Chartwell Guitar

Roscioli Ziricote and spruce lattice

Woods: straight grained Ziricote and spruce. Mahogany neck. Nitro lacquer throughout.

Specs: 650mm scale, 52 mm nut, 44mm string spacing at nut, 57mm at saddle. Xtreme hard shell case. Raised fingerboard, armrest.  Lattice bracing.

Condition:  new

Comment: this is my first Roscioli lattice guitar, recommended by a colleague in Paris and another in Sydney.  Dominic is an Australian luthier who follows in the footsteps of John Price, Paul Sheridan, and Jim Redgate. With a braceless, moulded back and carbon fibre reinforced lattice bracing, this heavy beauty has a natural sustain and a bold, wet intonation.  These lattice builders get a crystalline treble response and a deep bass to balance it off;  my primary impression is of a direct projection in a  fairly tight dynamic range, if compared to a double top, which is warmer and breathy.  Double tops can be muddy but never a guitar like this. The effect is a piercing output. I hesitate to say bell like because that isn’t quite it. Hopefully the samples will display what the gist of it is.

Here is a link to Dominic’s  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DomenicRoscioliGuitars/