{"product_id":"francois-r-leonard-2024-no-95-lattice-64-cm","title":"Francois R. Leonard - 2024 No. 95 Lattice 64 cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFrançois R. Leonard has been building classical guitars for nearly two decades and works from his workshop in Lorient, France. Over the course of his development, he learned from several guitar makers in England and also spent time in the Lakewood workshop in Germany. He additionally benefited from the guidance of Dominique Field as an occasional mentor. It is therefore unsurprising that his guitars show a clear affinity with the French tradition, especially with makers such as Daniel Friederich and Dominique Field, both in their visual restraint and in their structural thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLeonard’s work is marked by refinement, control, and a strong sense of proportion. Rather than relying on visual excess, his guitars tend toward clarity of concept and careful execution. This gives his instruments a distinct elegance and places them within a lineage in which craftsmanship, tonal discipline, and musical usefulness are closely connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis No. 95 from 2024 is a lattice braced concert guitar with a cedar top and Indian rosewood back and sides. The model combines a compact 64 cm scale with a modern structural concept aimed at quick response, broad dynamic capacity, and an unusually active soundboard. The result is an instrument that reacts immediately to the player while maintaining substance and tonal breadth behind the initial attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA particularly strong aspect of this guitar is the way the trebles develop. They carry with notable amplitude and have a mature, settled quality rather than a merely brilliant surface. At the same time, the voice as a whole offers considerable resonance and depth, allowing the instrument to move easily between direct projection and more shaded, color oriented playing. This makes the guitar especially convincing for players who value precision in articulation without giving up richness of sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIts dynamic range and tonal palette contribute further to that impression. The guitar responds with clarity and flexibility across a wide range of touch, making it possible to shape lines with control and to preserve definition even in more demanding textures. Taken as a whole, this François R. Leonard presents itself as a highly responsive contemporary concert guitar whose lattice construction serves not raw output alone, but also depth, color, and musical control.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe guitar is in excellent condition with normal signs of wear. There are no cracks and no repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53693157835085,"sku":"KS17893","price":7990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/francois-r-leonard-2024-no95-19.jpg?v=1775834321","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/francois-r-leonard-2024-no-95-lattice-64-cm","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}