Description
The cutaway classical model from Hanika’s Studio Line. Armin Hanika’s approach is uncompromising – you can expect all the tonal and dynamic range of a standard classical guitar but with extended access to the upper registers, a slightly more accessible fingerboard, and a body which is slightly less prone to feedback when amplified at higher levels.
| Soundboard | Quality solid cedar Hanika BasisCut PC or solid spruce Hanika BasisCut PF |
| Soundboard bracing | 5-fold, asymmetrical, flat |
| Back and sides | Quality Rosewood |
| Neck | Cedar reinforced with African blackwood |
| Fingerboard | Ebony |
| Fret dots | At positions 5 and 7 |
| Soundhole rosette | Wood veneer |
| Soundboard binding | Mahogany |
| Back binding | Mahogany |
| Front head plate | Rosewood |
| Back head plate | Rosewood |
| Bridge | Rosewood, 6-hole tieblock |
| Nut and saddle material | Bone |
| Saddle design | Rearward sloping saddle to maintain intonation at different string action settings |
| Tuners / Machines heads | Rubner R1 – white buttons and rollers, bushed mechanism for ultra-smooth operation |
| Soundboard finish | Matt open-pore |
| Body finish | Matt open-pore |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Case / bag | Optional extra |
The maker reserves the right to change specification without notice
| Scale | 650mm |
| Neck/Fingerboard width at nut | 50mm |
| String spacing at nut | 42mm |
| String spacing at bridge | 59mm |
| Neck/Fingerboard width at 12th fret | 62mm |
| Neck profile | D-1mm |
| Number of frets | 20 |
| Overall length | 1015mm |
| Body Length | 490mm |
| Body depth at heel | 84mm |
| Body depth at base | 92mm |
| Width upper bout | 282mm |
| Width lower bout | 366mm |
| Width at waist | 238mm |
| Weight | 1.6kg |
PLEASE NOTE: All measurements above are taken from a single guitar and because wood is a natural material they will very slightly from design specifications.
“I put new strings on the Hanika a few days ago, and they are now settled in to the point where I can provide an assessment. First–irrelevant to the strings–I have to reiterate that the guitar is gorgeous to look at. The simple matte finish brings out the beautiful tones in the woods, especially the striations in the cedar top, and the Florentine cutaway makes for a very elegant look in addition to providing access to the upper frets. As to the tone: I have long wanted a cutaway classical, since a number of the pieces I play call for access to the upper frets that is just about impossible with a conventional classical whose neck meets the body at the twelfth fret (indeed, I am myself to blame, since I made an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s C-sharp minor prelude that calls for impossibly high barre chords), but I have always been dissatisfied with the models I sampled; all were weak in the bass due to the loss of soundboard in the cutaway. I decided to take a flyer on the Hanika PC based on reputation, and I’m glad I did: the sound is full and rich down to the lowest notes, and the high notes have that wonderfully smoky mezzo-soprano quality that the best cedar-topped guitars confer. This superb instrument will now become my main guitar, replacing in that capacity the Ramirez that has been my main guitar for the past twenty years. I cannot thank you enough for providing me with such a noble instrument, and it has been a pleasure doing business with you.” Robert, USA
