Review of the La Canada Model 17 Granadillo classical guitar. Where to buy it?

La Canada Model 17 Granadillo, classical guitar; size: 4/4; the two La Canada makers, renowned luthier Edmund Blöchinger and guitar/sound wood expert Wolfgang Jellinghaus, have developed guitars based on world famous Torres originals that honor the work of the Stradivarius of guitar making; La Canada guitars are created in a small manufactory in China by experienced guitar builders with the greatest possible care according to the rules of the art of guitar making; only CITES-free woods of the best quality are used; all instruments are sealed with a shellac hand polish; model 17 is a tribute to the instrument played and made famous by the innovator of the spanish concert guitar, Francisco Tárrega; back & sides: solid granadillo; top: solid spruce; neck: cedro; fingerboard: ebony; nut width: 52 mm (2,05″); scale: 640 mm (25,2″); bridge: solid ziricote; tuners: De Jonge; incl. case; colour: natural

• Top: Spruce
• Back & Sides: Solid rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
• Back & Side Bindings: Blackwood
• Neck: Cedar
• Fretboard: Ebony
• Scale: 650 mm
• 20 Frets
• Nut width: 52 mm
• Headstock veneer: Macassar
• Nut & Saddle: Bone
• Alessi Standard machine heads
• Colour: Natural
• Includes a Hiscox case

La Canada Model 17 Granadillo, classical guitar; size: 4/4; the two La Canada makers, renowned luthier Edmund Blöchinger and guitar/sound wood expert Wolfgang Jellinghaus, have developed guitars based on world famous Torres originals that honor the work of the Stradivarius of guitar making; La Canada guitars are created in a small manufactory in China by experienced guitar builders with the greatest possible care according to the rules of the art of guitar making; only CITES-free woods of the best quality are used; all instruments are sealed with a shellac hand polish; model 17 is a tribute to the instrument played and made famous by the innovator of the spanish concert guitar, Francisco Tárrega; back & sides: solid granadillo; top: solid spruce; neck: cedro; fingerboard: ebony; nut width: 52 mm (2,05″); scale: 640 mm (25,2″); bridge: solid ziricote; tuners: De Jonge; incl. case; colour: natural

• Top: AAA solid cedar
• Chinese House bracing
• Back and sides: Solid Madagascar rosewood
• Neck: Cedar reinforced with ebony
• Fretboard and bridge: Ebony
• Neck profile: Ergoneck
• Nut and saddle: Bone
• Scale: 650 mm
• Nut width: 52 mm
• Schaller Grand Tune Classic Hauser machine heads
• Top with nitrocellulose varnish
• Colour: Natural high gloss
• Case included

La Canada Model 17 Granadillo, classical guitar; size: 4/4; the two La Canada makers, renowned luthier Edmund Blöchinger and guitar/sound wood expert Wolfgang Jellinghaus, have developed guitars based on world famous Torres originals that honor the work of the Stradivarius of guitar making; La Canada guitars are created in a small manufactory in China by experienced guitar builders with the greatest possible care according to the rules of the art of guitar making; only CITES-free woods of the best quality are used; all instruments are sealed with a shellac hand polish; model 17 is a tribute to the instrument played and made famous by the innovator of the spanish concert guitar, Francisco Tárrega; back & sides: solid granadillo; top: solid spruce; neck: cedro; fingerboard: ebony; nut width: 52 mm (2,05″); scale: 640 mm (25,2″); bridge: solid ziricote; tuners: De Jonge; incl. case; colour: natural

A modern nylon string grand auditorium with cutaway for easy access to the upper frets. With a saddle width of 47.6 mm, the neck feels significantly slimmer than that of a normal concert guitar.

Of course with the legendary Taylor playability and the patented Taylor ES-N electronics with active volume, treble and bass controls.

• Grand Auditorium design with cutaway
• Solid sitka spruce top
• Nylon bracing
• Solid sapele back and sides
• Mahogany neck
• Ebony fretboard
• Dots fretboard inlays
• 20 Frets
• Scale: 648 mm
• Nut width: 47.6 mm
• TUSQ nut
• Micarta bridge
• ES-N electronics pickup system
• Classic nickel machine heads
• Black pickguard
• Strings: D’Addario Classical extra hard tension (Article Nr 180855)
• Colour: Natural
• Includes a brown Taylor deluxe hardshell case
• Made in the USA

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La Canada Model 17 Granadillo, classical guitar; size: 4/4; the two La Canada makers, renowned luthier Edmund Blöchinger and guitar/sound wood expert Wolfgang Jellinghaus, have developed guitars based on world famous Torres originals that honor the work of the Stradivarius of guitar making; La Canada guitars are created in a small manufactory in China by experienced guitar builders with the greatest possible care according to the rules of the art of guitar making; only CITES-free woods of the best quality are used; all instruments are sealed with a shellac hand polish; model 17 is a tribute to the instrument played and made famous by the innovator of the spanish concert guitar, Francisco Tárrega; back & sides: solid granadillo; top: solid spruce; neck: cedro; fingerboard: ebony; nut width: 52 mm (2,05″); scale: 640 mm (25,2″); bridge: solid ziricote; tuners: De Jonge; incl. case; colour: natural

• With cutaway
• Top: Solid AAA cedar
• Back and sides: AAA rosewood
• Curve sound hole decoration
• Scale: 650 mm
• Nut width: 48 mm
• Neck-body joint at 13th fret
• 19 Frets
• Pickup System: LR Baggs Anthem SL Classical
• Golden Der Jung classical machine heads
• Colour: Natural high gloss
• Includes case
• Made in Germany