Sylvia (Spruce DT)
$3,495.00
The De Cascia Sylvia Double Top Spruce represents the most performance-oriented expression of the Sylvia platform — a modern concert classical guitar created for players seeking exceptional responsiveness, projection, tonal definition and expressive control.
At the heart of the instrument is a sophisticated double-top soundboard combining European spruce and Western Red Cedar around a Nomex honeycomb inner core, supported by all-wood lattice bracing.
The outer European spruce soundboard gives the Sylvia DT Spruce its clear, articulate and focused personality, offering excellent note separation, harmonic complexity and an impressive dynamic range. Beneath it, the Western Red Cedar layer contributes additional warmth, resonance, sustain and tonal depth, complementing the clarity of the spruce with a richer expressive foundation.
The result is a beautifully balanced double-top voice that combines clarity and projection with warmth, depth and musical colour, allowing the player to move naturally from the most delicate passages to powerful concert-level projection.
Exceptionally responsive and remarkably comfortable to play, the Sylvia DT Spruce is designed for the advanced student, dedicated enthusiast, educator and performing guitarist looking for modern concert-guitar performance at remarkable value.
Clear, powerful, responsive and refined — a modern double-top concert guitar that deserves to be experienced.
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Specifications
- Model: Sylvia Double Top
- Scale Length: 650 mm
- Nut Width: 52 mm
- Soundboard: European spruce over Western Red Cedar
- Inner Core: Nomex Honeycomb Core
- Bracing: All-wood lattice bracing
- Back & Sides: Solid Indian rosewood
- Neck: Elevated African mahogany neck with ebony reinforcement strip
- Fingerboard: Ebony, with 20th fret
- Features: Armrest and sound port
- Tuners: Der Jung, 18:1 gear ratio
- Finish: Full lacquer finish
- Case: Hard-shell case included
Dimensions & Weight
- Weight: 1.7 kg / 3.74 lbs
- Body Length: 48 cm / 18.90 in
- Upper Bout: 28 cm / 11.02 in
- Lower Bout: 36.5 cm / 14.37 in
- Body Depth: 10 cm / 3.93 in
A Refined Double-Top Voice
The defining feature of the Sylvia DT is its carefully conceived double-top soundboard construction.
The outer layer of European spruce provides clarity, articulation and dynamic headroom, helping individual voices remain well defined even in complex passages. Spruce also offers the potential to continue developing with playing and time, gradually gaining additional warmth, depth and tonal complexity.
Between the two wooden layers sits a Nomex honeycomb inner core, while Western Red Cedar forms the inner soundboard layer. Cedar contributes warmth, resonance and sustain, enriching the focused character of the spruce and helping create a more rounded and expressive tonal palette.
The goal of this construction is not simply greater volume. It is to create an instrument capable of combining response, projection, clarity, sustain, tonal colour and control in a highly efficient and musical platform.
The result is a guitar that reacts quickly to the player’s touch while retaining enough dynamic range and authority for demanding repertoire and performance situations.
Modern Acoustic Design — Built Around the Player
The double top is only one part of the Sylvia DT concept.
Its all-wood lattice bracing contributes to the responsive acoustic design, while the solid Indian rosewood back and sides provide the foundation for a rich and balanced concert voice.
The elevated neck facilitates access toward the upper register, while the ebony fingerboard extends to a 20th fret.
An integrated armrest improves comfort and reduces direct contact between the player’s arm and the edge of the soundboard, while the soundport allows the guitarist to hear the instrument more directly while playing.
At approximately 1.7 kg / 3.74 lbs, the Sylvia DT remains remarkably manageable for a modern concert instrument and offers a beautifully balanced feel in the hands.
Together, these elements create a guitar designed not around a single feature, but around the complete relationship between response, comfort, projection and musical expression.
A Flagship De Cascia Concert Guitar
The Sylvia DT represents De Cascia’s most advanced interpretation of the modern concert classical guitar.
Its purpose is to make sophisticated construction concepts, carefully selected tonewoods and performance-oriented ergonomics available in an instrument that remains faithful to the De Cascia philosophy of exceptional musical value.
For players interested in exploring the immediacy, projection and dynamic flexibility associated with contemporary double-top instruments, the Sylvia DT Spruce offers a compelling and highly musical choice.
A must try — and a guitar that deserves to be heard as much as described.
Made to Fit the Player
In addition to the standard 650 mm scale and 52 mm nut width, the De Cascia Sylvia DT may be specially ordered with:
- 640 mm scale
- 630 mm scale
- 51 mm nut width
- Left-handed configuration
These options allow players to select a setup better suited to their hand size, technique and individual playing comfort while retaining the fundamental Sylvia DT design.
Please Note*
The photographs shown are representative images of the De Cascia Sylvia DT model.
As each guitar is individually handcrafted using carefully selected natural tonewoods, every instrument will have its own unique grain patterns, colour variations and subtle visual characteristics.
The guitar received may therefore differ slightly in appearance from the instrument pictured while being built to the same model specifications and standards of craftsmanship.
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