Description
Ricardo Sanchis Carpio 1a Extra 1996 – spectacular sounding guitar with clear and powerful tone
The Spanish guitar maker Ricardo Sanchis Carpio is the head luthier of the Hermanos Sanchis Lopez firm in Valencia that was founded by his grandfather, Ricardo Sanchis Nacher in 1915.
The founder having worked for guitar makers in Valencia for sometime, went to Madrid where he was befriended by Manuel Ramirez and Domingo Esteso. To perfect his craft, he remained in Madrid working for Domingo Esteso on Sundays for three years. As a result, the Sanchis family has had close relationships with Esteso, and with his heirs, the Hermanos Conde, ever since.
Ricardo Sanchis Carpio learned from his grandfather and continued to develop, so that his guitars finally became world famous.
This great guitar has a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. The scale length is 650 mm and the nut width 52 mm.
The guitar is perfectly adjusted, is in a good condition and the action is great – it plays like a dream. It is equipped wit a B-Band pickup.
The sound of this guitar is simply spectacular, due to the volume in particular and the quality in general: The basses are powerful and deep. The highs are well defined, with an amazing range.
It has an exquisite tone which is sweet, beautiful and lyrical while retaining the bite and energy of an excellent Spanish guitar.