up Natural / Gloss C Á DIZ SERIES FLAMENCO CLASSICAL

In order to make the guitars as responsive as we could, we Top Solid Sitka Spruce had to keep them as light as possible in construction while Back and Sides Cypress staying true to traditional design. So in the standard models Neck Mahogany there are no trussrods. Our necks are three-piece and a Bracing Asymmetric Fan w/Treble Bar solid Ebony centre rod gives us the strength and lightness Bridge Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro CF6 we need. Fingerboard Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro Inlays Wood Mosaic Rosette and MOP Headstock Inlay Other fine appointments include the use of traditional Cypress wood for the Flamenco Tap Plate Clear (Supplied to Fit) model back and sides, which is paired with ebony binding. We believe CÁDIZ will engage Nut and Saddle Real Bone any player, whether a seasoned professional classical player or someone looking for Tuners Chrome with Ebony Style Buttons different tones from an engaging nylon string guitar. We hope they will create an intimacy Binding Ebony between you and the instrument and as always we have done all we could to make Strings D’Addario Pro Arte EXP46 beautifully designed instruments, as affordable as we could. Finish Gloss WE BELIEVE CÁDIZ WILL ENGAGE AN PLAYER LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT TONES FROM A RESPONSIVE AND Advanced Tonal Response WELL DESIGNED NYLON STING GUITAR.

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CF6 CF6CE FLAMENCO CLASSICAL FLAMENCO CLASSICAL Traditional Yellow / Gloss LR Baggs Element Pick Up and VTC Control Traditional Yellow / Gloss C Á DIZ SERIES CONCERT CLASSICAL HYBRID

Top Solid Sitka Spruce Back and Sides Dark Walnut Neck Mahogany Bracing Asymmetric Fan w/Treble Bar Bridge Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro Fingerboard Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro CCOur Hybrid models7 do have HYBRIDa trussrod to allow for relief to be adjusted on the radiused Inlays Wood Mosaic Rosette and MOP Headstock Inlay fingerboards. CÁDIZ models are also made with a Spanish heel neck joint. Ramirez and Nut and Saddle Real Bone other great luthiers also influenced us when it came to choosing our scale length. The Tuners Chrome with Ebony Style Buttons CÁDIZ scale length is longer than the standard 650mm (25.6”) you will find on many Binding Acacia classical guitars. At 662mm (26.06”) our scale length raises the tension just a little and helps deliver more energy into the soundbox for us to harness and shape. We use AA Sitka Strings D’Addario Pro Arte EXP46 tops on all CÁDIZ models. Saddle and nut are real bone, rosettes are wood mosaic and Finish Gloss bridges and fingerboards are Pau Ferro or Rosewood.. IN DEVELOPING OUR NEW CLASSICAL AND FLAMENCO GUITARS WE TRAVELLED TO ANDALUCÍA, THE BEAUTIFUL MOST SOUTHERN Advanced Tonal Response PROVINCE OF SPAIN AND THE HOME OF THE CLASSICAL GUITAR.

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CC7HCEAR CC7HCE HYBRID CLASSICAL HYBRID CLASSICAL LR Baggs StagePro EQ and LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element Pick Up Element Pick Up Natural / Gloss Natural / Gloss C Á DIZ SERIES CONCERT CLASSICAL

CÁDIZ offers responsive and engaging nylon string guitars Top Solid Sitka Spruce of a quality and playability we think you’ll adore. Everything Back and Sides Dark Walnut about them is considered and chosen. They are a new Neck Mahogany shape, different to Classicals we have made in the past, Bracing Asymmetric Fan w/Treble Bar slightly taller, slightly narrower, more elegant. Bridge Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro CC7 Fingerboard Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro The soundbox is more lightly built, the tops are graduated and each brace is custom cut Inlays Wood Mosaic Rosette and MOP Headstock Inlay and sanded with 4 varying widths in total. The bracing design gives a slight nod to Jose Nut and Saddle Real Bone Ramirez III’s asymmetric architecture in the fact that our guitars have a treble bar. This is Tuners Chrome with Ebony Style Buttons to stiffen up the treble side of the top a little more which helps us create very round, bell Binding Acacia like trebles on our first three strings. We keep the bass side of the top light by using slightly Strings D’Addario Pro Arte EXP46 thinner braces which helps us give the player very open, clear and strong bass response. Finish Gloss

