Manuel Rodriguez EX SC, Academia Exótica Santos Rosewood Cedar Top, Gloss

ACADEMIA is the first series in the Manuel Rodríguez range to feature the original Spanish heel, the royal class in guitar making. With this special construction method, the one-piece neck extends into the body and is directly connected to the sides, back and top. This not only ensures enormous stability, but also optimal vibration transmission, faster response and longer sustain.
The heart of a Spanish guitar.

All ACADEMIA instruments are handmade in Europe and have additional features that are quite special in this moderate price range. These include the mahogany neck with Ovangkol fingerboard, the nut and bridge inlay, hand-filed from oiled vintage bone, and the water-based eco high-gloss varnish.

A special feature of all Manuel Rodríguez 4/4 guitars is the GEWA armrest, which offers two decisive advantages: With its rounded shape, it ensures a particularly pleasant playing feel and allows the top to vibrate freely over the entire surface, as it prevents damping by the right arm being placed on top. German-made Hannabach 815HTC strings are factory-wound and perfectly round off the tonal quality of this series.

Model ACADEMIA EX-SC Exótica Santos Pavo Real Gloss
Solid Canadian cedar top
Back and sides strikingly grained Santos rosewood laminated
4/4 size, scale length 650mm/25.59”, nut width 52mm/2.05”
Mahogany neck
Ovangkol fingerboard and 6-hole bridge
Environmentally friendly polyurethane coating,highgloss
Genuine Spanish heel
Santos headstock rest
Vintage (unbleached) bone nut and saddle, bridge inlay with compensation
GEWA armrest
Wooden soundhole mosaic
Body binding of mahogany, real wood
Gold-plated machine heads without lyre, with black buttons and shafts
Stringing: Hannabach 815HTC Silver Special withCARBON& trebles, high tension
Made in Europe
Model ACADEMIA EX-SC Exótica Santos Pavo Real Gloss