Francisco Manuel Fleta 1962 - Extremely rare and beautiful sounding guitar, made by the brother of Ignacio Fleta - check video!

Francisco Manuel Fleta 1962 - Extremely rare and beautiful sounding guitar, made by the brother of Ignacio Fleta!

Born in 1880 Francisco Manuel Fleta started to build instruments at an early age and finished his first violin at the age of 15. His father supported him and organized an apprenticeship with the violin maker Benito Jaume, who had his workshop in Barcelona. M. Fleta worked three years with Benito Jaume, before he perfected his skills with Etienne Marie. Finally, he opened his own workshop in Barcelona in 1915. He also taught his brothers Ignacio and Bienvenido Fleta how to make guitars.

This guitar made by Francisco Manuel Fleta was built in 1962 and corresponds totally to the guitar making tradition of the Fleta family. The top is made of beautiful spruce. The back and sides are made of cypress stained in black.
There is one professionally repaired crack on the back, which is stable. Overall, the guitar is in good condition. It has a scale lenght of 667 mm and a nut width of 49 mm.

This is a lovely sounding guitar with a lyrical and at the same time very present treble and the basses are sounding very warm and crisp.
The cypress back and sides combined with the wooden tuning pegs makes this guitar to a very lightweight instrument. It has a loose, warm and very open sound, while maintaing excellent clarity at the same time.
The response is direct and the guitar gives the player a feeling of liveliness and spontaneity. The instrument leaves plenty of room for the player's creativity and is absolutely inspiring.

It comes with a newer guitar case.

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