{"product_id":"vicente-carrillo-2026-gabriela-ii-cedar-64-cm","title":"Vicente Carrillo - 2026 Gabriela II - Cedar 64 cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe Carrillo family’s guitar-making tradition reaches back to 1744 in Casasimarro, in the Spanish region of Manchuela Conquense, a town whose long association with the craft earned it the nineteenth-century nickname “El pueblo de las Guitarras” – the town of guitars. Vicente Carrillo represents the seventh generation of the family and continues to build in the same place. His work combines this inherited tradition with an active interest in contemporary construction methods, always seeking greater response, balance and carrying power. Carrillo received a Regional Craftsmanship Award in 2009 and a National Award in 2010. His instruments have been played by musicians including Paco de Lucía, Tomatito, Cañizares, El Niño Josele, Rafael Cañizares, Javier Limón, Keith Richards and Josemi Carmona.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe Gabriela II is Vicente Carrillo’s modern double-top concert model, conceived around immediacy, balance and an effortless release of sound. In this 64 cm cedar version, those qualities take on a particularly warm and rounded character. Notes speak almost instantly, reaching a full presence with very little input from the right hand, while the attack remains soft and supple rather than sharp. The result is a highly responsive voice that feels generous from the first touch, with a smooth tonal surface that encourages expressive shaping rather than force.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIts ease of response is especially valuable in technically demanding music. Fast passages can remain fluid because the player does not have to work against the instrument to establish the tone, while lyrical lines benefit from the cedar top’s warm, rounded character and gentle onset. Carrillo’s light lattice bracing supports sustain and an even balance across the registers, while the double-sided construction is designed to strengthen projection and preserve the guitar’s quick response. The sound therefore combines softness with presence: full-bodied without feeling heavy, and immediate without becoming aggressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFor the Gabriela II instruments supplied to Siccas Guitars, Carrillo uses a specially selected stock of Madagascar rosewood for the back and sides, paired here with a cedar double top. The 640 mm scale and 51 mm nut width form a particularly comfortable playing combination and complement the instrument’s low-effort character. This cedar version of the Gabriela II is defined above all by accessibility and warmth: a guitar that responds readily to a light touch, rounds the edges of the attack and allows the player to concentrate on phrasing, colour and musical continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54642920390989,"sku":"S19021","price":5590.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/vicente-carrillo-2026-gabriela-II-cedar-15_agzgosfg9hmmuuxos64t.jpg?v=1788425655","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/vicente-carrillo-2026-gabriela-ii-cedar-64-cm","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}