Rich in sound, rich in history, rich in beauty.
Featuring a carefully chosen, solid Spruce top and laminated Sycamore back and sides, the Rodriguez
Model C3 Flamenco is a beauty to behold and play. The headstock and fretboard made are of Indian rosewood. Nickel-plated tuners
and silver-plated frets are installed to last a lifetime. The body binding and wood rosette are exquisite.
Each Rodriguez
Guitar is hand crafted and glued to create precise balances. From the invisible careful sanding, even inside the body, that
ensures the finished instrument's purity of tone, to the beautifully unique rosette inlays around the soundhole and on the
back of the neck, the flamenco guitar is a credit to its luthier and worthy of being handed down from one generation to another.
The
tone, resonance and beauty of fine guitars are all dependent upon the wood from which they are made. The wood used in the
construction of Rodriguez guitars is carefully chosen and aged to guarantee the highest quality. No wood is purchased before
the tree has been cut down, and at least 2 years must elapse before the tree is turned into lumber. The wood has to be well
cut from the log. The grain must be close and absolutely vertical. The shop is totally free from humidity.
The Rodriguez
C3 guitar features a multi-colored wood rosette, as exquisite as the sounds that issue from it. Their intricacy and beauty
signify the attention to detail that characterizes every Rodriguez guitar.
For backs and sides, Rodriguez uses Brazilian
Rosewood and Indian Rosewood (Jacaranda). Brazilian Rosewood has a beautiful color and design, making it ideal for an elegant
concert classic guitar.
For the top, Rodriguez has experimented with other Spruce woods from various parts of the world
including North America, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Sweden, but the Spruce from Central Europe is unique. Red Western Cedar
is obtained from Canada and the Northwest U.S. There are many different qualities and colors. As with Spruce, stiffness, grain
and weight are important.
For the neck, Rodriguez uses cedar from Honduras as preferred over heavy Mahogany. There
are many kinds of Cedar, as the name is used on so many continents. The Honduras Cedar used is very hard and stiff, but at
the same time, light. Necks are reinforced with 2 Ebony strips on the underside of the fingerboard to give total rigidity
and to eliminate movement cased as a result of the aging of the classical guitar.
Rodriguez C3 Flamenco Classical Guitar Features:
- Top: Solid Spruce
- Back & Sides: Laminated Sycamore
- Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge: Indian Rosewood
- Neck: Sapele
- Tuner: Nickel Plated (Standard)
- Headstock: Indian Rosewood
- Nut & Saddle: Tusq Graphite
- Body Binding: Two, Indian Rosewood
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Rodriguez C3 Flamenco Classical Guitar Specifications:
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 2" (54mm)
- Body Depth: 3.71" — 3.94" (95mm — 100mm)
- Body Width: 11.42" — 14.53" (290mm — 369mm)
- Scale Length: 25.6" (650mm)
- Rosette: Multicolored woods
- Body Binding: Wood
- Frets: 19, Silver-plated