Armin Hanika - New Century Doubletop Custom
At HANIKA craftsmanship is understood as custom work and sound as art. A guitar from the famous Baiersdorf manufacture is a symbol of quality and craftsmanship tradition. Since 1953 it has been the basis for the success story of the company, combined with trend-setting innovations. Master plucked instrument maker Armin Hanika took over the company from his father in 1993 and has been building classical guitars of outstanding quality ever since.
This New Century Doubletop model is a custom build resulting of a special collaboration between Hanika and Siccas Guitars. We have chosen a 64cm scale and a 51mm nut width to ensure good playability and comfort for the left hand; To minimize the chances of handling blemishes, the granadillo wood back and sides have a uv-cured acryllic finish; and to maximize the tonal qualities of the spruce top, a shellac finish has been used.
The New Century Doubletop is one of the latest innovations from Armin Hanika’s workshop. It has all the elements of a modern classical guitar: a raised fingerboard to improve access to the higher registers, an additional sound port on the side for better tonal control. Also, one feature makes this guitar particularly intriguing: it has a second back placed in the middle of the body, which accelerates the interaction between soundboard and back. This provides both full sound with nice sustain and particularly good projection in larger rooms, as well as a very responsive instrument.
This modern guitar has a traditional fan bracing made of spruce. Its separation of voices, as well as the tonal balance, are excellent. With the bridge made of thermo-checker-tree, much lower weight and damping than rosewood is achieved, which improves the response and increases the dynamics.
$6,773.46
Armin Hanika - New Century Doubletop Custom—
$6,773.46
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At HANIKA craftsmanship is understood as custom work and sound as art. A guitar from the famous Baiersdorf manufacture is a symbol of quality and craftsmanship tradition. Since 1953 it has been the basis for the success story of the company, combined with trend-setting innovations. Master plucked instrument maker Armin Hanika took over the company from his father in 1993 and has been building classical guitars of outstanding quality ever since.
This New Century Doubletop model is a custom build resulting of a special collaboration between Hanika and Siccas Guitars. We have chosen a 64cm scale and a 51mm nut width to ensure good playability and comfort for the left hand; To minimize the chances of handling blemishes, the granadillo wood back and sides have a uv-cured acryllic finish; and to maximize the tonal qualities of the spruce top, a shellac finish has been used.
The New Century Doubletop is one of the latest innovations from Armin Hanika’s workshop. It has all the elements of a modern classical guitar: a raised fingerboard to improve access to the higher registers, an additional sound port on the side for better tonal control. Also, one feature makes this guitar particularly intriguing: it has a second back placed in the middle of the body, which accelerates the interaction between soundboard and back. This provides both full sound with nice sustain and particularly good projection in larger rooms, as well as a very responsive instrument.
This modern guitar has a traditional fan bracing made of spruce. Its separation of voices, as well as the tonal balance, are excellent. With the bridge made of thermo-checker-tree, much lower weight and damping than rosewood is achieved, which improves the response and increases the dynamics.
