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small string length circa 1840s early romantic guitar

$ 660

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

This is one of the rarer short string length guitars, 59cm, which was not so uncommon for the era and makes for an easy reach. I have it strung with calculated gauges so that it plays well at normal E pitch.
All is original except the fingerboard and flat brass frets are not. The action is perfectly fine with no buzzing in the lower positions. String height at the 12th fret: .about 5mm for the first string, and quite low for frets 1 through 10.
Comes with a high quality hard case that is an approximate but adequate fit.