Tuners available

I have nice tuning machines available for replacement and custom orders. Here some pictures, the first is Perona Grape with Ivoroid Bottons and the second Schaller Grandtune with snakewood bottons. Both with bearring rollers.

Lattice braced model

 My lattice model is a Byers style Lattice with an all wood lattice bracing. Basically it consists in two 7 strut fans crossed ( one fan in spruce the other in  cedar) which results in a top with progressive stiffness, stiffer in the center and more flexible at the edges.The result is a very good sound projection and good definition with very good trebles and good sound balance over the whole scale. The sound is a bit dryer than my traditional model or my double-top model. On the other hand it has very good sustain and good tone separation and the instrument has a penetrating sound with a lot of harmonics. I build this model with either spruce or cedar top and I have it in spruce top / Indian Rosewood back and sides available.

I do build on order and the normal waiting time is 4-5 month

The non CITES woods I can offer you for backs and sides are:

Padouk, Mexican Grenadill, Pau Ferro, Wenge, Canarywood, Black Walnut, Tigerwood, African Mahogony and Maple. I have also East Indian Rosewood, African Ebony and Amazone Rosewood.

Tuners I can offer are :Schaller Grandtune with oval Snakewood or Ivoroid handles, or Gotoh 1800 with Ivoroid Handles, and Van Gent Deluxe with Ivoroid handles, or Perona on request.

These are a few recording of my lattice model in red cedar, the same build as described above in the following links

Acalento Evandro Meneses

Canço de Lladre

Tango en Skai