Pavan TP-30 Cedar

$1,895.00

These Spanish handcrafted classical guitars have a remarkable sound quality and excellent playability. The soundboards of the Pavan TP-30 are built in the custom shop where a few experienced guitar makers specialize in handcrafting each soundboard. They hand thickness each top and carve the top braces to build a responsive instrument. This guitar is what I was striving for when starting Pavan Guitars. I wanted to offer an exceptional recital-quality guitar at an honest and accessible price for guitar players who were searching for an alternative to my more expensive concert hand-built guitars. 

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  • Solid cedar top

    Solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides

    Ebony fretboard

    650mm string length

    52mm nut width

    Bone nut and saddle

    Dot at 7th fret

  • The guitar comes with a quality hardshell case.

    Need a pickup? Please add one thru the Accessories Page.


The Pavan TP-30 model is available with a solid cedar or spruce top. The Pavan TP-30 has solid East Indian Rosewood sides and back, ebony fretboard, reinforced neck, bone nut and saddle, and a 650mm string scale.

Cedar soundboards are known for their warm sound. Cedar also brings out high-frequency overtones and partials which lends itself to a shimmering brightness, almost like a little bit of built in reverb. Guitarists play both spruce and cedar, it is really a personal preference as to which you may prefer. Please listen to the videos/sound samples.

The soundboards of the Pavan TP-30 are built in a custom shop where experienced guitar makers specialize in handcrafting each soundboard. The soundboard is left thicker in bridge area of the lower bout and gradually gets thinner towards the sides. The bracing pattern uses a treble bar and 6-fan braces. This design gives a firm, clear, balanced tone with an excellent responsiveness and beautiful tonal variation. 

When classical guitar players come to my shop to try out the Spanish guitars they are very impressed with the Pavan TP-20 model guitars but they end up purchasing the Pavan TP-30 guitar. The slight difference in sound makes a big difference to the experienced player.  

I do not offer classical guitars priced higher than the Pavan TP-30 models. If I were to offer a higher-priced model they would sound no better than the TP-30.  Only a guitar built by an excellent experienced luthier might sound better. I should know I am a Luthier and an accomplished classical guitarist.