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Charis Sole luthier handmade guitars from £3000 We are delighted to be the only European outlet for Charis guitars (pronounced Karis). Bill Wise only builds around thirty five of his fine guitars a year. He was named as one of the one hundred most important people at General Motors for his engineering and design skills. When he wanted a good guitar to replace his old campfire special he made one. The rest, as they say, is history. Within five years he had started a career as a full-time luthier. Bill put his design and engineering skills to good use developing his own variation of X bracing with finger and tone bar braces adjusted to get his desired tone. He uses a mortise and tennon neck joint with two stainless steel bolts. In the interests of perfecting his skills Bill keeps to just two body designs, the Small Jumbo with a fifteen and a quarter inch lower bout and the Grand Concert at fourteen and seven eighths inches. Featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine in July 2007 Bill is renowned not only for the tone of his guitars but also the immaculate finishing, an engineer's eye for detail is apparent in every aspect of these amazing guitars. |
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Charis Grand Concert Cedar/Rosewood
Another beautifully crafted guitar from Bill Wise at Charis. With the
Western Red Cedar top and Rosewood back and sides it has a warmth and depth
of tone and complexity that has to be heard to be believed. It takes a great
luthier to obtain this and combine it with outstanding definition and
projection. The playability is unrivalled, an awesome finger-stylists guitar
that also responds well to strumming and more energetic approaches. It has a
five part maple/rosewood/bubinga/rosewood/maple neck with ebony headstock
overlay, abalone logo, chrome Gotoh 510 tuners (smoooooth…) abalone rosette,
flamed maple top and back binding with b/w/b edging both sides, a flamed
maple centre-strip and a Cedar Creek Custom Shop case.
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- Cedartop
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- Maple/rosewood/bubinga/rosewood/maple neck
- 25 1/2" scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Flamed maple bindings
- Flamed maple back strip
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Pearl dot position markers
- Gotoh super 510 Delta series tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge pins
- Clear pickguard
- Cedar Creek custom case
£ 3,895.00
- Cedartop
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Charis SJ Englemann spruce/African Blackwood
The gorgeous, legendary and rare African Blackwood on this small jumbo from Bill delivers a crisp and lively performance with huge bass and clear trebles. According to Luthiers Mercantile International African Blackwood has a strong responsive tap tone, that surpasses even Brazilian Rosewood.
This is another case of a great luthier combining qualities that might be a one or the other trade off in a lesser instrument. The enormous bass does not dominate or detract from balance and projection. This guitar is capable of anything from to a gentle and delicate recital to a thunderous performance.
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- Englemann spruce top
- African Blackwood back and sides
- Mahogany/rosewood/maple/rosewood/mahogany neck
- 25.6" scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15 1/4" lower bout
- African Blackwood headstock veneer
- Curly maple bindings
- B/W/B purflings
- Curly maple back strip
- Ebony fingerboard trim with white lines
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Mother of pearl dot position markers
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Cocobolo Charis tuner buttons
- bridge pins
- Clear pickguard
- Cedar Creek custom case
£ 5,500.00
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Charis Small Jumbo Cedar/Rosewood with arm bevel - SOLD
A stunning guitar from Bill Wise. Cedar and rosewood back and sides with
maple/rosewood/ bubinga,/rosewood/maple neck, chrome Gotoh 510 tuners with
black buttons, 1 3/4" nut, abalone rosette, curly maple body bindings and
backstrip, fretboard lines, bone nut and saddle and a Cedar Creek Custom
Shop case. It has the strong, deep and warm basses of the best rosewood
dreadnoughts but with better clarity and definition. The mids are rich and
punchy with great complexity and incredible projection. The bevelled arm
rest adds comfort to its great playability. The trebles are clear and
precise but with great sweetness.
Sold was £4295.
- Cedar top
- Indian rosewood back and sides
- 25 1/2" scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15 1/2" lower bout
- Flamed maple arm rest
- Maple/rosewood/bubinga/rosewood/maple neck.
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Maple bindings
- Flamed maple back strip
- Abalone rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- Abalone inlaid logo
- Pear dot position markers
- Gotoh super 510 Delta Series tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- Ebony bridge pins
- Clear pickguard
- Cedar Creek custom case
Out of stock
- Cedar top
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