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  • Maingard GC: This GC has the sister set of the Highest grade Brazilian Marc has. It is juicy and exciting to behold ~ many colors and hues are exhibited. Fine, fine Italian spruce top. Soft cutaway. Front & Back BEVELS. Ebony fretboard that measures 1 3/4" at the nut; 2 1/4" string spacing at the saddle. Torquoise & Maple handmade rosette. This awesome blue is found in purfling all around the guitar sides and around the headstock as well. Curly Maple top purfling. Ebony body, fretboard & soundhole bindings. Awesome heelcap with marquetry. Ebony bridge pins with Torquoise dots. Brazilian Rosewood front & back headstock faceplates. Gold Waverly tuning machines with Snakewood buttons. Piano-Like tone, smooth as silk. Hiscox lite flight case included. Please Inquire for our pricing. Front... Closer... Back... Back Detail... Headstock... Other side... Fretbaord... Rosette... Heelcap... Front Bevel... Down Front... Down Back... Side.

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  • Maingard Lucas York: Scrumtious Brazilian Rosewood back and sides with a fine, European Spruce top. Top and back Ergonomic bevels of Macassar Ebony for comfort. Guitar Gallery's own special rosette of torquoise & cinnamon brown colors. Bound soundhole. Ebony bridge with Ebony bridge pins sporting Torquoise dots. 12 frets to the body. Brazilian Rosewood headplates front & back. Gold Waverly tuning machines with Snakewood buttons on the slotted headstock. Ebony fretboard that measures 1 3/4" at the nut. 2 1/4" string spacing at the saddle. The top has maple trim bordered by blue purfling lines. The back center strip is the same and continues into the complex heelcap along the same theme. The body is bound in rosewood and the fretboard is bound in Ebony. The sides are accented with delicate purfling lines, as are the sides of the headstock. Talk about attention to detail! Some specs: 14 5/8" lower bout; 10 1/2" upper bout; 4 3/4" deep at the tail; 25.5" scale. Marc describes this model as based on the Gibson Nick Lucas model, but incorporating the Best of the Martin New Yorker. It's got plenty of guts, but the sensitivity is there when played lightly. This guitar Soars! SOLD. Front... Closer... Back... Headstock... Fretboard... Handmade Rosette... Heelcap... Down Front... Down Back... Side.

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  • Maingaird Classical (Earl Klugh model): Our first, absolutely mind-blowing classical from Marc Maingard. 25 year old figured Cocobolo back and sides .... 35 year old Cedar top (From Jose Oribe). Double sides (cypress lined) .... Double bevels of Macassar Ebony , and a lovely red purfling line all the way around .... adjacent to the binding & on the ebony fretboard as well. Sloane tuning machines with Ebony buttons. Brazilian rosewood headstock faceplate; CocoBolo headstock backplate. One of Marc's unique rosettes with a matching pattern in the bridge. And, BTW, the Bridge very special Brazilian that is 60 years old; quarter-sawn! The soundhole is bound as well. GREAT attention to detail. The back center strip continues right up the center of the heelcap. The sound is quite Fantastic. Bright, beautiful tone and a good resonant bass. Hiscox lite flight case included. SOLD. Front... Closer... Back... Headstock... Other side... Fretboard... Rosette... Down Front... Down Back... Front Bevel... Heelcap... Bridge... Side.
  • Maingard 000-12 fret: Tremendous! Our first 000 from Marc. Striking Brazilian Rosewood back and sides with a fine European Spruce top. 2 Bevels, one for your right forearm on the top, and one on the back for total comfort whilst playing. Soft cutaway. 12 frets to the body with a 25.5" scale. Ebony fretboard that measures 1 3/4" at the nut. Ebony bridge with Ebony pins/torquoise dots that match the handmade rosette of torquoise blue and brown Maple. Bound soundhole. Curly Maple top purfling, tail wedge and back center strip. Brazilian rosewood front & back headstock faceplates. Gold Waverly tuning machines with Ebony buttons. TONE TO DIE FOR... Hiscox lite flight case included. SOLD Front... Closer... Back... Headstock... Fretboard... Exquisite Rosette... Front bevel... Heel... Down Front... Down Back... Side.

    About Maingard Guitars

    Marc Maingard's background and history-- At the tip of Africa in a wild and beautiful place with the whimsical name of Scarborough, lives Marc Maingard in his unique and charming self-built home with his lady, Tracey, and their 5 children. Marc is a luthier of fine repute as well as being an accomplished musician, entertainer and composer. Marc was born in Durban South Africa to French immigrant sand traces its lineage to 1350 – a legacy of craftsmen, musicians, artists, lute and viol makers to the French court. In his early years Marc received formal piano and violin training playing in the Natal Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, he later took up the guitar and performed as a professional musician in South African and Europe. Unable to have his guitar repaired in the early 70's, forced Marc to attempt the work himself. "Voila" He subsequently flourished as a repairman and now devotes his life to guitar construction and restoration. To further hone his skills Marc apprenticed to a cabinet maker studying, amongst other things, marquetry and French polishing. This combined with a year making violins and cellos set the foundation for his developing talent. Whist in the USA he worked with the Santa Cruz guitar company making acoustic guitars and later with Jimmy d'Aquisto perfecting his Jazz instruments. He also spent time with Martin, Gibson and Ovation and is now their sole authorized repair person in South Africa. For three years Marc performed in Spain and took the opportunity to refine his current line of Nylon concert classical guitars. Each instrument has been designed to the wishes of the client and carries this personality throughout the process. Marc is an old world craftsman and each top is graduated and tuned by hand to give maximum resonance and sustain. Likewise it is voiced to insure that the balance and tone remain consistent or altered to accommodate the needs of the client. It is the intent of Maingard guitars to present the player a sophisticated instrument with well developed complex overtones and harmonics that will mature, inspire and challenge the guitarist throughout a lifetime.

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