Hill Guitar Company

Performance Series

The Performance Series is the newest line of fine guitars designed and built in my California workshop. These guitars offer a great sounding high-quality modern concert instrument at a medium price.

The Performance Series is handmade in the traditional Spanish style, with the integral body and neck joint, and incorporates a modern double top soundboard, with lattice or fan-bracing. Sound ports are standard, unless requested otherwise.

I officially introduced Performance models at the NAMM show in January 2010. The response was great from players and dealers alike.


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Signature Series

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Performance Series Specifications & Options

  • Sound board: Choice of Damann style double top comprised of Western red cedar, Englemann spruce and Nomex Lattice
    or
    Traditional fan bracing
  • Sound ports
  • Back & sides: Indian rosewood
  • Fingerboard: ebony
  • String length: 650mm, 640mm
  • 20th fret extention
  • Tuners: Gotoh
  • Finish: French polish
  • Sound ports
  • Lightweight double-acting truss rod
  • Fingerboard at the nut: 51mm
  • Overall length: 39 1/2"
  • Body length: 19 1/2"
  • Upper bout: 11"
  • Lower bout: 14 1/4"
  • Body depth: 3 3/4 - 4"
  • Arched case included

Optional materials may be used. Available are Brazilian rosewood, flamed and qulited maple and Spanish cypress - market prices apply.


 
To contrast the Performance with the Signature, the most significant difference is the Signature's elevated fingerboard, while the Performance has a traditional fingerboard.

The Signature has laminated cypress sides, while the Performance is solid wood sides; the Signature has V joint for the head, the performance has a traditional scarf joint; the tuners on the Performance are Gotoh, rather than the Sloane tuners on the Signature.

The Performance has a simpler binding and purfling scheme with contrasting mahogany bindings which set off the outline of the instrument in a striking and beautiful way.

Both guitars feature a marker dot at the seventh fret. The Performance has a 20th fret extention standard.

 

The Performance Series offers an excellent, world class guitar at a workable price. There are differences between the Performance and Signature models, but they are both very exciting to play, and they both are of a quality and superiority that belies their prices. The Performance Series guitars' unique features, great sound and world class quality are unavailable at this price anywhere.
Kenny Hill - April 2010

Base price $5500 with arched hardshell case.

Select dealers have Performance models available for you to try around the US and internationally. Dealers carrying the Performance model

Options available [pictured below]:

  • 630mm parlor body
  • Crossover cutaway, narrow neck 1 7/8" fingerboard
  • 640mm string length
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