Guitar Lute APC LUTG306 Spruce Walnut
The APC LUTG306 is a nylon string guitar with the round body of a lute. A very original instrument for curious musicians, the solid spruce top has a decorated soundhole reminiscent of the baroque period.
The lute APC LUTG306 is a lute-shaped nylon string guitar for musicians looking for a different instrument that they can play easily.
It looks like a lute but it's a guitar. With the shape of this typical baroque instrument, the lute APC LUTG306 has six nylon strings, playing just like a guitar. It is a beautiful and showy instrument that will certainly call the attention of anyone who sees it.
The body of the APC LUTG306 is pear-shaped, like the Portuguese guitar. The top is in solid spruce and the bottom and shell-shaped sides, very rounded, are in walnut.
The neck is in mahogany, which gives it great stability and the fretboard is slightly raised in relation to the top. The nut and saddle are made of synthetic material, very stable.
The mouth is decorated with a Baroque-inspired grille, highly crafted and of great aesthetic value, following the style of the original lutes.
The lute is one of the most popular instruments of the Renaissance. It is a chordophone of Arab origins, which was established in the Iberian Peninsula from the 11th century onwards. It enjoyed great popularity in medieval music and was later one of the fundamental instruments of baroque music.
This model is played like a guitar, with its traditional tuning being Mi Si Sol Ré Lá Mi. This allows them to use everything they know about guitar on an instrument that looks and sounds a little different.
Founded in 1976 by António Pinto Carvalho, descendant of a centenary school of luthiers in Porto, APC has around 45 craftsmen who build various types of traditional Portuguese and other origins chordophones. APC is the largest national company in this field, producing and selling instruments to more than twenty countries.
If you are looking for a different instrument that draws attention, but that you feel comfortable playing, the lute APC LUTG306 is a very interesting option for those who like to intrigue those who listen to them.
Specifications:
- Top: solid spruce
- Back and sides: walnut
- Neck: mahogany
- Nut and saddle: synthetic
- Machine head: nickel plated
- Finish: open pore
- Tuning: standard, EBGDAE
Traditional instruments can present differences in the picture
shown in the website due to its artisanal manufacturing,
specially in it's decoration.