Beautiful and functional handmade cejillas for
ten string classical and flamenco guitars. Newly designed with Kevlar string for superb durability and black hard neoprene rubber pad which virtually eliminates strings going out of tune when the cejilla is applied onto the fretboard. Each cejilla comes with a spare replacement pad. 90mm wide - If a custom width is preferred you can order one here:
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21st Century Cejillas are built in the USA. They are made from beautiful Rosewood (Central South America Rosewood), are unobtrusive, and all critical components are easily replaced. The 21st Century Cejilla was designed by a flamenco player for flamenco players!
The shape and height of the 21st Century Cejilla is designed to allow an unobstructed approach to first position chords.
Approximate length of pad for available string coverage is 3 1/2 inches or 88 mm.
With all traditional cejillas eventually the peg/hole wears due to wood rubbing against wood. The 21st Century Cejilla overcomes that problem by allowing for easy replacement of the peg. The peg shaft is shaped to fit the hole, rather than a hole drilled to fit the peg. When the fit is no longer snug, a new peg can be purchased, and with a little sanding, the new peg will fit snugly. Making the cejilla this way takes a little extra effort on the part of the maker, but it is worth it to the owner of one of these beautiful and functional creations.
Directions for correct usage and pressure:
1. Identify the "bass" end of the cejilla body. This is easy if you put the cejilla on the same way each time. The photo shows the string exiting the body on the bass side so that would be the "bass end". 2. Take off the rubber pad, or whatever is being used in the photo, and add a little "relief"—that is, sand the bottom of the body on the bass side. Just a few passes on 120 grit and try it out. Add more sanding as needed. For this situation, I would sand the bottom starting from the bass end course down and go down to about a few courses. I count 10 courses. If course 1 is the treble end and course 10 is the bass end, I would sand a little off the bottom from course 10 down to course 6.
