Legendary "EL VITO" PROFESSIONAL RC - Luthier Made - World Class - Classical Grand Concert Guitar - Cedar/Indian Rosewood

Legendary "EL VITO" PROFESSIONAL RC - Luthier Made - World Class - Classical Grand Concert Guitar - Cedar/Indian Rosewood

BRAND NEW (2021) - Open Box item - purchased - examined - now listed

About this listing

This guitar is the last unit of El Vito Professional RC model available for sale. Since 2013 the original buyer of this guitar ordered only 105 units of these Concert and Professional level guitars, while only 102 have serial numbers on their labels, he doesn’t expect to be able to order more. He speculated that in the future all these guitars might be considered “highly collectible” in addition to their wonderful sound. You still have a chance to own one.

El Vito Professional RC (s.n.98/2021)

El Vito “Professional” guitars are made by World Class Master Luthier. Their sound and playability will certainly satisfy every World Class Player. These guitars are made in quite limited numbers and only a lucky few will ever own them. Few dozens of those who already do, have expressed their amazement and gratitude in their reviews. By reading these statements you may do yourself a huge favor.        

This guitar is all solid woods, super high-grade instrument, easy to play, very responsive, producing sweet, clear, resonating well balanced notes, at very high volume with great sustain. It will prove to you that very high-grade instruments can be made anywhere in the world regardless of nationality of the luthier.

It is an improved version of fan braced model Concert RS that I was selling in earlier years. This one has somewhat thinner walls, hence, is lighter, louder and more responsive, yet still with superb note clarity and separation and very impressive sustain.  

Each El Vito "Professional" guitar is individually finetuned, can be slightly different in some small details and may have its own unique cosmetic imperfections.

This model easily challenges all "luthier made" guitars available in major US stores within price range of $10000-$15000.

You absolutely don’t have to believe my statement. But you will certainly believe your own senses. If you decide to read all comments written by experienced players who already own these guitars, you’ll know why I label these models as “Professional” and why all these players put such high value on these guitars. 

This guitar plays easily and sounds wonderful enough to be appreciated by serious students and performing artists, who simply don’t want to spend several thousand USD more for a similar grade guitar. These players will surely admit that this guitar at this price is a true bargain. 

If you'd like to see El Vito guitars "in action" please find YouTube Channel "Felix Marin Jr" and listen to his original compositions.

El Vito Professional guitars are made by a Chinese luthier Yulong Yu, who 25 years ago travelled to Spain and learned his craft while working at few guitar workshops. Since that time, he systematically travels to Spain and learns newest ideas and technologies used in guitar making. Right now, he runs a workshop with only 3 employees and makes several models, from medium to very high grade. His top models are made in very limited quantities, 10-15 guitars a month. The wait time for such guitar is at least 6 months. Many of his guitars are ordered by Spanish importers and later sold as “hand made in Spain”, naturally at much higher prices than El Vito guitars.

The original buyer's direct cooperation with Mr. Yu (without any middle man or distribution chain) allows him to sell and thereby me to acquire these guitars at very competitive prices.

After arrival from China all "El Vito" guitars are inspected and set-up by me in Alpharetta, GA (USA)

All El Vito guitars have straight and relatively slim necks, and neck/body angle allowing for experiments with lower than standard string action, hence playing them with great ease. Every experienced player knows it very well, that soon after the purchase of any guitar, its looks & brand name, tonality & volume, become quite irrelevant if they are hard to play due to high string action which can’t be corrected any simple way.

El Vito guitars are made for true guitar enthusiasts, who are not only advanced players, but also have already experienced far more expensive guitars and have deep understanding about the purpose of a guitar, know how guitar works and that there is no “one fits all” string action. Only such people will be able to recognize fantastic value of these guitars.  

Specifications:

Top: Thin (1.8 mm) AAA Grade Canadian Cedar with fan bracing/ Gloss finish

Back and Sides: Solid AA Grade Indian Rosewood/ Gloss Finish

Binding: Rosewood

Neck: Spanish Cedar with Ebony (+ 2 carbon fiber rods) Reinforcement 

Fingerboard: Ebony

Bridge: Indian Rosewood

High Grade Der Jung Tuning Machines

Nut & Saddle: Bone

Nut width: 52mm

String Scale: 650MM

Strings: Augustine Blues Bass strings; Savarez wound 3rd (No 527 R) 3rd string; and Augustine Regals Strings 1 & 2

Current action is set to 3.50 mm under E6 & 3.00 mm under E1. This action is already below the standard for classical guitars, but if this is your desire, you may easily lower this action.  

Guitar comes with a brand new ABS case

WHEN YOU BUY ANY GUITAR, YOU MUST ANTICIPATE TAKING IT TO YOUR LOCAL GUITAR SHOP FOR FINAL ADJUSTMENTS CALLED “SETUP”. DEPENIDNG ON YOUR PLAYING TECHNIQUE, THIS SETUP ON USED GUITARS MAY INCLUDE NEW CUSTOM-MADE NUT AND SADDLE. IF YOU HEAR STRING BUZZ IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT GUITAR IS DEFECTIVE. IF YOU PLAY HARD ENOUGH ALL BASS STRINGS WILL BUZZ OVER THE FRETS, UNLESS THEY ARE SUSPENDED VERY FAR FROM THE FINGERBOARD. UNLESS YOU PLAY QUITE GENTLY, YOU CAN’T HAVE LOW ACTION AND NO BUZZES. KEEP IN MIND THAT CELLO-LIKE BASSES ON HIGH GRADE CLASSICAL GUITARS HAVE THEIR NATURAL “BUZZ”.