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Neck：Cedro
Fingerboard：Ebony
Finish：Lacquer
Tuning Machine：SLOANE
String height：1string　3.0mm／6string　3.7mm

[Profile]
Manuel Velazquez was born in Puerto Rico in 1917 and his maternal grandparents are Spanish. He began his apprenticeship as a furniture maker and at the same time began to build guitars. He built his first guitar at the age of 16. A local musician, impressed by the quality of the guitars he was building at the time, encouraged him to go to New York and he moved there in 1941.
He began to be widely known in the late 1940s and quickly gained fame after Andres Segovia praised his guitars. He returned to Puerto Rico in 1972, but settled in the United States again in 1982. It was at this time that his son, Alfredo, also began to join in the production, and he took over the workshop after Manuel's death in 2014.
At the root of Manuel's guitar making is his admiration for traditional guitars, and his works from the 1950s and 60s, which were heavily influenced by Hauser, have been highly acclaimed.
His works from the 1970s to the 1980s had larger bodies and were more powerful and louder. After that, he reverted to the traditional style based on the original Hauser style. He is regarded as one of the greatest American guitar makers.

[Description]
This guitar is from the period when he was returning to Hauser style guitars after a period of increasing size in the 1980s. However, the internal construction does not follow the pure Hauser style. The tone is also more Spanish guitar-like than the Hauser type, with a romantic expression, and the rich, expansive, powerful sound is extremely appealing. The body and neck are a little small, and the design is exquisite, with a stress-free feel in both hands, making it very easy to play. Excellent good wood is used, and the back is Jacaranda. The entire body has been repainted with lacquer, and only a few scratches can be seen around the sound hole.


Performance video