BARTOLEX 10-String Classical Harp Guitar

Brand New 10-String w/Spruce Top, Case!!!

Bartolex
10-String Guitar

Up for your consideration the highly-acclaimed Bartolex 10-String classical harp guitar, with hardshell case. This brand new guitar is the model SLS10, which features lattice bracing, a solid spruce top, laminated Indian Rosewood back & sides, and includes a hardshell case. This guitar has concert-lever acoustic sound and cosmetics, yet it is still very affordable -- unlike custom-made luthier guitars. This is a new guitar has some cosmetic finish blemishes on the ebony fingerboard (see photos) so here is a rare opportunity to get a new Bartolex at a nice discount!!!

Click HERE for 1270 DPI Hi-resolution photos of the guitar. The photos and sound files are of the actual guitar you will receive.

Bartolex is by far and away the world's leading multi-string guitar, with a proven 10-year track record of over 500 multi-string guitars made. The company is headed by luthier and guitarist Neris Gonzales, with production based in a high-quality Artisian Workshop in China. The result is a great guitar design with very high-quality tonewoods and workmanship, at an affordable price. Click here for Bartolex reviews 1 | 2 | 3 | 4. The sound, both acoustically and recorded, is outstanding. I personally am endorsing Bartolex 10-string guitars and am selling them on eBay and through Bartolex USA, because I have already played hundreds of gigs on my own Bartolex guitars, 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 dozens of multi-string classical guitars, and this instrument rivals, equals or surpasses most luthier-built guitars in the 3k - 6k range. This guitar has a AAA-grade solid spruce top, laminated East Indian Rosewood back & Sides, ebony fretboard, and creates a beautifully-balanced Spanish sound with nice trebles, deep basses, and excellent resonance and sympathetic sustain. The low bass response is particularly good on these guitars, as the Bartolex lattice bracing design ensures a wonderful balance across all registers, and creates a very even response all the way down to low A.

STRINGS
I have the guitar tuned in Romantic tuning, a standard 10-string tuning where 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. Several excellent string manufacturers offer 10-string sets, including D'Addario, Hannabach, and Savarez.

GUITAR SPECS:
* Model: SRS10
* Serial # 10105290
* Bracing: Lattice
* Top: Solid Spruce
* Saddle/Nut: Bone
* Fretboard: Ebony
* Finish: Lacquer
* Scale: 650 mm
* Nut Width: 85 mm
* 12th Fret width: 100 mm
* STRING SPACING
@ Nut = 77mm o.c.
@ fret 12 = 89 mm o.c.
@ bridge = 102mm o.c.
* NECK DEPTH
@ fret 1: 19mm
@ fret 7: 20mm
* ACTION
@ String 1 = 3.5 mm
@ String 10 =4.5 mm
* Dot markers @ Fret 7, 12
* Silk-Lined Hardshell case
* 1 Year Warranty
* Made in China

SOUNDFILES
Here are 14 quick MP3 sound files to give you an idea of what to expect. Recorded with a couple of prototype TAB Funkenwerk / German Masterworks CG•OA-1 condenser mics into a Trident 88 recording console using Metric Halo ULN8 converters:

1 | Resonance Test
(Showing the guitar's excellent Sympathetic Resonance)

2 | Corn Yards
(Scottish Renaissance)

3 | Joy To the Person
(English Renaissance)

4 | Bouree in Em
(Baroque, J.S. Bach)

5 | Study in Bm
(Fernando Sor)

6 | Packington's Pound (English Renaissance)

7 | The Third Tune (Thomas Tallis, with improvisations)

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

9 | Kelly's Song
(Original composition)

10| From The Beginning (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)

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

12 | Brian Boru's March
(Traditional Celtic)

13 | Timur's Song
(Original Composition)

14 | Kemp's Jig
(English Renaissance)

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 classical 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 relatively affordable, easy-to-play, and a great-sounding instrument.

“Its been about seven months since I purchased my first Bartolex SLS10CEL 10-string, and I still can't put it down. The craftsmanship is breathtaking, and the tone is amazing. I strongly recommend this guitar to anyone who's considering purchasing a 10-string.” -- Heath Hartfiel
Austin, Texas

Read more TESTIMONIALS here

RESOURCES
There are a couple of great anthologies for multistring guitar. The inventor of the instrument, guitarist/composer Fernando Carulli, has an excellent method book for the instrument HERE. Also, there is a great 220-page anthology HERE. In addition, my website Cathedral Guitar has a lot of info on multi-string guitars.

UPGRADE OPTIONS
We offer a case upgrade option for this guitar. If you need a professional 6-ply case, we offer the custom Ameritage 10-string case for an additional $300.

SHIPPING & TERMS
Insured USA and International FedEx Ground is $40, and I do accept PayPal. Thanks for looking. Please ask questions before bidding. Satisfaction Guaranteed!!! This auction is for one Bartolex SLS10 10-string classical harp guitar and hardshell case. No other accessories are included.

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

PLEASE CHECK OUT my other 10-string Cathedral 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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