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HILL GUITAR COMPANY produces a line of guitars called the Master Series; beautiful hand made classical and flamenco guitars based on works of the finest historical guitar makers. Made in California from the finest woods available by a small team of craftsmen trained and supervised by Kenny Hill. The designs of old masters such as Hauser, Fleta, Torres, Rodriguez, and others insure results that have been tried and proven by generations of luthiers and concert artists. It is an intriguing challenge to study the details of these instruments, searching for minutia offering clues to methods, reasoning and instincts that produce the unique results from each builder's style. |
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The Master Series offers the player a chance to own an instrument with musical and design characteristics that might otherwise be unavailable because of scarcity or cost. Through these various models we are able to offer instruments of an interesting range of musical and aesthetic personalities. They are excellent concert guitars at very reasonable prices. Normally in the Master Series we use Indian rosewood and Englemann spruce. Brazilian rosewood and European spruce are available by request at market cost. DOWNLOAD - Hill Guitar Catalog (PDF) |
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We are pleased to announce our new Hauser '37 model - a very desirable concert guitar. The original guitar built for Andres Segovia by Hermann Hauser presently resides in New York's Metropolitan Museum. Kenny Hill decided to develop the Hauser '37 by closely following Richard Brune's documented specifications both in materials and construction techniques. The results are very pleasing. This guitar's sophistication, subtlety and quality of sound is exceptional. The Hauser '37 is designed for the player seeking a singularly unique instrument, featuring the qualities of a custom made guitar, a faithful representation of Hauser's timeless design, a joy to play and a exceptional sound.
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Miguel Rodriguez and family worked in the city of Cordoba in southern Spain from the early 1900s until the late 1970s. This guitar has a large, romantic Spanish sound, with power and vitality. It has five fan braces and a larger diagonal brace connecting the lower and upper bouts. It has laminated linings for the top and back with a unique reinforcement system for the sound board under the finger board, but it is otherwise a quintessentially Spanish 20th century guitar. This is a very lively and exciting guitar to play. Customer Reviews
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Antonio de Torres established design principles setting the standard for virtually every guitar maker to follow him. People who own Torres guitars say he is still the best ever. Our Torres model comes from early in his career, modeled after FE 12. It has classic Torres bracing with the 7 bar fan, and a beautiful body shape slightly smaller than the current standard. The remarkable thing is that although the size is smaller, the sound is not. It is very strong, with singing highs solid, big chested bass. There is no compromise in sound. This guitar is well-suited for players with smaller hands or limited reach. Customer Reviews
See article - Antonio de Torres, A Modern Guitar Maker |
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The design of Ignacio Fleta guitars is unique. He came from a violin making tradition, and some of his techniques clearly show that influence. Most notably he uses a dovetail joint for the neck instead of the traditional Spanish "integral neck" design. Also, the body is built heavily with several extra braces on the top and back, large neck and heel blocks, and the neck angle and bridge are rather high. Yet, for all of it's extra mass, this Fleta style guitar produces exceptional power and a deep, rich sustain for a muscular, full-voiced, concert sound. Customer Reviews
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Built in the style of Luis Panormo, an Italian born luthier working in London in the 1830's, this guitar is nicknamed "Cacahuate" or peanut, because of its distinctive shape. The volume and projection of this small guitar are quite astonishing, and the ease of playing is pure pleasure, attributable to the relatively short string length. This style of guitar construction is really the last evolutionary link leading up to Antonio de Torres and the emergence of the modern classical guitar.
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The Ruck model incorporates a revolutionary step in fine concert guitar design. Designed by the legendary American luthier Robert Ruck, it has unique "wide fan" bracing system, and two sound ports in the shoulder part of the sides, near the neck. This guitar creates a completely new experience for player and audience. It is louder, sweeter and uniquely captivating...you will have a hard time putting it down. Customer Reviews
See article - Designing the Future, Building on the Past |
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This unique instrument was designed and commissioned by Terry Schumacher to play Renaissance and Baroque lute and theorbo lute literature. The body design is our popular Munich design with the neck offset from the standard central position. 7 strings are over the fingerboard, four are lower harp strings. This guitar has a very full sweet satisfying sound.
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The Classic Crossover is aimed at guitar players who are accustomed to the neck of a steel string, electric or arch top guitar, and want to play a fine nylon string guitar. The Classic Crossover is an excellent, concert grade, hand made nylon string guitar, featuring a narrower neck and cutaway. Most steel string players have never played a truly fine nylon string guitar, or if they have, the width of the classical neck can be uncomfortable for a non-classical player. The beauty of nylon strings is in the tone colors they produce, and the light weight construction and finesse of building bring these colors out. Customer Reviews
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Prices subject to change.
