Neck：Mahogany
Fingerboard：Ebony
Finish：Shellac
Tuning Machine：ALESSI
String height：1string　3.0mm/6string　4.0mm

[Profile]
He is a maker with a workshop in Ponte in Valtellina, Italy. He began playing the guitar at the age of 12 and studied for three years at the Castelfranco Veneto Conservatory with Stefano Grondona, one of the country's most famous guitarists. After graduating from the conservatory, he began working as a guitarist and teacher, but at the same time began his career in guitar making, eventually becoming fully independent as a maker. Perhaps because of the influence of his teacher Grondona, he developed a great interest in the master craftsmen of pre-WWII Spain, including Manuel Ramirez, Santos Hernandez, Enrique Garcia and Simplicio, and had the opportunity to study many of their actual works. Later, he had the opportunity to come into contact with the guitars of Antonio de Torres, and since then he has positioned them as the standard for all of his own work and has become convinced of his own direction. To date, he has repaired and studied about 20 Torres guitars, and uses their designs as the basis for his own creations. While actively modernizing the technical aspects of construction methods, his guitars are not mere replicas of past masterpieces, but "totally original guitars" that have won the admiration of many guitarists, including his mentor Grondona. He co-authored "La Chetarra di Liuteria" with Stefano Grondona.

[Description]
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Torres Model No. 86, made in 2004 by Luca Waldner. This piece is entirely finished in shellac and has a delicate, rustic handcrafted texture that makes it an attractive guitar. It is decorated with rosettes and purfling that reflect the light-colored body, which is a combination of high-quality European spruce and beautiful flame maple, and a bridge inlaid with white butterfly shells, giving it a vintage look. The sound is raw and dry with a woody quality, and unlike the glossy, extended tone of today, it is in his own way a reproduction of the work of the Spanish master craftsmen whom the maker himself admired and respected. With no cracks or other major repair history, this piece remains in good condition throughout.


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