Advanced Tonal Response

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CC7 CC7CE CONCERT CLASSICAL CONCERT CLASSICAL Natural / Gloss LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element Pick Upl Natural / Gloss ARTIST SERIES WALNUT GRAND AUDITORIUM WITH SLIM FLAME MAPLE BEVEL

Top Solid Walnut Back and Sides Dark Walnut Armrest Flame Maple Neck Mahogany Bracing FST2 AGW77SHB Bridge Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro Armrest models we launched last year continue to be a great success and it seems Fingerboard Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro like the bevel-edge sound is here to stay. This year we have refined the bevel Inlays Abalone and Mother of Pearl even further and made it just over half an inch (14mm) at its widest point and also Headstock Plate Rosewood lengthened the sweep of the curve. This gives the bevel a more elegant look while Nut and Saddle Real Bone still offering comfort. The new bevel appears on our new AGW77 models which are Tuners Premium Die-cast stunning Grand Auditoriums made with a solid walnut top, walnut back and sides and flame maple armrest. Binding Black ABS Strings D’Addario EXP16 STUNNING ALL WALNUT GRAND AUDITORIUM WITH SUPER Finish High Gloss Shadowburst SLIM FLAME MAPLE BEVEL ARMREST. Advanced Tonal Response

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AGW77CEARSHB AGW77ARSHB GRAND AUDITORIUM GRAND AUDITORIUM LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Shadowburst / Gloss Element Pick Up Shadowburst / Gloss ARTIST SERIES MAHOGANY BARITONE

Top Solid A+ Sitka Spruce Back and Sides Mahogany Neck Mahogany, 50/50 Semi Gloss Finish Bracing FST2 Bridge Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro ABT60ESHB Inlays Abalone and Mother of Pearl OUR BEST SELLING BARITONE IS NOW AVAILABLE IN Fingerboard Bi-Level Rosewood/Pau Ferro / SHADOWBURST ON THE ABT60ESHB 12th Fret Inlay Nut and Saddle Real Bone Tuners Premium Die-cast Binding Ivory ABS Bridge Pins PPS Strings D’Addario EXP16

ABT60ESHB . BARITONE LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element Pick Up Shadowburst / Gloss

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Top Sitka Spruce Back and Sides Mahogany Neck Mahogany Bracing RS26 Models - Standard Scalloped X RS26N Models - Traditional Spanish Fan System Scale Length 23 7/16” (596mm) SCHOOL Bridge Engineered Rosewood Looking at the market we felt it lacked great quality student guitars, especially for younger kids. They’re usually -like Fingerboard Engineered Rosewood quality or younger players are left to choose travel guitars, Headstock Plate Engineered Rosewood mainly designed to be played by adults. Regent School Series bridges the gap by offering a great quality student Nut and Saddle PPS Synthetic Bone guitar designed especially for the younger player. The guitar Tuners Chrome Die Cast is a fractional sized OM, chosen for its , ergonomics Binding Ivory ABS and looks. The nut width is reduced from standard sizes to Strings D’Addario EXP26 1” 5/8 (41.6mm) and the neck has been custom shaped to be comfortable for smaller hands. Gig Bag 5mm Padding with Adjustable Backpack System

REGENT SCHOOL SERIES OFFER NARROWER AND SLIMMER NECKS ON A FRACTIONAL OM BODY SHAPE. THEY ARE RESPONSIVE, GREAT QUALITY GUITARS AVAILABLE IN STEEL OR NYLON STRING AND COME WITH A GIG BAG.

RS26 RS26BG RS26N RS26NBG Natural / Satin Burgundy / Satin Natural / Satin Burgundy / Satin

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