Brazilian Rosewood

This beautifully aged classical guitar is from master luthier Jeronimo Peña Fernadez. Hand-dated in the soundhole at 1973. Featuring a solid Red Cedar top and quatersawn Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, the renowned warmth and balance of this instrument's tone is hard to overstate. This instrument was made at a time when Jerinimo Peña Fernandez was producing between 20 and 25 guitars a year in his workshop. The highly stylized guitars of Fernandez are perhaps most immediately identifiable for their intricate design details and overall original style. He learned this in the course of an apprenticeship in carpentry that began when he was only nine.

Here's a cool guitar. A really cool guitar. A true one of a kind. We are offering a 1981 Mossman Guitar Golden Era model custom made for Bob Shane by Stuart Mossman to commemorate 25 years of the The Kingston Trio. This guitar was a collaborative effort between Bob and Stuart Mossman. Bob personally selected the Brazilian rosewood and spruce top from Mossman's private stash, (Remember the word "stash"...you'll understand in a minute). Bob played this guitar for three years on the road before he retired it. Kingston Trio was the the preeminent folk band in the early sixties and spearheaded the massive, folk boom. These guys are the Beatles of folk music. This is a fantastic guitar and a great piece of American music history.