1972 Yamaha GC-10D Rosewood and Spruce Classical Guitar

Here is an excellent condition rare, 1972 Yamaha Grand Concert Classical Guitar Model GC-10D.
This is a high level quality classical guitar. It was made in a small corner workshop of the Yamaha Nippon-Gakki factory in Japan. This is from the second series of Yamaha Grand Concert top level guitars.
This particular Yamaha guitar is a masterpiece of sound. It has concert level volume. This is a guitar that sings.

The overall condition of the guitar is excellent. There was one hairline in the top near the rear upper bout. There was tight crack in the headstock which was well repaired many years ago. There were no cracks in the back or sides of this guitar. The entire finish was refurbished using lacquers to minimize surface blemishes.

This hand crafted guitar was built using solid Indian rosewood for the back and sides, a mahogany neck and a solid European spruce top. The binding and headstock cap are made using rosewood and maple. The guitar has the intricate rosette used only on this early Grand Concert GC-10D.

Scale length on this guitar is 660 millimeters. The ebony fretboard and frets are in excellent condition. They have just been cleaned and polished. Action on the 12th fret low E string is 3.2 millimeters and the 12th fret high E string measures 2.5 millimeters. Nut width is 52 millimeters.

This guitar still has the original gold Yamaha tuners in very good condition which hold tune well. 
This is a very rare early Yamaha Grand Concert guitar. Because of this, it uses a unique numbered and dated label that is signed by the builder in Japanese. This is one of the methods of recognizing a true Yamaha Grand Concert.

In the mid 1960's Yamaha wanted to build quality classical guitars. Knowing that the secrets of building a great guitar were passed down from father to son for generations of Spanish luthiers, they hired Eduardo Ferrer. Eduardo was the nephew of Benito Ferrer, one of the greatest luthiers of the early 20th century known for having given Andres Segovia his first quality guitar.

In 1966, 1967 and 1968, Yamaha hired Eduardo Ferrer to teach their three greatest luthiers how to build great classical guitars. From this instruction, the Yamaha Grand Concert series of guitars was born.
Comparable modern Yamaha guitars are priced at 7,000+ dollars.

The guitar will be carefully packed and shipped in its good condition hard shell case placed inside a sturdy box.
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