RARE 1973 GIANNINI CRAVIOLA AWKN 6 NYLON CLASSICAL GUITAR

FOR SALE IS A RARE AND DESIRABLE PIECE OF BRAZILIAN GUITAR HISTORY A VINTAGE 05/1973 GIANNINI CRAVIOLA AWKN6 CLASSICAL NYLON 6 STRING GUITAR MADE IN MAY 1973 IN SAN PAULO BRAZIL

THIS GUITAR WAS MADE FAMOUS BY JIMMY PAGE OF LED ZEPPLIN WHOM HAD BOTH A 6 AND 12 STRING VERSION

THIS IS A HIGHLY DESIRABLE AND DIFFICULT TO FIND GUITAR AND FEATURES AN ICONIC ASYMMETRICAL KIDNEY BEAN BODY SHAPE THAT MAXIMIZES SOUNDBOARD SURFACE AREA WHILE RESTING INCREDIBLY COMFORTABLE IN YOUR LAP. .THIS MODEL BOAST A GORGEOUS HIGHLY FIGURED LAMINATED BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD BACK AND SIDES PAIRED WITH A TIGHT GRAINED LAMINATED SPRUCE TOP ,ALL TO PREVENT THE WOOD CRACKING COMMON TO BRAZILIAN MADE GUITARS.

THIS DESIGN YEILDS A DISTINCTIVE OPEN WOODY AND PUNCHY MIDRANGE WITH A DEEP ,RESONATE LOW END .MAKING IT THE ULTIMATE INSTRUMENT FOR BOSSA NOVA,SAMBA,CLASSICAL FINGERSTYLE OR UNIQUE FOLK ARRANGEMENTS.

THE NYLON STRING VARIENT FEATURING THE TRADITIONAL STRAIGHT TIEBLOCK BRIDGE IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS PURISTS FOR ITS ORGANIC RESONANCE.

BUILT BY THE GIANNINI WORKSHOPS IN SAN PAULO

GUITAR IN GREAT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE AND HAS SOME LIGHT MARKS FROM USE WITH A FEW DENTS IN THE NECK AS SHOWN IN PICTURES AND SOME SURFACE SCRATCHES TO BACK PLATE,I HAIRLINE LACQUER CRACK TO SOUNDBOARD AND 1 SMALL DING.

THE NECK IS SPAINISH CEDAR WITH EBONY REINFORCEMENT

SOLID EBONY FINGERBOARD

SLIM MAHOGANY C SHAPED NECK WITH A NON ADJUSTABLE REINFORCEMENT ROD

HAS ROSEWOOD BRIDGE AND HEADSTOCK ,GOLD LUXURY GOLD TONE TUNERS WITH BONE NUT AND SADDLE,20 FRETS

A 52MM NUT AND 650 SCALE

ACTION IS EXCELLENT ,WITH STRING HEIGHT AT THE 12TH FRET 3.5 AT THE LOW E AND 2.5 MM AT THE HIGH E

COMES WITH BRAND NEW TOP QUALITY STRINGS

COMES IN AN OLD FOAM CASE

CAN BE VIEWED AND COLLECTED FROM MANNING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND HAPPY TO FREIGHT ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA FOR FREE AND WORLD WIDE AT BUYERS EXPENSE