Chartwell Guitar

Kirmse Ziricote and cedar double top

Woods: Ziricote and western red cedar, Spanish cedar neck. French polish shellac throughout.

Specs: 650mm scale, 52mm nut, 43mm string spacing at nut, 58mm at saddle. Bass string height at 12th fret just under 4mm.  High string break angle over the saddle insures considerable adjustment possibility if desired.  Raised fingerboard, custom rosette Scheller tuners (not Schaller, but custom tuners produced in Germany to rival Rodgers. Savarez Cantiga Alliance strings with carbon G.  Hiscox hard shell case, 12 hole tie block.

Condition: new

Comment: I consider myself fortunate to be on Andreas’s build list, though his waiting time grows longer–all credit to him.  In our correspondence  I reckon him to be a highly focussed, passionate adherent to the art of luthiery.  It could be said this guitar is the most perfectly crafted instrument I’ve yet offered. In tuning it upon arrival, it immediately sounded a thick, throaty presence.  Treble notes up and down the  fingerboard ring convincingly. It is more Dammann  than Mueller, but with the DNA of all German double tops. this builder has just reached #100, and my guess his youth and success to date will soon place him among  investment level builders.