MADE IN 1980 BY MASTER YUKIO NIWA HEAVENLY SOUNDING CLASSICAL CONCERT GUITAR
MADE IN 1980 BY MASTER YUKIO NIWA HEAVENLY SOUNDING CLASSICAL CONCERT GUITAR
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MADE IN 1980 BY MASTER YUKIO NIWA HEAVENLY SOUNDING CLASSICAL CONCERT GUITAR
Brand: Yukio NIwa
;Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
MADE IN 1980 BY MASTER YUKIO NIWA HEAVENLY SOUNDING CLASSICAL CONCERT GUITAR
Please read my 7 days return policy at the bottom of the page.
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If you are thinking about a purchase of a used vintage guitar you need to accept the fact that such guitars may have cosmetic flaws solely associated with their age, but not related to any particular damage. For example their finishes change their look over the years and are not glossy and cristal clear like on brand new guitar. I see guitars as musical instruments, not a furniture. When I describe guitar as being in excellent condtion I don't talk only about its cosmetics but mostly about its structural & functional condition, sound and playbility. If you are seeking a perfect looking guitar you should abandon a thought about buying a used vintage one, especially from me.
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Yukio Niwa Model 15 Class 1A
This guitar was made in 1980 by luthier Yukio Niwa.
Yukio started his career in guitar making at
Masaru Kohno workshop in early 1970s. After few years he moved and worked at
Saburo Nogami workshop. Saburo Nogami, first ever Masaru Kohno’s apprentice,
was a friend with Kazuo Yairi and frequently worked as Master Luthier and supervisor
at Kazuo’s Guitar Factory located in Jifu, Japan. Thanks to these connections
Yukio Niwa in late 1970s took a long term position of a Master Luthier at Kazuo
Yairi’s factory. While working for Kazuo, Yukio was also making guitars with
his own label. This is one of them.
It is not difficult to imagine that after being thought by 3
Japanese elite luthiers Yukio was capable of creating very high grade
instruments. What he couldn’t do in 1980, was to price his guitars at the same level
as his powerful mentors and other major players within Japanese guitar making industry.
The same exactly grade guitar sold by Yukio for 150 000, with Kohno label inside
would be labelled as model 30 and sold for 300 000. Yamaha Corp. would label it
as GC20 and sell for 200 000 yen.
It is also worth to mention that in 1980 many younger luthiers who
were entering the market had to sell similar grade guitars for 100 000. Another
words their labels were totally free.
Yukio Niwa still makes guitars working at his own
workshop. His least expensive models with Indian Rosewood b/s are priced 400
000 yen, while any models made with solid Brazilian Rosewood b/c are sold for
no less than 900 000 yen. These are actually regular prices used by all other
established Japanese luthiers.
This particular guitar is a high grade concert
instrument that matches quality of much higher priced instruments made by more
famous luthiers. It truly sounds like top Masaru Kohno models. It only lacks
appropriate ornamental extras and famous label ... and (good news) appropriate price.
This
guitar has exceptional response, great volume, superb note clarity &
separation, uniquely seducing tonality, fantastic sustain. It is very lyrical
and hard to put down guitar. With quite slim neck and current action it is
super easy to play.
Despite its age of 35, this guitar remains in overall excellent cosmetic
and perfect functional condition. One its top there are only few very small and
shallow dents, few super minor rubbing marks on the back, couple of very small
dents on the back of the neck.
Specifications:
Torres Style Body (somewhat smaller than modern era guitars)
Top: High Grade Solid Spruce/ Shellac
Back & Sides: High Grade Solid Brazilian
Rosewood/Shellac
Neck: Mahogany with Ebony Insert
Fingerboard:
Ebony
Scale:
650mm
Nut
width: 51.5 mm
Action is
set to 3.5 mm under E6 and 3.00 mm under E, with plenty of extra room on the
saddle.
This guitar will be shipped in used Takabe Hard Shell Case in excellent condition. To Australia it will be shipped in brand new Hard Polyfoam Case.
In order to ship a package with guitar to Australia at affordable rate +/- $150.00 (USPS International Priority Mail), length of such package can’t exceed 42” and its girth (2 x times width + 2 x height) + length can’t exceed total of 97”. If you want original or non-original hard shell case, the size of the package will qualify it only for USPS/Fedex Global Express Guaranteed at $400.00 price.
Important info for “those who pretend to be born yesterday”:
Brand new guitars with solid Brazilian rosewood b/s currently
made in Japan by less known luthiers are priced at least $800 000 yen. Before
you can enjoy playing them you need to get them shipped to you. This is
naturally associated with certain risk and comes at additional cost.
Dalbergia nigra
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Brazilian Rosewood)Not to be confused with Aniba rosaeodora, which is also known as "Brazilian rosewood".Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Allem. ex Benth.
Dalbergia nigra, commonly known as the Bahia Rosewood, Jacarandá da Bahia, Brazilian Rosewood, Rio Rosewood,Jacarandá De Brasil, Pianowood, Caviuna, or Obuina, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.
Brazilian Rosewood, also called
Jacaranda de Brasil includes several subspecies and varieties of trees that
produce very high density wood, known for its superb tonal properties. Plates
of wood cut from Jacaranda trees can have different looks, from colorful wavy
or blotchy patterns to straight grain patterns, from very dark ones to lighter
in color. Due to the 1968 ban on harvesting Jacaranda in the Jungles of Amazon,
many other “not-banned” tree species (like Honduran Rosewood) producing wood of
similar tonal properties were identified and used in guitar making. These trees
(woods) are commonly called New
Jacaranda or Latin America Rosewood. Currently these Amazonian woods are also
quite hard to acquire and became very expensive. Therefore luthiers around the
world are making their top models using Madagascar Rosewood, known to have very
similar to Jacaranda tonal properties. Guitars made with Brazilian Rosewood are
super-expensive, easily reaching $10 000 - $20 000 level.
Guitar Salon International (Santa Monica, CA) sells Masaki
Sakurai Model PC & Sakurai Maestro RF for $9,500. GSI sells Sakurai-Kohno
Professional J model for $6500.00, which in Japan is priced 460 000 yen. KOHNO
MAESTRO model in Japan is priced 1 200 000 yen. You can estimate yourself what
would be the price of this model at GSI. Not long ago top Yamaha model GC82
with Brazilian Rosewood b/s was priced 1 800 000 yen. Today Yamaha GC82 with
Madagascar Rosewood b/s is retailed at $9.999 in US and about $12,500 in
Europe.
Prices for similar quality guitars made by Spanish or other well
known European luthiers reach much higher level. AT GSI this very often
$18,000+.
Returns
If you are not happy with your purchase you may return the guitar for a refund of a purchase price of a guitar. The cost of shipping both ways will not be refunded.
All you need to do is to:
1. Notify
me within 5 days after delivery
2. Pack
guitar the same way I do it, using the same box and materials
3. Ship it
back to me within next 2 days
Another words I expect this “trail” period to occur within +/- 7
days. Naturally guitar has to be returned in the same condition as I ship it to
you. This is simply honest offer for honest buyers. My goal is to make your
purchase as risk free as possible. I know very well that spending $1000 of hard
earned money is not emotionally easy undertaking for majority of guitar lovers.
I am sure that reading my feedback can ease a bit your “purchase anxiety” but
it still will be there no matter how hard I try.
Victor
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