8-string Negra Flamenco guitar, scale 650 mm., Western Red Cedar and Indian Rosewood.

 Back and ribs of Indian Rosewood, Shellac finishing.

 Western Red Cedar guitar top, Wenge fingerboard with 21 frets, Indian Rosewood Bridge.  

 neck thickness 18 mm._18,5 mm. 1st string action 2mm., 8th string 2,9 mm. Sides 93mm. to 100 mm. 

 Bone nut: 66 mm. 1st to 8th string: 57 mm.

 Guitar bridge made of Indian Rosewood, strings 1st to 8th 78 mm., bone saddle.

Francesco Malapena (Tenor) and Livio Gianola (Flamenco guitarist) plays "Granada" :  

Livio Gianola - de Tarantas 'Sicomoro'
Livio Gianola performs  Tarantas: "Sicomoro'' on an eight-string Fl. guitar.


Livio Gianola - "Altamira".
Livio Gianola - eight-string guitar/ Stefano Lanza - flute/ Udo Demandt - percussion

This video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden.



 


Rodolfo Cucculelli, luthier.