Peruvian Charango

Working hand in hand with my friend, the great musician Ricardo García, I spent years designing Peruvian-style charangos, searching almost obsessively for more projection and sustain without losing the characteristic timbre of this style of charango.

These models have a "classical guitar" morphology, but my design has the particular feature of a neck raised above the body. This design is similar to Thomas Humphrey’s, but more directly inspired by the Argentine luthier Ricardo Louzao, who generously taught me a great deal. Among other things, this creates a different projection angle over the bridge and the top, and allows easy access to the highest notes (since the outer part of the neck heel is removed).