Specifications:

        Timbers:    

      Scale Length:
      650 mm

        Sound board:
        Cedar/Spruce

      Neck width at the nut:
      52 mm

        Back and sides:
        South American rosewood (Arched back)

      Overall length:
      995 mm

        Finger board:
        Ebony

      Body length:
      482 mm

        Bridge:
        South American rosewood

      Body width:
      upper bout 285 mm
      waist          239 mm
      lower bout 372 mm

        Bracing:
        Fan Braced
        (Balsa/Carbon fibre)

      Body depth:
      increasing from 88 mm to 100 mm

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Matthew Bolliger grew up in the Blue Mountains just west of Sydney, home of many instrument makers including John Hall and Greg Smallman .

Mathew constructed his first Violin at the age of 17, under the supervision of the eminent Australian Violin maker C.A. Vitiliotis, he also constructed his first classical guitar at this time. In 1988 he was accepted for study at the prestigious Kantonale Geigenbauschule Brienz, Switzerland and took the opportunity of working as a violin repairer in Basel. More recently he attended an intensive course in stringed instrument restoration at Oberlin, Ohio and a double bass building workshop in Quebec.

His brother Philip is a excellent classical guitar and recognised composer and has helped Matthew develop his instruments.
Matthew's guitars have a strong rich tone and a distinctive artistic look which makes them very popular with leading performers.