A rather beautiful and rather rare Carmelo Catania "Model 18" , - perhaps the firm's most decorative model. For sale, you know where, and at $4,000 USD / £3,000, I'd need a lottery win to add it to my humble collection.
Yeah, I too had seen and admired that one. Could it have been the most decorated Carmelo yet, possibly made to show what they could do for an exhibition or to special order? Hard to believe they would have made many this fancy, and yes, I too could not justify that price, much as I like it.
With all the expert luthiers on here one wonders how all that inlay work would affect the resonance of the top, any thoughts?
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A rather beautiful and rather rare Carmelo Catania "Model 18" , - perhaps the firm's most decorative model. For sale, you know where, and at $4,000 USD / £3,000, I'd need a lottery win to add it to my humble collection.
Yeah, I too had seen and admired that one. Could it have been the most decorated Carmelo yet, possibly made to show what they could do for an exhibition or to special order? Hard to believe they would have made many this fancy, and yes, I too could not justify that price, much as I like it.
With all the expert luthiers on here one wonders how all that inlay work would affect the resonance of the top, any thoughts?