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Here are a couple! Assembly coming quick.
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New Rosettes
Making some new rosettes, with a tasteful amount of bling… Click pictures for details.
La Carinosa by Jose Romanillos
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In 2004, I went to Siguenza in Spain, to build a guitar with Jose Romanillos. Jose had just strung up a guitar, La Carinosa. I asked to spend some time with the guitar, made measurements, took pictures, played it a … Continue reading
DeFalla’s DeLuxe
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I’ve been collecting pieces for this guitar for months~ It’s starting to come together…. looking fine. Lined sides (Alaskan Yellow Cedar). Making “Deluxe” stuff for lines, and rosette.
A trip to Vancouver and Aranjuez
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A couple of years ago, I had a commission from young player and his family. The player’s Saul Domingos-Morales. His teacher is Hanh Nguyen. The guitar seems to have helped Saul get to the next level. (Well at least it … Continue reading
Thing two… the channel top
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Here is the second of the triplets GanzChan… The channel top. I’ve done a couple of these in the past, but not for about 8 or 9 years. I generally prefer solid tops, but we’ll see how this goes…
Good Things Come In Trees (and Threes) – Tops
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The Triplets will have tops from the same billet of cedar. They are nearly identical. (No two pieces of wood from a tree are identical; nearly is as close as you can get.) So I joined the three tops and … Continue reading
Good Things Come in Threes – Necks
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I’m building three guitars. They are intended to be as similar as they can be… except for the top composition. The tops will cedar, cut from the same billet. The backs and sides will be East Indian Rosewood. The doubled … Continue reading