EMS Heritage Baroque Guitar

Name: EMS Heritage Baroque Guitar
Brand: Early Music Shop
SKU: EMSBG
Price: 1295.0 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)

by Early Music Shop

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SKU EMSBG

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We ship our entire catalogue all over the world, fully tracked and insured.

Our exclusive Heritage Baroque guitar has a coopered back and sides and is fitted with Aquila Nylgut strings. It is an attractive instrument with a bright, clear tone. Watch a demonstration of its playing possibilities by Jacob Heringman below.

We set up these instruments to play at baroque pitch, a415, however they also are well suited to modern pitch by simply changing the strings.

String length: 688mm
Tuning: e', b' g', d, a'
Includes a semi-rigid gig case

Our baroque guitar is tuned with standard re-entrant tuning - the 5th course a is higher than the 4th course d. The 4th course is in octaves, with the higher string on the left as recommended by Stradivarius. Find our recommended stringing for this guitar.

Baroque Guitar
Baroque Guitar Tuning:   A415.
String Length       688mm

e´ 0.46 mmØ = AQUL46NG
b x 2       0.58 mmØ = AQUL58NG
g x 2       0.73 mmØ = AQUL73NG
d            0.90 mmØ = AQUL91NG
d´ 0.42 mmØ = AQUL42NG
a x 2       0.66 mmØ = AQUL66NG

For further details or advice, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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EMS Heritage Baroque Guitar - Customer Photo From Hiroshi Miura

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10/03/2025

Jeremy K.

United Kingdom

EMS Heritage Baroque Guitar

I’ve owned this guitar for nearly four weeks now, and I like it more and more every day. It’s very sensitive and responsive, with a beautifully clear and bright sound. The action height is perfect, the tuning is stable and pegs are well-made and fitted (they benefited from a little french chalk to stop slipping at first). The whole guitar is beautifully made, immaculate joinery throughout. A really excellent instrument, thoroughly recommended. My main instrument is renaissance lute - I’ve been playing for nearly 50 years - and this is my first experience of the baroque guitar. I wish I’d come to it earlier!

15/08/2023

Rod M.

United Kingdom

Embarking in strings

I'm a wind instrument player, but Breathlessness due to long covid means I had to trade in my crumhorn, and move to strings. I spent an hour plus playing with the range of instruments and having a real opportunity to decide what best to pick up. The overall experience was positive and welcoming.

11/03/2023

Gareth B.

United Kingdom

Baroque guitar

Nicely made simple model with a delicate sweet sound. Very well prepared and set up- lovely instrument

14/02/2023

Hiroshi M.

Japan

Heritage Baroque Guitar

I am happy with the baroque guitar I ordered. The prices were reasonable and the staff were very helpful. The transportation I was worried about was perfect and I was able to trade with peace of mind. The body of the instrument is very beautifully decorated and the sound is very good. The string height is just right and easy to play. I think I made a very good purchase.

30/12/2022

Jordi P.

United States

Love it

Plays well, friction pegs keep in tune perfectly, and craftsmanship is beautiful. I love this instrument, and used it to sing old Catalan and Occitan songs for a church Christmas party.

Frank A. 25/10/2021

Hello! About this baroque guitar: Is it possible to order it set up for ca 440 Hz (for practical reasons when playing in our ensemble) - and the 5 course with a low and high a? How is it to send it to Norway? Regards Frank

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Early Music Shop 25/10/2021

This instrument can be tuned to A440 with the strings already fitted and it would be sent by UPS and arrive in 5-7 days.

Micah R. 12/07/2021

Hello, I have a few questions pertaining to the maintenance of the instrument. I am a curious as to how long a baroque guitar’s frets can last before they have to be replaced, and what type of product would I need to be able to do so. Also, how would I determine the spacing between each fret required to achieve the right tone. Is there a helpful tool available to do so. Finally, this last query might seem odd and obvious, but do the guitar’s tuning pegs need to be replaced over time, or are they able to last a long time? Thank you.

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Early Music Shop 14/07/2021

The frets should last for many years, but we sell replacement fretting gut online - search ems fretting gut. The fret positions are already marked in pencil, but it's easy to work out or contact us via email for details. The pegs will last the life time of the guitar.

Peter H. 20/01/2021

Hi, I am looking to buy a baroque guitar. I was wondering if you have experience shipping to overseas, in my case New Mexico, USA, and whether you consider it safe for the instrument ? What do you use for shipping ? Also do you have a return policy ? thanks.

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Early Music Shop 20/01/2021

We ship worldwide daily and all goods are fully insured. For more details or advice, please contact Anthony Calvert anthony@earlymusicshop.com and send him your full address and telephone number for a quotation. Alternatively, simply place your order online and our website will calculate the delivery charge when you input your address. If you’re not happy with your purchase, it can be returned for a full refund less any postage costs.

James L. 12/01/2021

Is it possible to obtain this guitar with a fully rigid case? I mean an economy case that's commensurate with the guitar's value. With thanks in advance for your attention, James Louder Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Early Music Shop 13/01/2021

It is possible to order a hard case, but it would add £625. However, the semi rigid case is quite a good case and is included in the package. For further details or advice please contact Anthony Calvert anthony@earlymusicshop.com.

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