Thomann Portuguese Viola Amarantina

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Portuguese Viola Amarantina

  • Solid spruce top
  • Back and sides are made from sapele
  • Mahogany neck (Khaya ivorensis)
  • Fretboard made from Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)
  • Nut width approx. 4.7 cm
  • Scale approx. 50.3 cm
  • Width of the upper section approx. 22.5 cm
  • Width of the lower section approx. 29.5 cm
  • Body length approx. 42.8 cm
  • Total length approx. 85.5 cm
  • Height including bridge approx. 9.3 cm
  • Height of the sides approx. 8.4 cm
  • Tuning (from low to high): D-A-H-E-A
  • Manufactured in Europe
  • Bag included
Available since August 2014
Item number 346767
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
tuning D, A, H, E, A
scale-length 508 mm
gigbag included Yes
379 €
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Love that instrument!
ZT606 01.11.2015
It is made in Portugal by Antonio Pinto Carvalho (APC).
The sound is very good. I am already playing Portuguese guitar so it is easy for me the play the Viola Amarantina .
It is small instrument . maybe 3/4 size of classical guitar.
The wood are solid but not the best quality ( not AAA grade mahogany neck...) but for that price is decent.
The inlay details made a bit poor if you look closer on them. The back and side are walnut and not mahogany as written.
The lack of the dots on the fretboard or even on the side of the neck, makes it a bit hard to navigate. thanks to my luthier that problem was fixed by adding them.

Also, one of the tuners did not work well so it also needed to be fixed.
The B and the E strings were buzzing on the 10rth fret so I needed to raise a bit the saddle.
After all the set up work the instrument play really well.

IT IS NOT a high end level, hand made, or what ever. It is basic Viola Amarantina for people like me that want to get experience with other instruments and / or beginners.

What you pay is what you got, most of the Antonio Pinto Carvalho instruments lack from the same problem.

In bottom line, I love that instrument!
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Andreas WITEK 21.09.2022
Ich habe mir dieses Instrument bestellt, als es wie eine Barockgitarre mit 5 Chören besaitet ist und ich einmal Barockmusik auf diese Art ausprobieren wollte. Ich habe die Viola wie eine Barockgitarre gestimmt und bin mit dem Ergebnis sehr zufrieden. Sie ist gut spielbar, die Anschlagtechnik muß man entsprechend anpassen, ich habe meine gefunden. Die Viola klingt ähnlich einer Mandoline, nur ist der Klang metallischer. Auch vom Aussehen her gefällt sie sehr gut, die Verarbeitung ist in Ordnung. Gesamt gesehen für diesen Preis ein sehr gutes Einsteigermodell, mit einem gepflegten Anschlag gefällt sie auch, wenn ich jemandem vorspiele. Viele Stücke klingen einfach toll, besonders betonen möchte ich noch den guten Klang von leicht durchgestrichenen Akkorden!
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