Our renaissance guitar is based on the woodcut from Guillaume Morlayes’s Premier Livre de Chansons printed in Paris in 1552. Guillaume, a French lutenist, composer and publisher was a pivotal figure in the history of early plucked instruments blending courtly refinement with popular dance rhythms.
Our model has a scale length of 520mm although we are happy to take commissions for shorter or longer lengths if required.
- Soundboard: Spruce
- Back: English Walnut
- Sides: English Walnut
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Stained Pear
- Nut: Bone
- Pegs: Stained Pear
Pricing for the Guillaume Morlaye Renaissance guitar
Standard model with plain maple sides front and back,
and standard wooden rose
Hardcase included – £1750
Additional decorative option
Rose-ring and parchment underlay to the rose – £150
sides and back in English Walnut – £50