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Some guitars invite you to play a song. The Kevin Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert in Western Red Cedar and East Indian Rosewood invites you to disappear inside one. Gracefully sculpted, richly appointed, and conceived with an extraordinary sensitivity to the relationship between instrument and musician, this Paradiso brings together the warmth of a classic tonewood pairing and the adventurous spirit of modern lutherie. Its beauty begins with the silhouette, but its deeper promise is the intimacy of an instrument designed to make the smallest musical gesture matter.
As founder and master luthier of Ryan Guitars, Kevin Ryan has spent nearly four decades behind the bench exploring how much more an acoustic guitar can offer. His early work building precision models for aerospace research helped shape an approach in which engineering and artistry are inseparable. From his first guitar experiments in the late 1980s to the distinctive instruments bearing his name today, Kevin’s career has been defined by a willingness to reconsider familiar forms, refine hidden structures, and pursue greater comfort alongside greater musical expression. The Paradiso embodies that dedication with exceptional grace.
Western Red Cedar and East Indian Rosewood offer a wonderfully inviting tonal palette for this vision. Cedar is prized for its ready response and warm, open character, lending itself beautifully to the subtleties of fingerstyle playing. Indian rosewood brings the promise of a deep foundation, ringing trebles, and the harmonic richness that gives sustained chords their enveloping sense of space. Here is a pairing for players drawn to lyrical melodies, richly voiced arrangements, and the delicate interplay between a singing upper voice and a resonant bass line. In the Paradiso’s Grand Concert format, those qualities find an especially appealing setting, balancing physical intimacy with expansive musical ambition.
The appointments give that warmth a luminous visual counterpoint. An ebony binding theme traces the body’s flowing contours, while blue paua purflings illuminate the top, back, and sides with shifting flashes of ocean color. A wide Indian rosewood rosette, framed by blue paua, gathers the darker beauty of the back and sides around the soundhole, creating a striking focal point against the cedar soundboard. The effect is sumptuous and beautifully composed, with each material contributing to a continuous visual language.
That artistry continues along the fingerboard, where Art Deco inlay introduces an architectural elegance that feels perfectly at home with Ryan’s sculptural design. Blue paua headstock purfling and the matching “R” logo carry the shimmer upward, complemented by Gotoh Super 510 gold machine heads with granite buttons and embossed “R” logos. The gold adds warmth, the granite provides a distinctive finishing touch, and the softly rounded Venetian cutaway completes the silhouette while welcoming the fretting hand into the upper register.
Beneath these exquisite surfaces lies Ryan’s Innovation Suite, a collection of carefully developed ideas that reflects decades of patient work at the bench. The Ryan Ergonomic Bevel with Flutes brings an inviting contour to the forearm’s resting point, helping the instrument settle naturally into the player’s embrace. EO Bracing, Acoustic Honeycomb, and A5 “Racing Stripe” kerfed liners express Kevin’s meticulous attention to internal architecture, while titanium bridge pins and the Ryan Micro Adjustable Truss Rod System complete a design that considers both musical performance and practical refinement. The craftsmanship reaches far beyond what the eye can see.
A 1.75 inch nut width and 2.25 inch bridge spacing offer comfortable room for articulate fingerwork, while the 25.7 inch scale length provides a purposeful feel under the hands and welcome tension for exploring lowered tunings. At just 4 pounds, 7 ounces, this Paradiso brings its lavish appointments and ambitious construction together in an instrument of remarkably inviting weight. A custom Calton flight case provides a fitting companion for a guitar built to inspire music wherever it travels.
This Kevin Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert is a beautiful expression of a master luthier’s enduring curiosity. Cedar’s warmth, rosewood’s harmonic depth, the blue fire of paua, and the flowing elegance of Ryan’s design come together with a rare sense of purpose. It is an instrument for lingering over a phrase, following a chord until its last traces fade, and discovering how much feeling can live within a single note.
Other specifications include:
- Western Red Cedar Soundboard
- East Indian Rosewood Back & Sides
- Ebony Binding Theme
- Blue Paua Top, Back & Sides Purflings
- Blue Paua Headstock Purfling
- Wide Indian Rosewood Rosette with Blue Paua Purfling
- Art Deco Fingerboard Inlay
- Blue Paua "R" Logo
- Innovation Suite (Ryan Ergonomic Bevel with Flutes, EO Bracing, Acoustic Honeycomb, Ryan Micro Adjustable Truss Rod System, Titanium Bridge Pins and A5 "Racing Stripe" Kerfed Liner)
- Gotoh Super 510 Gold Machine Heads with Granite Buttons and Embossed "R" Logo
- Venetian (Soft) Cutaway
- Custom Calton Flight Case
- 1.75" Nut Width
- 2.25" Bridge Spacing
- 25.7" Scale Length
- 4 lb 7 oz
- 1316
For more information about the Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert, please contact us.
