Gamut Instruments - Dias-Model Guitar

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Dias-Model Guitar

In the collection at the Royal College of Music in London there is a fabulous guitar. This instrument was made by Belchior Dias in Lisbon, 1581. In its current condition it is set up as a guitar with five courses, but the small size of the body and short string length makes it a perfect model for a four-course renaissance guitar.

Our version of the Dias Renaissance guitar has four double-courses, (the first course is most commonly strung with a single string these days), with pear wood back and sides and a mahogany neck and head. The front is a AAA Engelmann spruce that is at least twelve years old with a three layer inset rose with two layers of wood over a parchment background. The fingerboard and head plate are ebony along with ebony edge binding around the front.

Gamut Dias-Model Guitar:

Modeled after: Belchior Dias Guitar, 1581 – Now at the Royal College of Music, London