Neck：Cedoro
Fingerboard：Ebony
Finish：Shellac
Tuning Machine：RUBNER
String height：1string 3.2mm／6string 3.5mm

[Profile]
Yutaka Iwata was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1972, and in 2000 he started working at　a musical instrument factory, where he began making classical guitars. In 2000, he started　working at a musical instrument factory, where he began making classical guitars. In 2008,
he moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he visited local maker Raul Yagüe, who encouraged　him to work in the workshop of Santiago de Cecilia (a collaboration between Maria Cecilia　Saenz Rols and Juan Santiago Canals). He joined them and has been working with them　ever since. He established his own workshop in 2018, where he produces his own original　models alongside his work with Santiago de Cecilia. He says his work is “a fusion of the　meticulous techniques he learned in Japan and the rich, traditional artistry handed down in　Spain.” Moreover, it is a highly accomplished instrument born of a flexible response to　modern needs in construction methods and playability. His instruments are characterized　by their modest and quiet power, without being heaped with flamboyant elements, and have　been highly acclaimed in his home country of Spain and elsewhere.
He was featured in the Antonio de Torres documentary “LA ESPAÑOLA, LA DE TORRES”in 2020, co-directed by Fran Lopez Montoro and Raul Enrique Navarro (both directors are　Torres' great-grandsons, according to the film). He also won the Antonio Marin Montero　International Guitar Making Competition in Granada in 2021.

[Description]
Yutaka Iwata's new double-top model No. 32 for 2024 has just arrived. This model has a　sound board (double top) made of Nomex, a honeycomb-like synthetic fiber sheet (a　material developed by Dupont with excellent heat and flame resistance), sandwiched　between two pieces of Canadian cedar wood. The body is laminated with different woods:　Indian rosewood on the outside and MacArthur Ebony (striped ebony) on the inside. The　fingerboard is a raised fingerboard that is slightly raised above the sound board after the　12th fret (actually, the fingerboard is raised by sloping the sound board).
The sound here is more lucid than the raw, powerful sound one might expect from the　combination of cedar and double top. It is not a diffuse sound, as is often the case with　double-tops, but rather a natural sound that is appropriately tight and glossy enough.

Performance video

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