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This guitar is absolutely stunning, and sounds every bit as good as it looks. I originally made a matched pair of these instruments, one in the traditional style and the other in the new lightweight double back style. The Double Back Guitar was so successful that I decided to make another with the same materials. This one is just as good as the first. Acoustically the double back guitar aids the projection of the instrument and makes for a very refined sound that is absolutely fabulous for recording. The arched double back is somewhat stiffer than the traditional back and this raises the main air resonance of the instrument. By keeping the sides the same height as the tradional instruments, this increases the internal volume because of the arched shape of the back and this inturn lowers the air resonance back to where I would like it to be so it works well with the top resonances. Brazilian Rosewood is a simply stunning material for the back and sides and these pieces are the extremely beautiful. It is rare to find timber of this quality today.

This guitar would suit the most discerning of recording artists or concert performer. It has great volume and projection and will fill the largest of halls easily. The Hauser style gives the guitar its own unique flavour. This includes great separation of the notes and great clarity. The balance is also very good along and across the strings. This particluar guitar has a full 19th fret.

This instrument has a truly superb Spruce top, a 650mm scale length and 52mm nut. The fingerboard is Ebony and the tuning machines are the gold Gilbert with ebony buttons. The instrument is easy to play with very good actions set at around the 4mmx3mm standard. The profile of the neck allows ease of playing and accessibility. The guitar weighs around the same as a regular classical guitar. My double back instruments are not constructed like most of the other Australian instruments, they are built in the same manner as the now popular double top guitars that are being produced my many other fine makers.

The Brazilian Rosewood on this guitar is very old and Cites legal. It was acquired long before the Cites ban was even implemented. The spruce top is many years old and has a very fine grain with very good medullary content. The top is well quartered and has no runout. The spruce top, pictured to the right is of an extremely high quality. The medullary rays are very prominent and the grain is fine, even and straight. The top has been French Polished tops and the back and sides have been lacquered. The beautiful timber on the headstock is an African timber called Wenge. Wenge is a beautiful timber and can be used for the back and sides of classical guitars very successfully. The case is a Hiscox Lite flight case. These are very good light weight English cases. I do offer other cases as options.

Brazilian Rosewood and Spruce are regarded by many as the ultimate timber choices for top level guitars. I have a limited supply of Brazilian Rosewood and it is getting increasingly harder to obtain, especially in good quality and the prices have reached absurd proportions and are still rising. I absorb much of the extra cost of the Brazilian Rosewood but this may not be possible if prices continue to rise as they have done for the last couple of years.