{"title":"New Arrivals","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New Arrivals category presents the latest classical guitars. It features rare instruments by renowned masters and contemporary luthiers, each with its own character and timbre. These guitars are suited for the stage, the studio, or as a valuable addition to a collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"zbigniew-gnatek-2023-cedar","title":"Zbigniew Gnatek - 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eZbigniew Gnatek is a respected contemporary luthier based in Sydney, Australia. His work stands at a meeting point between European guitar making and the modern Australian approach to concert instrument design, with particular attention to lattice construction, tonal richness, and a responsive playing experience. His guitars are known among professional players for their broad sound, refined craftsmanship, and modern concert character. Working with limited annual production, Gnatek has developed a clear and recognisable voice as a maker of powerful yet musically flexible classical guitars.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2023 Zbigniew Gnatek is a lattice guitar with a cedar soundboard and Madagascar rosewood back and sides. It follows a modern concert concept, with an armrest and a slightly elevated fingerboard supporting comfort, projection, and freedom of movement across the instrument. Its voice is immediate, rounded, and rich in overtones. The response is exceptionally quick, as if the sound rises to the surface almost before the player has finished the gesture, yet the notes do not arrive dry or narrow. They emerge full, smooth, and spacious, with a depth that gives the guitar an almost piano like breadth. The cedar adds warmth and softness to the attack, while the Madagascar rosewood gives the body of the sound a dark, colourful foundation. There is a generous bloom around each tone, a halo of resonance that makes the guitar feel expansive under the hands. The result is a modern Australian style concert guitar with a fast reaction, a round and enveloping sound, and a playing character that feels both powerful and deeply pleasurable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis guitar is in excellent condition with normal signs of wear. It has no cracks and is generally very well preserved. There is a string dent behingdthe bridge, below the 3rd string.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085174198605,"sku":"KS17926","price":11990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/zbigniew-gnatek-2023-cedar-14.jpg?v=1781175392"},{"product_id":"andreas-kraus-2025-01-double-top","title":"Andreas Kraus - 2025-01 Double-Top","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAndreas Kraus came to guitar making through a long personal relationship with the instrument. He has played guitar in various ensembles since the age of ten, and this practical musical background gradually led him toward questions of construction, repair, and sound. Around twenty years ago he built his first guitar, awakening a lasting passion for the craft. Alongside his own building, he gained experience repairing and restoring a wide range of plucked instruments, including work for a guitar shop in Berlin. After his first self taught instruments, Kraus deepened his knowledge through workshops with several makers, especially the Berlin luthier Dennis Tolz. In his workshop in Lichtenberg, he now builds both traditional guitars and double top instruments, drawing on a thoughtful dialogue between established methods and modern construction concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2025 Andreas Kraus double top guitar has a spruce soundboard with a Nomex core, paired with Indian rosewood back and sides. Its visual character is one of quiet concentration rather than display, with an understated elegance that lets the construction and materials speak without ornamented excess. The musical result is strikingly immediate. The guitar has the quick ignition and carrying energy associated with a modern double top, yet its colour palette remains close to the sensibility of a traditional instrument. The trebles are elegant and finely drawn, the registers feel even from string to string, and the sound opens with an airy fullness rather than a hard edge. There is power here, but it is power with light inside it, shaped by colour, balance, and a fast response under the fingers. The influence of Dennis Tolz can be appreciated in the depth and projection of the voice, while Kraus’s own hand gives the instrument a personal clarity and a remarkably comfortable playing feel. It is a guitar that seems to meet the player quickly, offering modern responsiveness without losing the warmth and nuance of a more traditional tonal imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085179408717,"sku":"KS17933","price":5873.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/andreas-kraus-2025-01-double-top-13.jpg?v=1781175473"},{"product_id":"kenneth-brogger-2025-maple-mosaic","title":"Kenneth Brögger - 2025 Maple \"Mosaic\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eKenneth Brögger was born in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, in 1948 and trained with the Danish guitar maker Yngve Barslev from 1972 to 1975. During these formative years he travelled several times to Spain, deepening his understanding of the living traditions of guitar making, and built his first guitar in 1974. He established his own workshop in Birkeroed in 1975 and soon became closely involved with Denmark’s historical instrument culture, working at The Museum of Music History and Carl Claudius’ Collection in Copenhagen, where he measured and catalogued antique guitars. His career has combined building, restoration, research, writing, and public expertise. Brögger has received several scholarships from the Danish Arts Agency, published books and articles on the guitar, and was awarded the Applied Arts Prize of 1879 and the silver Hetsch Medal in 1997, among the highest Danish recognitions for artisan craftsmanship. His work reflects a rare combination of workshop practice, historical knowledge, and long experience with Spanish guitar traditions, including further study of French polishing techniques with Manuel Reyes in Córdoba and Antonio Marin Montero in Granada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2025 Kenneth Brögger classical guitar is built in traditional Spanish construction with a spruce soundboard and flamed maple back and sides, all finished in French polish. Its visual language is richly considered, drawing inspiration from the decorative worlds of Enrique García and Francisco Simplicio while remaining unmistakably shaped by Brögger’s own imagination. The mosaic work appears not only in the rosette and purflings, but is echoed across the back and tie block, creating a sense of ornament that travels through the instrument rather than sitting on the surface. A maple insert on the headplate reflects the figure of the back and sides, giving the