Milagro MRC10 Concert 10-String Classical Harp Guitar, Cedar Top w/Hardshell Case

$2895
w/Free USA Shipping

Up for consideration is a brand new Milagro Concert 10-String classical guitar, with hardshell case. This guitar is the Milagro MRC10, which features an AAA Cedar top, and AAA Indian Rosewood back and sides, and has fan bracing. This the all-solid, Premium-tonewood, top-quality Milagro 10-string model, which has concert-level sound and cosmetics -- yet it is still affordable, unlike most custom-built luthier guitars. So here is a great opportunity to get this incredible new 10-string guitar, with a 7-day Satisfaction Guarantee -- without having to wait in line for months or place a custom order costing thousands of dollars more!!!

Click HERE for additional 1270 Hi-resolution photos of this exact MRC10 guitar that is for sale. * VIDEO *

Milagro guitars are designed by luthier - guitarist Neris Gonzalez, who also supervises production in the highest-quality Artisian Workshop in China. The result is a master-grade guitar design with the highest concert-quality tonewoods and workmanship -- and all at a very affordable price (Click here for my Cathedral Guitar Interview with Neris). Click here for additional Milagro / Bartolex reviews 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.

The sound, both acoustically and recorded, is superior!!! I personally am endorsing Milagro 10-string guitars and am selling them on eBay and through my Bartolex USA website because I have already played hundreds of gigs on my own Milagro guitars, and I'm continually astounded at how good these guitars are. These guitars are the answer to my personal dream of having true concert-quality, premium-grade 10-string guitars in standard production, at an affordable price -- and maybe it will be for you as well.

ABOUT MILAGRO
Milagro, Bartolex, and Cathedral Guitars are all produced at the same western-trained workshop in China. Milagro is the all-solid, top-of-the-line model, with premium woods and the best possible materials and workmanship. Bartolex is the mid-level models, with solid spruce or cedar tops, and laminated Indian Rosewood back & sides. Cathedral Guitars is the entry-level line, with solid cedar tops and Mahogany back and sides.

I have now played or owned hundreds of multi-string classical guitars, and this instrument certainly rivals, equals or surpasses most luthier-built guitars in the 3k - 6k range. This guitar has a beautiful solid Cedar top, solid East Indian Rosewood back & sides, ebony fretboard, and creates a beautifully-balanced Spanish sound with nice trebles, deep basses, and excellent resonance and sympathetic sustain. The low bass response is particularly good on these guitars. Many low A strings sound weak and tubby, but the Milagro fan bracing design ensures a wonderful balance across all registers, and creates a very even response all the way down to low A.

STRINGS
I have the guitar tuned in Romantic tuning, a standard 10-string tuning where 1-6 is normal, and 7-10 descend step-wise: 7=D, 8=C, 9=B, 10 =A. Strings By Mail has a great selection of 10-string sets, including D'Addario, Hannabach, and Savarez.

GUITAR SPECS:
* Model: MRC10
* Serial # 10111228
* Top: Solid Spruce
* Saddle/Nut: Bone
* Fretboard: Ebony
* Finish: Lacquer
* Scale: 650 mm
* Nut Width: 85 mm
* 12th Fret width: 100 mm
* Savarez Strings
* STRING SPACING
@ Nut = 77mm o.c.
@ fret 12 = 89 mm o.c.
@ bridge = 102mm o.c.
* NECK DEPTH
@ fret 1: 19mm
@ fret 7: 20mm
* ACTION
@ String 1 = 3.5 mm
@ String 10 =4.5 mm
* Dot markers @ 7
* Hardshell caser
* Made in China

SOUNDFILES
Here are 12 quick, 1-take MP3s of this guitar, tracked using a pair of custom mics: L) JJ Audio / Dutch w/German Masterworks CK12 capsule; R) TAB-Funkenwerk CG•OA-1 prototype w/German Masterworks CK12 through a Trident 88 Console with Metric Halo ULN8 converters . This is straight signal with no effects. This guitar is very easy to record, and would make an excellent 10-string guitar for a classical CD, or for recording nylon-string guitar tracks in any musical style:

1 | Resonance Test
(Showing Sympathetic Resonance)

2 | Intonation Test (Harmonic @
12th fret, followed by fretted note)

3 | Corn Yards (Scottish Renaissance,
Rowallen Lute Book, 1596-1657)

4 | Joy To the Person (Anon.,
English Renaissance)

5 | Kelly's Song
(Original Composition)

6 | Packington's Pound (English Renaissance)

7 | Pavan #1 (Luis Milan,
Spanish Renaissance)

8 | Prelude in Dm
(J.S. Bach, Baroque)

9 | Bouree in Em
(J.S. Bach, Baroque)

10 | Brian Boru's March
(Traditional Celtic)

11 | From The Beginning
(Emerson, Lake, & Palmer)

12 | Movie Theme
(Original Composition)

13 | The Third Tune (T.Tallis, Renaissance)

In short, this guitar is a great concert and/or recording guitar for any intermediate to advanced-level player, and it would make a great guitar for classical concerts, recitals, local gigs, as well as recording studio projects.

“I received my Milagro MRC10 guitar last night, and the instrument plays beautifully, and sounds out of this world. The low basses project much more tone than I was expecting. Brilliant build quality, a real joy to play, and a prize to look at.”
-- Robert Moose
Miami, Florida

Read more TESTIMONIALS here

RESOURCES
My website Cathedral Guitar has a lot of info on multi-string guitars; I run an internet radio station on multi-string guitars and lutes, called 10-String Radio; I moderate a 300-member 10-String Yahoo Group on the subject.

CLASSICAL HARP GUITAR
This guitar type is a relative of the Harp Guitar family also known as the Fretted Harp Guitar. It has one big advantage over the other harp guitar types in that the frets extend across the entire neck, and can be played with a capo -- and be quickly transposed into a variety of different keys, which is especially helpful when accompanying singers. This is, of course, impossible on a regular harp guitar with floating strings. Custom capos are made by Shubb (ask for the Pinnochio model), and also by Phill Elliott.

SHIPPING & TERMS
Insured USA and International FedEx Ground is $40.00. International customers may be subject to local customs / importing fees. The guitar comes with the standard hardshell case as shown, but you can also upgrade to the pro-quality Ameritage 6-ply case for an additional $300. I do accept PayPal. Thanks for looking. Please ask questions before bidding. Satisfaction Guaranteed!!! This auction is for one Milagro MRC10 10-string classical harp guitar and hardshell case. No other accessories are included.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
If you are not happy with the guitar for any reason, simply return it within 7 days for a full refund (buyer pays shipping).

PLEASE CHECK OUT my other 10-strings by Bartolex, and Cathedral Guitars in my Current eBay Auctions, and also see and hear several of my 10-string guitars that have Recently Sold on eBay.