{"product_id":"bruce-west-classical-guitar-brazilian-rosewood-2023","title":"Bruce West Classical Guitar Brazilian Rosewood, 2023 [USED]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Bruce West Classical guitar, bearing the serial 232 IHS and built during 2023 in Sterling, Ontario features a hundred year old Swiss Alpine Spruce top and Brazilian Rosewood sides and back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese guitars tie into an interesting and pivotal period of Canadian lutherie history, during which many now prominent builders intersected, exchanged ideas and experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eConstruction and Materials\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the back, sides bridge and head plate, this Bruce West Classical uses a Brazilian Rosewood set harvested in the 1960s, and purchased in Quebec in 1977.  The center of the back includes a small section of sapwood, giving a very distinctive appearance.  The body blocks and neck are Mahogany and the fingerboard is Ebony.   The body construction is in the 'slipper foot' Spanish style, with the sides slotting into the neck block.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe finish on this guitar, like most others Bruce West builds, is hand-applied violin oil varnish. There is a small finish repair in the bass side of the bass side waist, The varnish itself is likely made by Bruce, a practice he developed with Darryl Williams. The bridge features a 12-hole tie block, which makes re-stringing easier and improves downbearing on the saddle. The tuners are excellent Gotoh models with gold finish and faux-pearl buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guitar is built for concert performance - to be played with a touch that pulls as much volume from the guitar as possible, and this requires that the string action be fairly high. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis instrument is a great example of Bruce West's work and a waypoint in the development of Canadian luthiery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBackground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Bruce West Classical guitar features an aged Swiss Alpine Spruce top with a wonderful provenance.  Here’s Bruce describing how he acquired this wood, which he has been using for many years:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Back in the 1970’s when I had a few bucks in my pocket, Jose Romanillos came to Toronto for a guitar making workshop. That’s where I met him and he told me about a Mr. McCurdy who was a retired cello maker in the south of England. When Alex McCurdy was an apprentice, his mentor took him to the alps in Switzerland and they selected the most promising spruce tree they could find. they cut it into billets and shipped it back to England. McCurdy’s job as an apprentice was to hand split and sticker the prize to air dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI immediately got in touch with McCurdy and found out that he had some of that batch of wood left so I bought it all.\u003cbr\u003eThe bottom line is, the wood is about 100 years old and is from the same tree as the one that Romanillos used for his finest guitars, as played by Julian Bream.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruce West has been involved in musical instrument building for most of his life.  His father, Robert West, was a prominent violinist.     Bruce started work at age 12 with a bench at Geo. Heinl’s workshop in Toronto. In his teens he also played guitar for Ronny Hawkins! Friends with Jean Larrivee, Bruce built relationships with all the now-prominent builders who went through the Larrivee Toronto shops. He was also friends and partners in some wood ventures with Darryl Williams, who specialized in baroque instruments and classical guitars. I worked with Darryl Williams for some years prior to The Twelfth Fret, and met Bruce during those times. I was helping around the shop during the re-sawing of these Rosewood and Spruce sets, and days of Ebony fingerboard and bridge billets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 94.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 94.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 26.1993%; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 94.5938px;\"\u003e \u003cimg alt=\"No Returns or Refunds on Used or Consignments - The Twelfth Fret\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2091\/5497\/files\/No-Refunds-No-Returns-On-Used-or-Consignment-Items-TheTweflthFret.jpg?v=1717033061\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.4317%; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 94.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere are no refunds or returns on used items unless authorized in advance by a Twelfth Fret Sales Associate at time of sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.12fret.com\/the-twelfth-fret-terms-and-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView Our Full Terms Here\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstrument Model:  \u003c\/strong\u003eClassical Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstrument Manufacturer: \u003c\/strong\u003eBruce West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstrument year:\u003c\/strong\u003e  2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstrument Finish:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Oil Varnish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstrument Class:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Classical Guitars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstrument serial number:\u003c\/strong\u003e  232-IHS, built during 2023 in Sterling Ontario\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of Origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; 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