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Rich in Sound, Rich in History, Rich in Beauty The history of Guitarras Manuel Rodriguez guitars is as rich as the woods from which these sophisticated, distinctive instruments are crafted. Still a family-run company, and now under the stewardship of Manuel Rodriguez Jr. – the third generation – since the passing of Manuel Rodriguez Sr. in 2008, Manuel Rodriguez guitars are at once imbued with the deepest sense of tradition and with the forward-thinking air of pushing down 21st century boundaries. Manuel Rodriguez Sr.'s long, distinguished career resulted in some of the world's finest playing and sounding instruments, with beauty that has remained unsurpassed. Using only the finest woods, and hand-forming each to precise tolerances, Rodriguez Sr. developed distinctive guitars fit for the world’s preeminent artists. His son, Manuel Rodriguez Jr., has brought his dynamic and daring business senses to the brand, getting his family's guitars into the hands of world leaders like Jimmy Carter, supporting charitable organisations, and promoting ecological sustainability issues.
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RRRRRR With the mantle of producing the world’s finest classical guitars passed to Manuel Jr. and Norman Rodriguez following their father's death, the brothers continue the tradition of crafting exceptional instruments deserving of the family name. All Manuel Rodriguez guitars are produced using time honoured traditional methods, with no detail too minor to merit attention. The guitars are constructed by a team of luthiers with decades of experience, in a totally moisture-controlled environment, with repetitive tasks requiring consistent precision accomplished using modern woodworking machines, many of which have been custom designed by Manuel Rodriguez to emulate traditional hand processes. Traditional methods of hand forming and gluing used to ensure each guitar achieves the perfection of a master-built instrument.
The use of naturally dried tonewoods, such as mahogany, cypress and Indian rosewood, all renowned for their hardness, stiffness, resonance and beautiful coloration, are aged for ten years or more before being selected and often bookmatched for the bodies, to impart the exquisite sound of the classical guitar and create a durable object of beauty, featuring Brazilian rosewood on the premium models.
Precise tonal balance comes from perfected production techniques and generations of experience among Manuel Rodriguez's luthiers, who work to ensure the finished instrument’s purity of tone.
For the living, beating heart of the guitar, the top, carefully selected solid spruce, solid cedar, or Manuel Rodriguez's unique 'Café Crème' blend of the two, is used to ensure a powerful and balanced tonality.
The tone, resonance and beauty of fine guitars are all dependent upon the woods from which they are made.
Transforming the most important functional part of the guitar into an object of beauty with the use of exquisite, intricate handmade multicoloured soundhole rosettes, Rodriguez guitars look as enchanting as they sound.
The timbers used in the construction of Rodriguez guitars are painstakingly chosen by grain, weight and density from logs which have been cut for at least two years, then collected and carefully aged for between five and ten years, and finally impeccably matched into sets to guarantee the highest quality. The instruments which Manuel and Norman build, and the contemporary rendition of the late Manuel Rodriguez Senior’s personal guitar are all produced using stocks of tonewoods legally harvested in the middle of the last century, and which have been stored in ideal conditions, preparatory to releasing them to produce some of the most beautiful guitars created anywhere in the world. Manuel Rodriguez guitars are famous for
The late Manuel Rodriguez Snr. carefully crafting one of his hand-made luxurious classical instruments in his own personal workshop.
their comfort and playability. Selected light and stiff Sapele or Honduras Cedar is used for the necks – ebony-reinforced on certain models – ensuring rigidity and long-term stability. Meanwhile, Indian rosewood or ebony fingerboards, accurately fretted with German nickel silver frets, with their beauty enhanced by handsome, intricately engraved European tuning machines, provide a consistently superb playing experience.
Manuel Rodriguez bridges are made of Brazilian and Indian rosewood to ensure the sound of the strings and the dynamics of the player’s style are fully transmitted to the body, the amplifier of the guitar. For those who want to enhance the richness of a handcrafted guitar with the power of electronics, Manuel Rodriguez Cutaway electric models feature state-of-the-art onboard electronic pickups and preamp systems for excellent response, balance and tonal adjustability. Each individual Manuel Rodriguez guitar is a credit to its luthier and worthy of being handed down from one generation to another.
