Auden Artist Chester - Rosewood and Cedar 2022 - Natural gloss - Brad Clarke Pre

Really nice example of the Auden Artist Chester in all solid rosewood and cedar.  I bought this new about a year and a half ago.  It's had one gig and spent the rest of its time in my little studio.  A single small surface (finish-only) ding to the top -  just saw it now when polishing it up for the listing

The top is a lovely book-matched close grain with plenty of silking or cross-grain.  The back, also book-matched, is as nice a piece of rosewood as I've seen.  Beautiful work.

About that case handle - Auden need to speak to their supplier on this one.  I also have the Maple and Sitka version of this guitar and it too has a busted handle.  Easy enough repair if you're going to be on the move a lot.  Usable for now, but will need sorting.

Tonally it's very warm and rich in the bass and clear and bright at the top.  It's their own take on the jumbo size - wide lower bout but keeping the upper bout compact.  This design makes it one of the best all-rounders.  Excellent strummer and picker.  Probably the best strumming guitar I've had.  

Oh and it's got the remarkable Brad Clarke Supernatural pickup and preamp.  We've all tried them all.  Fishman, Baggs, K&K.  but the Supernatural is far and away the closest I've heard to the sound of a miked acoustic.  Really excellent.

Retailing for £1699.  Here's the full spec from the Auden site.
Top: AAA CedarBack: Solid Indian Rosewood
Sides: Solid Indian Rosewood
Neck: African Mahogany
Joint: Dovetail / Hide Glue
Fingerboard: Ebony
Head plate: Rosewood
Detailing: Rosewood / Maple
Nut: Bone
Bridge: Ebony
Saddle: Bone / Composite
Pins: Ebony
Machine heads: Schertler 18:1 open
Finish: Full Gloss
Preamp: Brad Clark Supernatural DS
Case: Vintage Grey Buck
Reason I'm selling is that, apparently, I have too many guitars ... and I do have the maple version, so, yeah, couldn't find a counter-argument in this case ;-)

Thanks for looking