2013 Steven Walter Classical Guitar Millennium Humphrey style

Description

Steven Walter 2013
Millennium Classical Guitar
Built in 2013, this Walter guitar stands out among Steven's creations with its giant sound, balanced clear voicings, and dolce harmonies. It’s also made of stunningly beautiful woods.
The basses have that “roar” or “growl” characteristic of Thomas Humphrey's guitars. It's a grade A+ instrument all around that has volume, while still keeping that beautiful, Spanish sound expected of the classical guitar. All of these features distinguish Steve’s guitars, and in this case they combine to make this one especially remarkable, and perfect for someone looking for an instrument at the concert level.
These days Steve’s instruments go for 00+.
Specs:
Back and sides
:
Malaysian Blackwood (gorgeous!)
Top
: Cedar
Soundports
650mm scale
52mm nut
Made in 2013
Includes hardshell case.
The neck is very comfortable - fairly thin, and Steve is known for his super easy-to-play fingerboards. This is no exception.
Only one ding in the lower top that was professionally repaired by Steve Walter himself - the guitar was recently re-French polished by him as well (about a year ago!)
About the two soundports and amazing volume, I recently was talking to luthier Kenny Hill about this innovation. He writes, “The first impression is of more sound coming into the players face (and ears). And that's true, because there is now a sound hole right there almost aimed at him or her. If that were all, it would be a significant improvement in itself, because after all, the player needs to hear the instrument as much as anybody does. But that's not all. It's louder out front too—significantly louder. And it's a full and complete loudness, not just horsepower.”
Kenny continues, “How does it work? I don't really know, but I'll tell you something that happened when I was making the first prototype of one of my instruments. I had the instrument all built and was fretting it, hammering in the frets above the 12th fret, steadying the guitar with my left hand on the neck, and there was a strong, gusty breeze puffing on my wrist with each whack of the hammer. That got me curious, so I found a Bic lighter and cranked it all the way up, practically a torch, held the flame next to one of the auxiliary sound holes and gave the top a quick thump with the side of my thumb. Poof! That flame was gone. Of course! The ports turned the guitar is an air pump. I suppose I knew that before, but now I really know it. So, thinking about a guitar with just one normal sound hole, and seeing it as a sort of diaphragm pump, it's clear that there is an “air flow" bottleneck there at the sound hole, and for that instant while a column of air is moving out it actually prevents air from moving in, and visa versa. This causes a temporary vacuum or pressure to occur inside the instrument. If you open up a hole somewhere else, you free the top up, just like opening the vent hole on a gas can. This suggests that the hole could be anywhere, but by locating it in the guitar's shoulder region the player gets the enjoyment of the sound right in his or her ear.”
So he
re’s a chance to grab one of the most sought after concert classical guitars today at a reasonable price. Please feel free to ask any questions.
If you would like to hear it, go to You Tube and search "2013 Steven Walter"   You'll see a dream guitar listing for it from several years back.
Why am I selling such a fine instrument? Because I have way too many guitars. They are filling up the house.