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Add to Compare2002 Jeffrey R. Elliott Steel String Brazilian/European
Jeffrey R. Elliott is considered, for good reason, one of the very finest american makers of the Classical guitar. Everyone in the business refers to him with regard. We are delighted to have the chance to offer a rare Steel String from Jeff. It is extremely rare as he has a closed order book and a 12 year build time. The guitar is designed for the classical player wishing to feel at home on steel strings. The body is concert size and the neck is shaped like a classical neck as well. The flat fingerboard boasts a nut width of a full 2″ so classical players do not have to adjust their playing style. Now for the best part, this guitar is simply one of the most balanced and articulate guitars you’ll ever play. The attack is round, like a classical, and every note is pure and clear. It recorded particularly well. Premium Brazilian Rosewood bound in Holly and European Spruce with a lovely natural wood rosette match this one elegant and eye-catching as well.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 2 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - European, Rosewood - Brazilian
Jeffrey R. Elliott was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing guitar at age sixteen and immediately fell in love with the sound of the classical guitar. This led to performing folk music professionally while majoring in Fine Arts at Michigan State University. In 1964, a chance visit to Richard Schneider’s workshop in Detroit opened the door to the world of lutherie, and two years later he began a six-year apprenticeship with Schneider. In 1973 he moved to Portland, Oregon where he now resides with fellow luthier Cyndy Burton. In 1975 Jeffrey wrote and co-produced the color slide presentation, The Handcrafted Classic Guitar, which accompanied one of his guitars in the Smithsonian Institution’s 1978-1979 Renwick Gallery exhibit, “The Harmonious Craft,†in Washington, D.C. Jeffrey has been an active member of the Guild of American Luthiers since 1975 as an author for American Lutherie magazine and as a convention lecturer and exhibitor. He has also been an organizer for Portland’s annual Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibition since 1975, has taught guitar making privately since 1972 and at the American School of Lutherie in Healdsburg, California starting in 1998. Clientele include Julian Bream, Ralph Towner, Leo Kottke, Jonathan Leathwood, Dick Weissman, Earl Klugh, and Burl Ives.