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RRRRRR Specifications common to all Rodriguez classic guitars Fingerboard Width @ nut Body Depth Body Width Scale Length Rosette Body Binding MR8 Frets Laminate Cedar Top Strings Laminate Mahogany
54mm (2.0") 95mm (3.71") - 100mm (3.94") 290mm (11.42") - 369mm (14.53") 650mm (25.6") Inlaid Multicoloured woods Wood 19 Silver-plated D’Aquisto
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Mahogany Back/Sides
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Mahogany Back/Sides Electric Neck LR Baggs Stage Pro ELEMENT: Vol, bass, mid, treb, chromatic tuner, 3-band EQ, sweep notch filter, phase switch, battery LED, 9v battery
Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Bubinga Back/Sides
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Bubinga Back/Sides
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminated Ebony Back/Sides
Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Rosewood Back/Sides
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Solid Spruce Top Laminate Sycamore Back/Sides
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Small Bodied 553mm Scale Length
Solid Canadian Cedar Top - Matt Finish Laminate Rosewood Back/Sides
Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Rosewood Back/Sides
Solid Canadian Cedar Top - Matt Finish Laminate Rosewood Back/Sides
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
Solid Spruce Top Laminate Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
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RRRRRR Specifications common to all Rodriguez classic guitars Fingerboard Width @ nut Body Depth Body Width Scale Length Rosette Binding D1 Body Frets Solid Canadian Strings
54mm (2.0") 95mm (3.71") - 100mm (3.94") 290mm (11.42") - 369mm (14.53") 650mm (25.6") Inlaid Multicoloured woods Wood D1-CAFE´ 19 Silver-plated CAFE´ CON LECHE D’Aquisto
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Laminate Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard. LR Baggs ‘ELEMENT’ EQ: Vol, treb, mid, bass, 3-band EQ, battery LED, 9v battery.
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Solid Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
Model E Bracing Pattern
E-ECO
Gloss Solid Spruce Top Solid Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
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FF Flamenco
Solid German Spruce Top Solid Cypress Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
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Solid Canadian Cedar Top Solid Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard
Solid German Spruce Top Solid Indian Rosewood Back/Sides Ebony Fingerboard.
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RRRRR Specifications common to all full size Rodriguez classic guitars
Guitarras MANUEL
RODRIGUEZ Model MR8 MR10 MCR10BLK MR11 MR11DS MCR11 C1C C1M C1 C1MEB C3 C3F A A-DS B B1S CG D1 D1-CAFE DRM DRG BC1 BC1F BC1-BOCA E E-ECO FF FC FG-S
Top Laminate Canadian Cedar Solid Canadian Cedar Solid Canadian Cedar – Black Solid Canadian Cedar Solid Canadian Cedar - Antiqued Solid Canadian Cedar Solid Canadian Cedar Solid Canadian Cedar Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Cedar – Matt Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Spruce – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar - Antiqued Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Spruce – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss 1/2 Solid Cedar, 1/2 Spruce Solid Spruce - Matt Solid Spruce Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Spruce Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid German Spruce – Gloss Solid Canadian Cedar – Gloss Solid German Spruce – Gloss
Back & Sides Laminated Mahogany Laminated Mahogany Laminated Mahogany Laminated Bubinga Laminated Bubinga Laminated Bubinga Laminated Indian Rosewood, One side Laminated Indian Rosewood, One side Laminated Indian Rosewood, One side Laminated Madagascar Ebony Laminated Indian Rosewood, One side Laminated Sycamore, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Flamed Solid Maple Flamed Solid Maple Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Laminated Maple, Both sides Laminated Indian Rosewood, Both sides Solid Indian Rosewood Solid Indian Rosewood Solid Cypress Solid Indian Rosewood Solid Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony Ebony
Bridge Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood
Fingerboard Width @ nut Body Depth Body Width Scale Length Rosette Body Binding Frets
Neck Sapele Sapele Sapele ‘Electric Neck’ Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Sapele Honduras Cedar Honduras Cedar Honduras Cedar with Ebony Honduras Cedar with Ebony Reinforced Sapele Honduras Cedar with Ebony Honduras Cedar with Ebony Honduras Cedar Honduras Cedar Honduras Mahogany Honduras Cedar with Ebony Reinforced Honduras Cedar with Ebony Honduras Cedar with Ebony Honduras Cedar with Ebony
Tuners Silver Plated (Standard) Silver Plated (Standard) Silver Plated (Standard) Silver Plated (Standard) Silver Plated (Standard) Silver Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold Plated (Standard) Gold & Black-plated (Dlx)
Headstock Sapele Sapele Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood Indian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood
52mm (2.04") 95mm (3.71") - 100mm (3.94") 290mm (11.42") - 369mm (14.53") 650mm (25.6") Multicoloured woods Wood 19 Silver-plated Nut/Saddle Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone
Body Binding One Rosewood One Rosewood Multi Rosewood One Rosewood One Rosewood Multi Rosewood One Mahogany One Mahogany Two Mahogany One Mahogany Two Mahogany Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Rosewood Two Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Indian Rosewood Two Brazilian Rosewood
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