{"product_id":"gary-southwell-2024-hauser-model-no-376-64-cm","title":"Gary Southwell - 2024 No. 376 64.5 cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eGary Southwell is an English guitar maker whose work brings historical research into close dialogue with contemporary concert-guitar making. After studying guitar making at the London College of Furniture, he established his workshop in Nottingham in 1983. Alongside modern concert instruments, Southwell became particularly known for studying and reconstructing historical guitars, especially instruments of the early nineteenth century, recovering construction methods and sound concepts that had largely disappeared from modern practice. This historically informed perspective also feeds into his own designs, including the A Series and Temperate guitars. Throughout his career, close exchange with professional musicians has complemented this research, giving his work a strong awareness of the practical and musical demands placed on a concert instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eGary Southwell’s No. 376 is shaped by a particularly refined balance between precision and softness. Its tonal character recalls the disciplined clarity associated with the Hauser tradition: individual notes emerge with remarkable definition, contrapuntal lines remain distinctly separated, and the overall response has a bright, accurate outline. What gives this instrument its own personality, however, is the way Southwell tempers that precision with a softer layer of overtones. Rather than sounding austere or analytical, the guitar allows a gentle bloom to form around the fundamental, giving melodic lines greater suppleness and making the clarity feel musical rather than severe. This combination is especially effective in polyphonic writing, where voices retain their independence without losing warmth or cohesion.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe guitar is also notably light in the hands, reinforcing its immediate and agile character. Its 645 mm scale together with the 50 mm nut width creates a particularly comfortable playing geometry, offering a slightly more compact left-hand feel while retaining the proportions and familiar response of a traditional concert guitar. Built in 2024 with a spruce soundboard and Indian rosewood back and sides, No. 376 combines articulate definition with a more yielding overtone structure, allowing precise attacks, softer colours and finely shaped phrasing to coexist with unusual ease.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe guitar is in excellent and original condition, with no cracks or repairs. It shows only minimal wear consistent with careful use and storage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54642565513549,"sku":"KS17952","price":14490.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/gary-southwell-2024-hauser-model-no-376-12.jpg?v=1788420780","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/gary-southwell-2024-hauser-model-no-376-64-cm","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}