AM

The Amalio Burguet AM Cedar is a beautifully expressive classical guitar with rich timbre and exciting tonal interplay between strings. Offering the warmth, depth and immediacy that players often seek from a fine cedar-top instrument, this is a wonderful Spanish guitar that is a real delight to play.

Handmade in Spain, the AM sits within Burguet’s higher-level classical range and has the feel of a guitar that is bubbling with excitement. The cedar soundboard gives the instrument a generous, responsive voice, with a rounded attack and a natural warmth that provides immediate reward. Notes sing beautifully allowing the player to shape phrases with subtle changes of colour, of which there is a bountiful supply.

The solid Indian rosewood back and sides add the usual depth, focus and refinement associated with this tonewood. The result is a rich, traditional Spanish sound: warm and lyrical to capture hearts with it’s melodic qualities and perfectly articulate enough for contrapuntal music and harmonic music too.

The Amalio Burguet AM Cedar has enough warmth to flatter the player, enough clarity to reward precision, and enough projection to feel confident in performance settings. It’s a well judged guitar that is a compelling choice at this price point. The added vibrancy over the closely matched Amalio Burguet 1A might turn some heads in this direction and away from the flagship 1A that has served the maker for so long.

This is an excellent choice for the advancing classical guitarist looking for a responsive cedar top guitar with a full Spanish character, elegant craftsmanship and a voice that encourages the most expressive playing.