design a quiet continuity from head to body. Tonally, the guitar has the singing clarity and brilliance associated with this Spanish lineage, but the maple brings a distinctive turn of colour. The trebles carry a gently nasal glow, soft at the edge yet alive with overtones, while the body of the sound remains full, airy, and generous. There is real presence in the voice, with sustain that allows notes to bloom and remain suspended, yet the brilliance is never lost inside the warmth. The result is a guitar of refined visual craft and persuasive musical character, where maple lightness, Spanish architecture, and Brögger’s decorative precision meet in a voice that feels both luminous and full bodied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085185012045,"sku":"KS17929","price":8990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/kenneth-brogger-2025-maple-mosaic-18.jpg?v=1781175538"},{"product_id":"kenneth-brogger-2026-indian-rosewood-mosaic","title":"Kenneth Brögger - 2026 Rosewood \"Mosaic\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eKenneth Brögger was born in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, in 1948 and trained with the Danish guitar maker Yngve Barslev from 1972 to 1975. During these formative years he travelled several times to Spain, deepening his understanding of the living traditions of guitar making, and built his first guitar in 1974. He established his own workshop in Birkeroed in 1975 and soon became closely involved with Denmark’s historical instrument culture, working at The Museum of Music History and Carl Claudius’ Collection in Copenhagen, where he measured and catalogued antique guitars. His career has combined building, restoration, research, writing, and public expertise. Brögger has received several scholarships from the Danish Arts Agency, published books and articles on the guitar, and was awarded the Applied Arts Prize of 1879 and the silver Hetsch Medal in 1997, among the highest Danish recognitions for artisan craftsmanship. His work reflects a rare combination of workshop practice, historical knowledge, and long experience with Spanish guitar traditions, including further study of French polishing techniques with Manuel Reyes in Córdoba and Antonio Marin Montero in Granada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2026 Kenneth Brögger classical guitar is built in traditional Spanish construction with a spruce soundboard and Indian rosewood back and sides, all finished in French polish. Like its maple counterpart, it carries a rich decorative imagination inspired by Enrique García and Francisco Simplicio, yet the darker voice of rosewood gives the whole instrument a different centre of gravity. The purflings, rosette, tie block, and back are treated with beautiful mosaic work, so that the decoration becomes a continuous thread through the guitar rather than an isolated ornament. On the headplate, an ebony inlay is framed by the elegance of rosewood, giving the instrument a calm, distinguished face. Tonally, this guitar brings brilliance and depth into close conversation. The spruce soundboard gives the trebles a clear forward movement, while the Indian rosewood adds weight, colour, and a darker resonance beneath the surface. The sound feels open and fresh, with excellent clarity, strong volume, and a separation between voices that allows each line to keep its own contour. There is brightness in the attack, but also substance behind it, as if the notes were lit from the front and supported from below. The sustain is generous, the balance is even, and the instrument projects with the kind of clean definition that makes musical textures easy to shape. It is a guitar of refined Spanish inspiration, decorative precision, and a voice that combines brilliance, depth, and articulate presence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085197168973,"sku":"KS17930","price":8990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/kenneth-brogger-2026-ndian-rosewood-mosaic-14.jpg?v=1781175632"},{"product_id":"jose-salinas-2026-cedar-64-cm","title":"José Salinas - 2026 Cedar 64 cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJosé Salinas began his musical life as a flamenco singer at the age of seventeen at the Peña Flamenca Antonio de Torres in Almería, where he absorbed the rhythmic language, expressive phrasing, and direct musical presence of the flamenco tradition. His professional career began in 1998 after an appearance at the Feria de Almería, and he later continued his artistic development in Madrid, performing in renowned tablaos and collaborating with leading flamenco dancers on international tours across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States. Through this close contact with singers, dancers, guitarists, and outstanding instruments, Salinas developed a practical understanding of tone, projection, and response from the perspective of a working musician. Alongside this musical path, he trained as a cabinetmaker in his father’s workshop in Almería, gaining a precise and respectful relationship with wood as a material. This combination of musical instinct and craftsmanship eventually led him to guitar making. After building his first instruments, he opened his own workshop in 2014 and now works in Málaga, in Rincón de la Victoria. Although his roots lie in flamenco, his classical concert guitars reflect a broad musical sensitivity and a clear structural understanding of the instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2026 José Salinas classical guitar was built in traditional construction with a cedar soundboard and Indian rosewood back and sides. With its 64 cm scale, it offers a noticeably comfortable playing feel while preserving the firmness and clarity expected from a concert instrument. Its voice carries a recognisably Spanish character, but the cedar gives this character a special warmth of surface and immediacy of speech. The sound has a bell like brilliance, clear and luminous, yet never thin. Each note seems to hold a rounded centre, allowing the trebles to shine without losing body or elegance. What makes the guitar especially engaging is its ability to invite colour. It does not impose a single shade on the player, but opens a palette of nuances, from clear singing lines to warmer, more intimate inflections. The shorter scale supports ease of articulation, while the instrument itself remains responsive, lively, and full of musical possibility. It is a guitar with a bright inner pulse, one that allows the player to explore phrasing, colour, and contrast without the sound becoming fragile or overstated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085237211469,"sku":"S18983","price":5990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/jose-salinas-2026-cedar-64-13.jpg?v=1781175859"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/collections\/marcelo-barbero-1945-9.jpg?v=1781254388","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/collections\/new-arrivals.oembed?page=8","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}