Overview: Michael Cadiz' "Tribute Model" is based on a magnificent old 1979 Robert Ruck guitar which employs Ruck's early bracing system of six fans and a treble bar.
Description: The instrument offered here, number 135, is the fourth in a projected series of thirty "Tribute" guitars Cadiz will craft from aged wood and prepared parts gathered from his late mentor's workshop.
Powerful, both elegant and pure this concert guitar possesses a wide, even dynamic range and warm, exceptionally deep, resonant, traditional musical sound. Its clear note separation, broad color palette, and singing sustain are complimented by a low, particularly easy action and fast response - a Ruck trademark. A "Certificate of Authenticity" signed and dated by Michael Cadiz accompanies this lovely instrument.
Materials: Beautiful old straight grain cedar sound board from the 1970s, dark Indian rosewood
back and sides, hand-engraved Scheller tuning
machines with snakewood oval buttons, 650mm string length, meticulous workmanship and French polish of shellac finish through out, Visesnut Active Series hardshell case.