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Originally Posted by justonwo

It's the quintessential Brondel A-2, and embodies everything I like about Laurent's guitars. In many ways, it's very similar to my mahogany-backed A-2, though I believe my guitar has a bit less top end and perhaps a bit more projection.

The AGF A-2c really grabbed my attention because it was both very light and VERY responsive. It's a powerful guitar, with tons of headroom and glorious and sparkling top end. It's balanced, lacks nothing, and has just about everything I would look for in a fingerstyle guitar. It has Laurent's signature tone, which I believe to be rooted in the vintage Martin style. It has fantastic note separation and complexity, balanced overtones that don't muddle the fundamental, and a distinctive voice that works well across a wide variety of styles (I had a chance to hear folks playing more modern songs than I typically play and I felt the Brondel outperformed many revered contemporary fingerstyle guitars that were played side by side).

The neck profile is exquisite, the setup is wonderful, and of course it looks great. The action was just a hair too low for my aggressive picking style, but of course that can be easily remedied.

thank you very much. your reply is very helpful! i believe that guitar in the first pic might well be mine (German/African Blackwood A2).