Juan Estruch "Concierto Uno" plm. 1965

This is a yellow label Concierto I from 1972 as the label 

states. It suffered from some humidity problems but 

luckily only concerning the lacquer. A lot of time

consuming work but the guitar is in a like new condition

 now. You can take a look here what has happened during

this process of restauration. SOLD

The multi coloured inlays are typical for the Concierto

series guitars, also on the back here. As the moisture came 

under the poly urethane lacquer which was original it

caused some nasty spots so removing the old lacquer

was a must.

New frets and shaving off the fingerboard towards the head

was a must as the angle neck / body wasn't good anymore.

Of course a new topnut and cleaning of the tuners. This 

neck / body angle issue can be found on a lot of older 

classical guitars, even Jose Ramirez concert guitars!

The head itself was in fact in a good condition.

And no damages on the edges of the back of the head as well.

Even the booklet is still present with this guitar: 

Guaranteed and signed by Juan Estruch himself.

The sides were ugly as well and the top collected dirt

in the cracks. These cracks were only in the thick layer

of lacquer so after having removed this layer I was

able to start all over again and colour the guitar with a 

water based stain and finish it afterwards.

Good Fustero tuners that belong on a guitar like this.

Renmoving the lacquer from the top is a simpler process

with the bridge off. It came off already so I figured it to

be the best to provide it with a 12 hole bridge.

Nice materials are used for these higher grade guitars.