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Twenty five years is a long time to hold a piece of wood, waiting for the instrument it deserves to become. For this extraordinary Bryan Galloup G.2C, that moment has arrived. Built with Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce and a spectacular set of highly figured Brazilian Rosewood from Bryan’s private collection, this guitar carries a particularly meaningful distinction for Eddie’s Guitars. Bryan selected it as the first instrument in our forthcoming builds to receive Brazilian Rosewood from this cherished reserve. It is a deeply personal offering from a maker who understands precisely what he has been saving.
Bryan Galloup’s life in lutherie spans more than forty five years of building, restoration, repair, and acoustic exploration. His instruments reflect a remarkable union of practiced hands, a musician’s ear, and an enduring desire to understand why exceptional guitars respond as they do. As founder of the Galloup School of Lutherie, he has also devoted himself to sharing that understanding. His mentorship has helped generations of aspiring builders develop the skills, discipline, and independent judgment necessary to find their own voices at the bench. There is something especially meaningful about owning an instrument made by someone whose influence reaches so far into the craft, through both the guitars he creates and the people he teaches.
The Brazilian Rosewood back and sides are breathtaking. Drawn from a highly figured, flitch cut set Bryan has held for twenty five years, the back unfolds in broad currents of burnt amber, copper, and deep chocolate, threaded with dark, wandering grain. Its figure has an almost topographical quality, like contours of a landscape seen through warm evening light. Across the broad lower bout and into the slender waist, the wood reveals extraordinary movement and depth. Bryan deliberately reserved the visual spotlight for this material, and one look makes his reasoning beautifully clear.
That same care extends throughout the instrument. The private stock Brazilian Rosewood used for the fingerboard, bridge, and peghead overlay comes from wood seasoned in Bryan’s shop for more than twenty years. Brazilian Rosewood bindings and front and rear headstock veneers create a rich continuity around the pale soundboard and along the neck. The twenty year old Honduran Mahogany neck adds its own history of patient seasoning. The rarity here lies in the complete gathering of these materials, their quality, their provenance, and the decades Bryan has spent preparing for the moment they would become music.
The Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce top is equally exceptional. Hand selected by Bryan, it earned an ideal rating through the new evaluation software he has been developing, while also displaying the grain orientation, silking, and medullary rays he seeks in his finest soundboards. Its pale, creamy surface glows with delicate crossgrain shimmer, a quiet and luminous complement to the dramatic Brazilian Rosewood. Even the Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce brace stock was hand selected in Switzerland and allowed to cure in Bryan’s shop for years. A Brazilian Rosewood bridge plate completes this carefully considered selection beneath the top.
These details speak directly to Bryan’s approach. Every piece is evaluated for what it can contribute to the finished instrument, with acoustic analysis informing the decisions of an experienced craftsman. Here, extraordinary materials meet the knowledge required to draw out their fullest potential. The appeal of Alpine Spruce and Brazilian Rosewood reaches into some of the most cherished qualities of the acoustic guitar: delicacy, harmonic richness, depth, and the capacity to give a melody room to bloom. Bryan’s meticulous attention to the individual woods places that expressive promise at the center of the build.
For this G.2C, Bryan chose a particularly restrained interpretation of his Deco Nouveau marquetry and inlay. Fine intersecting lines, elongated geometric forms, and small fields of warm burl create an ornamental language that feels both architectural and organic. The custom burl and fiber rosette traces an airy, interrupted pattern around the soundhole, leaving generous space for the spruce to shine through. On the sculpted headstock, a complementary arrangement of slender lines and rounded burl accents rests against richly figured Brazilian Rosewood, with a delicate border following the headstock’s graceful outline.
The custom 12th fret inlay and partial fiber fingerboard purflings carry this theme beneath the strings. Across the back, the maple fiber partial backstrip inlay enters from either end in fine, measured strokes, allowing the magnificent rosewood figure to remain beautifully exposed. Each appointment belongs to a coordinated, one of a kind composition. Bryan’s restraint gives the smallest details room to be appreciated, while preserving the natural grandeur of the wood.
The G.2C’s rounded cutaway and flowing outline give its generous proportions an elegant presence. A 16 inch lower bout, 11 inch shoulder width, 20 inch body length, and 4.75 inch tail depth provide a substantial acoustic body, while the low profile neck carve offers an inviting feel in the hand. The 25.5 inch scale length pairs with a 1 3/4 inch nut width and 2 1/4 inch bridge spacing, giving the player comfortable room for articulate fingerwork. A compound fingerboard radius progressing from 16 to 20 inches supports fluid movement along the neck.