- Manufacturer
- Kevin Ryan
- Body Style
- Grand Concert
- Actual Weight
- 4.7
- Model
- Paradiso Grand Concert
- Condition
- Brand New
- Strings
- 6
- Body Style
- Cutaway
- Body Style
- 14 Fret
- Pickup
- No
- Color
- Natural
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SKU: 1316 RYAN
Weight:
4 lbs
7 oz
Kevin Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert - Western Red Cedar & Indian Rosewood #1316
$11,745.00
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- New
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Some guitars invite you to play a song. The Kevin Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert in Western Red Cedar and East Indian Rosewood invites you to disappear inside one. Gracefully sculpted, richly appointed, and conceived with an extraordinary sensitivity to the relationship between instrument and musician, this Paradiso brings together the warmth of a classic tonewood pairing and the adventurous spirit of modern lutherie. Its beauty begins with the silhouette, but its deeper promise is the intimacy of an instrument designed to make the smallest musical gesture matter.
As founder and master luthier of Ryan Guitars, Kevin Ryan has spent nearly four decades behind the bench exploring how much more an acoustic guitar can offer. His early work building precision models for aerospace research helped shape an approach in which engineering and artistry are inseparable. From his first guitar experiments in the late 1980s to the distinctive instruments bearing his name today, Kevin’s career has been defined by a willingness to reconsider familiar forms, refine hidden structures, and pursue greater comfort alongside greater musical expression. The Paradiso embodies that dedication with exceptional grace.
Western Red Cedar and East Indian Rosewood offer a wonderfully inviting tonal palette for this vision. Cedar is prized for its ready response and warm, open character, lending itself beautifully to the subtleties of fingerstyle playing. Indian rosewood brings the promise of a deep foundation, ringing trebles, and the harmonic richness that gives sustained chords their enveloping sense of space. Here is a pairing for players drawn to lyrical melodies, richly voiced arrangements, and the delicate interplay between a singing upper voice and a resonant bass line. In the Paradiso’s Grand Concert format, those qualities find an especially appealing setting, balancing physical intimacy with expansive musical ambition.
The appointments give that warmth a luminous visual counterpoint. An ebony binding theme traces the body’s flowing contours, while blue paua purflings illuminate the top, back, and sides with shifting flashes of ocean color. A wide Indian rosewood rosette, framed by blue paua, gathers the darker beauty of the back and sides around the soundhole, creating a striking focal point against the cedar soundboard. The effect is sumptuous and beautifully composed, with each material contributing to a continuous visual language.
That artistry continues along the fingerboard, where Art Deco inlay introduces an architectural elegance that feels perfectly at home with Ryan’s sculptural design. Blue paua headstock purfling and the matching “R” logo carry the shimmer upward, complemented by Gotoh Super 510 gold machine heads with granite buttons and embossed “R” logos. The gold adds warmth, the granite provides a distinctive finishing touch, and the softly rounded Venetian cutaway completes the silhouette while welcoming the fretting hand into the upper register.
Beneath these exquisite surfaces lies Ryan’s Innovation Suite, a collection of carefully developed ideas that reflects decades of patient work at the bench. The Ryan Ergonomic Bevel with Flutes brings an inviting contour to the forearm’s resting point, helping the instrument settle naturally into the player’s embrace. EO Bracing, Acoustic Honeycomb, and A5 “Racing Stripe” kerfed liners express Kevin’s meticulous attention to internal architecture, while titanium bridge pins and the Ryan Micro Adjustable Truss Rod System complete a design that considers both musical performance and practical refinement. The craftsmanship reaches far beyond what the eye can see.
A 1.75 inch nut width and 2.25 inch bridge spacing offer comfortable room for articulate fingerwork, while the 25.7 inch scale length provides a purposeful feel under the hands and welcome tension for exploring lowered tunings. At just 4 pounds, 7 ounces, this Paradiso brings its lavish appointments and ambitious construction together in an instrument of remarkably inviting weight. A custom Calton flight case provides a fitting companion for a guitar built to inspire music wherever it travels.
This Kevin Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert is a beautiful expression of a master luthier’s enduring curiosity. Cedar’s warmth, rosewood’s harmonic depth, the blue fire of paua, and the flowing elegance of Ryan’s design come together with a rare sense of purpose. It is an instrument for lingering over a phrase, following a chord until its last traces fade, and discovering how much feeling can live within a single note.
Other specifications include:
- Western Red Cedar Soundboard
- East Indian Rosewood Back & Sides
- Ebony Binding Theme
- Blue Paua Top, Back & Sides Purflings
- Blue Paua Headstock Purfling
- Wide Indian Rosewood Rosette with Blue Paua Purfling
- Art Deco Fingerboard Inlay
- Blue Paua "R" Logo
- Innovation Suite (Ryan Ergonomic Bevel with Flutes, EO Bracing, Acoustic Honeycomb, Ryan Micro Adjustable Truss Rod System, Titanium Bridge Pins and A5 "Racing Stripe" Kerfed Liner)
- Gotoh Super 510 Gold Machine Heads with Granite Buttons and Embossed "R" Logo
- Venetian (Soft) Cutaway
- Custom Calton Flight Case
- 1.75" Nut Width
- 2.25" Bridge Spacing
- 25.7" Scale Length
- 4 lb 7 oz
- 1316
For more information about the Ryan Paradiso Grand Concert, please contact us.
- Manufacturer
- Kevin Ryan
- Body Style
- Grand Concert
- Actual Weight
- 4.7
- Model
- Paradiso Grand Concert
- Condition
- Brand New
- Strings
- 6
- Body Style
- Cutaway
- Body Style
- 14 Fret
- Pickup
- No
- Color
- Natural
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