{"product_id":"alhambra-javier-mengual-2025-deseada-240","title":"Alhambra Javier Mengual - 2025 Deseada 240-51","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJavier Mengual is one of the most experienced master luthiers at Alhambra Guitars, where he is closely associated with the creation of high end handcrafted concert instruments in the company’s workshop in Muro d'Alcoy, Spain. Over the course of his career, he has refined his work through collaboration with distinguished musicians and fellow guitar makers, always maintaining a strong connection to the Spanish guitar tradition. His instruments reflect a deep understanding of tone, careful craftsmanship, and the practical needs of concert players.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe Deseada model holds a special place in Mengual’s work. It was developed through many years of contact with professional guitarists and enriched by his collaboration with Joaquín Clerch, professor, composer, and guitarist. Mengual describes its sound ideal as a meeting point between the romantic, woody Spanish character he admires in Torres guitars and the greater power associated with the Alhambra voice. The model is also a personal tribute to his wife, giving the instrument a meaning that reaches beyond construction and sound into a life closely connected with the guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2025 Alhambra Javier Mengual Deseada 240-51 is a traditional classical guitar with a cedar top, Indian rosewood back and sides, a French polished soundboard, a nitrocellulose finished body, and Alessi tuners. Built with a 650 mm scale and a 51 mm nut, it is conceived as a concert instrument with a clear Spanish identity, combining warmth, comfort, response, and projection in a carefully developed design.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe central idea of this guitar is the balance between sustain and power. Mengual points to the difficulty of uniting these qualities, since a guitar with more power can easily lose sustain, while a guitar with greater sustain can lose directness and projection. In this Deseada, that balance gives the sound a strong musical presence without sacrificing warmth or melodic length. The cedar top contributes immediacy, softness, and a singing quality, while the Indian rosewood back and sides bring depth, focus, and a clear tonal frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe voice is powerful, responsive, and full of ringing overtones. Its trebles have a punchy and present quality, giving melodic lines definition and energy, while the basses are supported by a grounded resonance shaped by the low air body frequency between F and F sharp. The guitar breathes freely across a broad dynamic range and responds well when pushed, retaining openness rather than becoming compressed. This gives the instrument a persuasive concert character, with the warmth of a romantic Spanish sound and the projection expected from a modern Alhambra concert guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIn musical use, the Deseada 240-51 offers a smooth and responsive playing experience, shaped by its comfortable proportions and refined setup. It has the colour and warmth associated with cedar, the resonance and depth of Indian rosewood, and a clear sense of Spanish character in the way the sound opens, sustains, and carries. The result is a guitar with a strong artistic identity, built around melody, power, sustain, and expressive clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54036859355469,"sku":"KS17925","price":6294.12,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/alhambra-javier-mengual-2025-deseada-240-15.jpg?v=1780645953","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/alhambra-javier-mengual-2025-deseada-240","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}