The beautifully sculpted Brazilian Rosewood pinless bridge continues the instrument’s clean aesthetic. Nickel Waverly tuning machines provide a bright finishing touch against the richly colored headstock, while a bone nut and saddle and clear pickguard complete the appointments. At 4 pounds, 9 ounces, this G.2C brings its remarkable materials and meticulous construction together in an instrument made to be held, explored, and played.
There is a particular beauty in knowing that a guitar began long before its first brace was shaped. This one began in the quiet decision to save exceptional wood, to care for it through decades of work, and to recognize when the right opportunity had arrived. In this Bryan Galloup G.2C, that patience finds its purpose. The woods Bryan treasured have become an instrument worthy of their history, carrying the artistry, knowledge, and personal investment of the man who kept them.
Other specifications include:
- Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce Top
- 25 Year Old Private Stock Flitch-Cut Brazilian Rosewood Back & Sides
- Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce Braces
- Brazilian Rosewood Bridge Plate
- Brazilian Rosewood Bindings
- 20 Year Old Honduran Mahogany Neck
- Private Stock Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard & Bridge
- Private Stock Brazilian Rosewood Front & Rear Headstock Veneers
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design Burl & Fiber Headstock Inlay
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design Burl & Fiber Rosette
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design Maple Fiber Partial Backstrip Inlay
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design 12th Fret Inlay with Partial Fiber Fingerboard Purflings
- Pinless Bridge
- Nickel Waverly Tuning Machines
- Bone Nut & Saddle
- Clear Pickguard
- 16" Lower Bout Width
- 11" Shoulder Width
- 4.75" Tail Depth
- 20" Body Length
- Low Profile Neck Carve
- 25.5" Scale Length
- 16" - 20" Compound Fingerboard Radius
- 1 3/4" Nut Width
- 2 1/4" Bridge Spacing
- 4 lbs 9 oz
- #2603
For more information about the Bryan Galloup G2.C, please contact us.
- Manufacturer
- Bryan Galloup
- Body Style
- Concert
- Actual Weight
- 4.9
- Model
- G.2C
- Condition
- Brand New
- Strings
- 6
- Body Style
- Cutaway
- Body Style
- 14 Fret
- Pickup
- No
- Color
- Natural
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SKU: 2603 GALLOUP
Weight:
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9 oz
Sale Pending - Bryan Galloup G.2C - Swiss Alpine Spruce & Brazilian Rosewood #2603
$35,000.00
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Twenty five years is a long time to hold a piece of wood, waiting for the instrument it deserves to become. For this extraordinary Bryan Galloup G.2C, that moment has arrived. Built with Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce and a spectacular set of highly figured Brazilian Rosewood from Bryan’s private collection, this guitar carries a particularly meaningful distinction for Eddie’s Guitars. Bryan selected it as the first instrument in our forthcoming builds to receive Brazilian Rosewood from this cherished reserve. It is a deeply personal offering from a maker who understands precisely what he has been saving.
Bryan Galloup’s life in lutherie spans more than forty five years of building, restoration, repair, and acoustic exploration. His instruments reflect a remarkable union of practiced hands, a musician’s ear, and an enduring desire to understand why exceptional guitars respond as they do. As founder of the Galloup School of Lutherie, he has also devoted himself to sharing that understanding. His mentorship has helped generations of aspiring builders develop the skills, discipline, and independent judgment necessary to find their own voices at the bench. There is something especially meaningful about owning an instrument made by someone whose influence reaches so far into the craft, through both the guitars he creates and the people he teaches.
The Brazilian Rosewood back and sides are breathtaking. Drawn from a highly figured, flitch cut set Bryan has held for twenty five years, the back unfolds in broad currents of burnt amber, copper, and deep chocolate, threaded with dark, wandering grain. Its figure has an almost topographical quality, like contours of a landscape seen through warm evening light. Across the broad lower bout and into the slender waist, the wood reveals extraordinary movement and depth. Bryan deliberately reserved the visual spotlight for this material, and one look makes his reasoning beautifully clear.
That same care extends throughout the instrument. The private stock Brazilian Rosewood used for the fingerboard, bridge, and peghead overlay comes from wood seasoned in Bryan’s shop for more than twenty years. Brazilian Rosewood bindings and front and rear headstock veneers create a rich continuity around the pale soundboard and along the neck. The twenty year old Honduran Mahogany neck adds its own history of patient seasoning. The rarity here lies in the complete gathering of these materials, their quality, their provenance, and the decades Bryan has spent preparing for the moment they would become music.
The Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce top is equally exceptional. Hand selected by Bryan, it earned an ideal rating through the new evaluation software he has been developing, while also displaying the grain orientation, silking, and medullary rays he seeks in his finest soundboards. Its pale, creamy surface glows with delicate crossgrain shimmer, a quiet and luminous complement to the dramatic Brazilian Rosewood. Even the Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce brace stock was hand selected in Switzerland and allowed to cure in Bryan’s shop for years. A Brazilian Rosewood bridge plate completes this carefully considered selection beneath the top.
These details speak directly to Bryan’s approach. Every piece is evaluated for what it can contribute to the finished instrument, with acoustic analysis informing the decisions of an experienced craftsman. Here, extraordinary materials meet the knowledge required to draw out their fullest potential. The appeal of Alpine Spruce and Brazilian Rosewood reaches into some of the most cherished qualities of the acoustic guitar: delicacy, harmonic richness, depth, and the capacity to give a melody room to bloom. Bryan’s meticulous attention to the individual woods places that expressive promise at the center of the build.
For this G.2C, Bryan chose a particularly restrained interpretation of his Deco Nouveau marquetry and inlay. Fine intersecting lines, elongated geometric forms, and small fields of warm burl create an ornamental language that feels both architectural and organic. The custom burl and fiber rosette traces an airy, interrupted pattern around the soundhole, leaving generous space for the spruce to shine through. On the sculpted headstock, a complementary arrangement of slender lines and rounded burl accents rests against richly figured Brazilian Rosewood, with a delicate border following the headstock’s graceful outline.
The custom 12th fret inlay and partial fiber fingerboard purflings carry this theme beneath the strings. Across the back, the maple fiber partial backstrip inlay enters from either end in fine, measured strokes, allowing the magnificent rosewood figure to remain beautifully exposed. Each appointment belongs to a coordinated, one of a kind composition. Bryan’s restraint gives the smallest details room to be appreciated, while preserving the natural grandeur of the wood.
The G.2C’s rounded cutaway and flowing outline give its generous proportions an elegant presence. A 16 inch lower bout, 11 inch shoulder width, 20 inch body length, and 4.75 inch tail depth provide a substantial acoustic body, while the low profile neck carve offers an inviting feel in the hand. The 25.5 inch scale length pairs with a 1 3/4 inch nut width and 2 1/4 inch bridge spacing, giving the player comfortable room for articulate fingerwork. A compound fingerboard radius progressing from 16 to 20 inches supports fluid movement along the neck.
The beautifully sculpted Brazilian Rosewood pinless bridge continues the instrument’s clean aesthetic. Nickel Waverly tuning machines provide a bright finishing touch against the richly colored headstock, while a bone nut and saddle and clear pickguard complete the appointments. At 4 pounds, 9 ounces, this G.2C brings its remarkable materials and meticulous construction together in an instrument made to be held, explored, and played.
There is a particular beauty in knowing that a guitar began long before its first brace was shaped. This one began in the quiet decision to save exceptional wood, to care for it through decades of work, and to recognize when the right opportunity had arrived. In this Bryan Galloup G.2C, that patience finds its purpose. The woods Bryan treasured have become an instrument worthy of their history, carrying the artistry, knowledge, and personal investment of the man who kept them.
Other specifications include:
- Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce Top
- 25 Year Old Private Stock Flitch-Cut Brazilian Rosewood Back & Sides
- Master Grade Swiss Alpine Spruce Braces
- Brazilian Rosewood Bridge Plate
- Brazilian Rosewood Bindings
- 20 Year Old Honduran Mahogany Neck
- Private Stock Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard & Bridge
- Private Stock Brazilian Rosewood Front & Rear Headstock Veneers
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design Burl & Fiber Headstock Inlay
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design Burl & Fiber Rosette
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design Maple Fiber Partial Backstrip Inlay
- Custom One-Off Deco Nouveau Design 12th Fret Inlay with Partial Fiber Fingerboard Purflings
- Pinless Bridge
- Nickel Waverly Tuning Machines
- Bone Nut & Saddle
- Clear Pickguard
- 16" Lower Bout Width
- 11" Shoulder Width
- 4.75" Tail Depth
- 20" Body Length
- Low Profile Neck Carve
- 25.5" Scale Length
- 16" - 20" Compound Fingerboard Radius
- 1 3/4" Nut Width
- 2 1/4" Bridge Spacing
- 4 lbs 9 oz
- #2603
For more information about the Bryan Galloup G2.C, please contact us.
- Manufacturer
- Bryan Galloup
- Body Style
- Concert
- Actual Weight
- 4.9
- Model
- G.2C
- Condition
- Brand New
- Strings
- 6
- Body Style
- Cutaway
- Body Style
- 14 Fret
- Pickup
- No
- Color
- Natural
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