HEAR Xuefei Yang perform Se Ela Perguntar by Dilermando Reis on a concert guitar by Amélie Bouvret.

Overview: Award winning French master luthier Amélie Bouvret writes:

"I build my guitars according to the Spanish tradition. The assembly techniques as well as the use of glue based on skin and bones are essential. My rosettes are handmade with different kinds of veneer. The humidity is strictly controlled to obtain perfect stability. All my guitars have a shellac French polish finish.

 I only use hand tools. Working without a machines requires a slower pace, but the direct relationship with materials as well as with traditional tools offers permanent satisfaction. The instrument comes to life at each step, over the hours....

I strive, throughout the construction process to transmit the warmth and softness of the selected woods: a search for balance, depth, and shine."

More information coming on this acclaimed guitar maker and her magnificent individually handcrafted concert guitars...

Materials: Madagascar rosewood sides and back, European Spruce soundboard, ebony fingerboard with 20th first string fret, Rodgers Hauser style tuning machines, 650 mm string length, French polish of shellac finish, hardshell case.