Mind? I love telling people about my instruments.
It's a 1976 M. Sakurai, built in the Kohno shop while his nephew (who now owns the company after the master's death some years ago) was an apprentice. Lovely piece of straight grained East Indian Rosewood for the body and Western Redcedar for the soundboard. Built similar to a Fleta and with 660mm long scale but a very comfy and playable neck shape.
It's a little overly warm sounding as you might expect for a long-scale cedar and EIR guitar but I love it! I've owned it for two years and if I'm not mistaken it had only a single owner before myself. I purchased it from Dream Guitars.
P.S. I believe Contreras pere et fils are one of the better regarded workshops in Spain, making a large number of guitars in a traditional Spanish manner. I've not played one but they have a great reputation if you want a "Spanish" tone with perhaps a certain degree of old-fashioned manly dimensions to the neck!
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---Warren Malone "Whole Life Blues"
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