{"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","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/zbigniew-gnatek-2023-cedar","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}