Sound Pure's Take

This Pavan is a fine specimen from the Spanish guitar making tradition. The cedar top is warm, producing a bright midrange that can only be described as golden, and the East Indian rosewood back and sides create a nice sizzle of overtones. This is a great intermediate level nylon at a fantastic price!

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These handmade Spanish classical guitars have a sound quality and playability that are remarkable in this price range. The soundboards of the Pavan TP-30 are built in the custom shop where a few experienced guitar makers specialize in hand crafting each soundboard. They hand thickness each top and carve the top braces to build a responsive instrument. The TP-30 model is available with a solid cedar or spruce top. I supply the spruce to Spain from my own personal inventory of wood. The TP-30 has solid East Indian rosewood sides and back, ebony fretboard, reinforced neck, bone nut and saddle, and a 650mm string scale.
 
When good classical guitar players come to my shop to try out the Spanish guitars they are very impressed with the TP-20 model guitars but they end up purchasing the TP-30 guitar. The TP-30 model does not sound a lot better then the TP-20 model. But the TP-30’s do sound a little better and that slightly better sound makes a big difference to the experienced player.
Presently I do not offer classical guitars priced higher than the TP-30 models. This is because I have not found factory made instruments at a higher price range that sound better. I have seen numerous classical acoustic guitars at two and three times the price that do not sound as good as the Pavan TP-30.
SOLID CEDAR OR SPRUCE TOP
SOLID EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD SIDES AND BACK
EBONY FRETBOARD
650MM STRING LENGTH
52MM NUT
BONE NUT AND SADDLE
DOT AT 7TH FRET

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

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