Indian Rosewood Classical Guitar

Afternoon sun shines in the south windows of the historic cotton mill building in Brattleboro Vermont, illuminating the top, rosette and neck of a classical guitar built by Aaron Foster in the Queen City Guitars shop

Indian rosewood and spruce topped

This classical sounds at first description fairly ordinary, but look closer and it features an elevated fingerboard with an undercut edge, and a bridle jointed headstock. Both headstock and neck are Alaskan yellow Cedar which provides a striking contrast to the dark tones of the rosewood body and lampblack headstock finish.

Sunset on the top of Queen City Guitars classical brings out the beauty of the spruce top and myrtle purfling.

The stunning contrast continues in the body of the guitar, which features rosewood binding set against curly laurel purfling.

Seen from the back the rosewood of this classical guitar contrasts with the curly myrtle purfling and Alaskan yellow cedar neck in the Vermont sun at the historic Cotton Mill building in Brattleboro Vermont.

The headstock feautures scalloped string cutaways, and a lowered face to allow for exceptionally clear string paths. The neck is a 25.5 scale -647.7mm- and oil varnished.

The body is a traditional pumice pore-filled french polish.

A classical guitar headstock in foreground featuring sculptural scalloped string cutouts transitioning into square tuning machine slots that appear bound. The lampblack and oil finish it bordered by purfling and contrasts with bright yellow cedar

A bridle joint headstock seen from the side onshows off the back birds beak portion of the joint in Alaskan yellow cedar contrasting with headstock lampblack and oil finish. The angle also highlights similar contrast in the string slots of guitar.

A Queen City Guitars birds beak joint headstock on a classical guitar seen from the side on shows the complex geometry of the headstock and the strong contrast of the ebony tuning knobs and black finish with the yellow cedar neck.

A beautifully warm and open guitar, you can hear some samples of it in the audio gallery.

$5500 with case. Please contact me if you are interested in this guitar.

Queen City Guitars Classical seen from the side bathed in afternoon sunlight highlighting striking contrast between dark rosewood sides and bright golden curly myrtle purfling.

A Queen City Guitars classical lies in repose on the workbench in luthier Aaron Foster's shop in the Cotton Mill building in Brattleboro Vermont.