“What’s a double body?” is a common question.  It’s essentially a guitar with a shell over the back and sides.  The outside body is attached at the neck, the end block and along the sides but the two backs do not touch.  Since the player’s body is shielded from contacting the guitar it can resonate freely.  It increases sustain, improves projection and gives the sound of the guitar an unusual “presence”.  Since the back braces can be placed between the two bodies the inside back when viewed through the sound hole appears to have no bracing.

These guitars are very difficult to build and use almost as much wood as two traditional guitars.  The double flamenco guitars are built with rosewood interior and Mediterranean Cypress outside bodies.  This gives them the appearance of a traditional flamenco guitar.

Double body classics are built with rosewood inner and outer bodies.