Description

The Craviola series brings an icon of Giannini, the Craviola, now entirely produced in Brazil, with national woods and handmade!

One of the Craviola series model, the CRA 36S CEQ NS é uma craviola eletroacústica de 06 cordas aço, 36″, com tampo em Sitka Spruce maciço; lateral e fundo em Gonçalo Alves, braço em Cedro Brasileiro, escala em Pau-Ferro e equalizador de 3 bandas. Pequena na medida certa para você levar numa viagem, casa de amigos ou mesmo naquela apresentação num palco.

The woods

Gonçalo Alves

With better results on instruments with steel strings, known internationally as the “Brazilian Koa”, its timbre is similar to Maple, but with a lower sound propagation speed. A species of tropical tree native to South America, distributed in the Amazon region, the Gonçalo Alves (or Muiracatiara) is found most frequently in the states of Pará and Maranhão. Heavy, reddish, with streaked veins and the occurrence of blackish longitudinal bands, it has high durability and resistance.

Sitka Spruce

It results in instruments with good projection and a very “live” sound, with prominent bass, clear tones and lots of attack. Found in North America, especially in the moist soils of temperate forests, Sitka Spruce is creamy-white, light pink or brown in color. Its tree, which can reach almost 100 meters in height, is considered the third largest living being in the world, behind only the sequoia and eucalyptus. It has the best strength-to-weight ratio among all cataloged wood species.

Brazilian Cedar

Widely used in solid instruments, due to its lightness and stability. The sound provided by Brazilian Cedro is characterized by a deeper and velvety tone, excellent bright definition (as it is not very resinous), good projection and sustain. Natural wood from open forests and fields with a hot/humid climate, widely distributed in the North region, mainly in the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia. It has low density, medium to thick texture, pinkish-beige color, and veins forming smooth regular designs.

Pau-Ferro

Used in acoustic instruments and in the creation of fingerboards and bridges. It produces pieces with good sound, beautiful finishing and excellent sustain, with a brighter tone than Rosewood, but which manages to retain the warmth for which Rosewood is celebrated. Its color varies from light yellowish brown to brownish brown, with dark veins forming characteristic and exotic irregular designs. Known for its rigidity, moderately light and very durable, Pau-Ferro is found in Goiás, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo and Paraná states.

The Craviola

With a different shape and unique sound, Craviola Giannini won the world and gathered fans around the globe. It all started with a simple idea, as stated by Paulinho Nogueira, “Even before playing the guitar I already liked to draw a lot. I even won an award at the Salão da Primavera in Campinas, for my paint work. So, I've changed my mind and became a musician, guitarist, and it gave me an idea to make a guitar that was designed by me. I did some drawings, and I was a great friend of Giannini, the guitar maker, and I send the draws to him, who thought that was a great idea. So, to summarize the story, Craviola was exported to the United States, Canada and England. Luís Bonfá, for example, recorded an LP at that time only with the Craviola. This gave me a lot of satisfaction. It is a guitar with a different shape. ”

Craviola is an exclusive product from Giannini, patented internationally. The name of the instrument was only born after the construction of the first prototype. As he had no idea what kind of sound alteration the unusual shape would provide, Paulinho only noticed that the sound was unique after touching the first model “I only got this idea even after it was ready. As it seemed a little of the harpsichord and a little viola, the evident name was born. In the United States they liked that name a lot, it went well for them. ”

Professor de violão notoriamente reconhecido, Paulinho Nogueira lecionou por muitos anos e escreveu métodos que são usados até hoje por muitas escolas. Entre seus mais famosos alunos estão Toquinho, Chico Buarque e Vinícius de Moraes. Gravou vários discos, lançados no Brasil e no exterior. Muitos músicos se apaixonaram pela e ajudaram a consolidar sua fama e sua identidade em vários estilos musicais. Entre os mais famosos podemos citar: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), José Feliciano, Andy Summers (The Police), Luis Bonfá, Bill Withers, Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes), Wander Taffo, Evandro Mesquita, Frejat, entre muitos outros.