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W hat is “GRAN”?
It is the acronym for Guitar Russian Acoustically New.
GRAN guitar was invented 1987 by two Russian musicians, Vladimir Ustinov and Anatoliy Olshanskiy.

Thanks to the original construction of a newly developed acoustical instrument, – (patent PCT – RU94 00265) – the synthesis between classical guitar culture and folk and rock guitar traditions has been achieved.

Music

Feel free to taste the sonorous exuberance of the GRAN guitar.
The samples presented are taken from various CDs.

Feedback

The GRAN-guitar will no doubt be very successful in the future. Paul McCartney

I‘m completely overwhelmed by what I‘ve heard. This is indeed an orchestra, an acoustic synthesizer without electronics. Carlos Santana

GRAN is the instrument with truly Russian soul.

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From The Blog

Aug 14, 2014

Scenario, 2014

This is a title composition from “Scenario” CD interpreted by author 2014. The location is quite inspiring, too. We suggest using highest quality....

Aug 5, 2014

Along the Stream, 2014

Classical and well-known composition by Anatoliy Olshanskiy, interpreted by him 2014 and played on amazing GRAN guitar built by Boaz...

Apr 9, 2014

The GRAN Guitar initial Demo, October 1995

Presented and explained by Vladimir Ustinov, Anatoliy Olshanskiy, Christian Gerstendorff and David Schramm. Vienna, October...

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