Antonio Giuliani CL-5 classical guitar has a handcrafted, all solid wood body and spruce top. It is designed with a traditional look and offers rich warm tone with exceptional balance.
Antonio’s design on the Antonio Giuliani CL-5 is for players who want an instrument with a traditional look but sound quality of an instrument on the cutting edge. The CL-5 has excellent volume and projection qualities that will stand out in any ensemble situation, particularly when amplified.
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Design and Structure:
Antonio’s design on the Antonio Giuliani CL-5 is for players who want an instrument with a traditional look but sound quality of an instrument on the cutting edge. The CL-5 has excellent volume and projection qualities that will stand out in any ensemble situation, particularly when amplified.
The body is all solid wood, layered spruce over cedar, which provides natural acoustic tone, warmth and balance. The spruce top provides bright trebles response while the Quilted Indian Rosewood sides, back and neck give it a traditional look with rich warm tone. The combination creates great tonal balance across all registers through all dynamic levels.
The CL-5 is finished with a Satin varnish and has an Ebony fingerboard and bridge with bone nut and saddle. The Antonio Giuliani CL-5 comes equipped with a hand picked German Tausch classical guitar set of steel strings. It also includes a high quality, light weight Fargus classical guitar case.
Size:
The CL-5 is a large guitar with a 17″ body length and a 14″ lower bout, making it a very comfortable instrument to play. The Florentine cutaway reduces stress on the neck and instills confidence in playing the highest positions.
Specifications:
This Classical Guitar is specifically designed for guitarists who want to explore the full sound of their instrument and enhance expression and performance. The Antonio Giuliani CL-5 Classical Guitar offers great value with exceptional sound quality.
The Pattern welding process ensures that the product is as strong as it is beautiful, quite unusual in classical guitars. This CL-5 Classical Guitar is ideal for players who want to explore the full sound of their instruments and enhance expression and performance.
The Antonio Giuliani CL-5 Classical Guitar is great value with exceptional sound quality. The Pattern Welding process ensures that the product is as strong as it is beautiful in classical guitars, quite unusual in instruments in this price range.
Musical Properties:
The Antonio Giuliani CL-5 Classical Guitar has a rich, warm tone with excellent balance, even at low dynamic levels. It has excellent top end articulation and room-filling tone with an outstanding level of projection. This guitar will stand out in any ensemble situation or when amplified.
Features:
The CL-5 features solid construction throughout, including the fingerboard that is made from medium density Indian Rosewood. The fingerboard has a very slightly flatter radius which helps cut down on finger fatigue.
The neck construction is laminated maple over hard maple with a hard maple fingerboard. This gives the neck strength and exceptional tone, while still being lightweight.
You will appreciate the unique way Antonio Giuliani expertly combines material choices to create an instrument with very strong tonal character and excellent projection capabilities, but still retaining a balance, weight and feel that all players will appreciate.
Pros:
- The CL-5 has a good sound for the price point. The weight and balance could be better, but overall it has a very pleasant tone and overall sound.
- It’s great for jamming with friends, and sounds very nice when amplified. It’s also not that heavy or cumbersome to take around with you etc.
- The Pattern Welding process ensures that the product is as strong as it is beautiful in classical guitars, quite unusual in instruments in this price range.
- The CL-5 Classical Guitar has a rich, warm tone with excellent balance, even at low dynamic levels. It has excellent top end articulation and room-filling tone with an outstanding level of projection. This guitar will stand out in any ensemble situation or when amplified.
Cons:
- The weight of the instrument isn’t all that great when compared to other classical guitars that are out there, hence its average rating in this category.
- The CL-5 Classical Guitar is not suitable for beginners. It is quite strong and might be too much for you if you are just starting out.
Conclusion:
The Pattern Welding process ensures that the product is as strong as it is beautiful in classical guitars, quite unusual in instruments in this price range. Antonio’s CL-5 Classical Guitar offers great value with exceptional sound quality.
It’s natural tone and good projection make it a very good instrument for practicing and jamming, but its sound quality makes it ideal for performance as well. The CL-5 Classical Guitar will stand out in any ensemble situation or when amplified.
Compared to most guitars of this value point, the CL-5 Classical Guitar has good tone for the price.