Category Archives: audio

Let’s look at some Koa

Posted on October 13, 2023 by steve

I’ve had this wood for a while. I could make it into a nice guitar. It’s not dramatically figured. It is very straight grained, well quartered, which as a luthier, I love. But there is some flame as well.

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A note from Bart… and a video

Posted on September 18, 2023 by ganzguitarscom

The subject line said 20th anniversary of one of your guitars and the message body You made the fabulous “Batuque” guitar 20 years ago!  How time flies!  It’s brought a lot of joy to my dad, and continues to bring … Continue reading →

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Flash (back) : A recently found video of Miro and Yvette

Posted on January 11, 2023 by steve

Back in June of 2022 I posted a video of William Bajzek playing Bolero by Arcas on a guitar I made in the fall of 2020. Remember 2020? Pandemic. A time of isolation. Not necessary a bad thing for a … Continue reading →

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Bolero (Arcas)

Posted on June 9, 2022 by steve

A simple hypnotic tune… Not easy to play flawlessly, but William Bajzek makes it look easy. Besides enjoying classical guitar (and playing celtic flute) William likes to build electronic stuff. I like to build wooden stuff (guitars) and this is … Continue reading →

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Left-handed complement?

Posted on May 11, 2022 by steve

I made a custom guitar for Jake Carlon in Pullman WA. Jake came to Blaine last summer to meet me and look at my shop and some of my woods. He expressed a couple of preferences then. First and most … Continue reading →

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Recordings from Ian Hill

Posted on November 22, 2021 by steve

Ian came to Blaine in 2014 to pick up his guitar, then he took it back to Vancouver. I attended a recital in which he played it. He posted a video. That’s Ian on the right, Saul Domingo Morales on … Continue reading →

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Cedar top, 640 scale length, cut-away

Posted on June 14, 2021 by steve

Here is a quite nice instrument. Very easy to play. I wrote about it before on this blog. It is a sibling of the one I built for Pedro Cortes in 2019. It has been here all that time. I … Continue reading →

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Anna Pietrzak plays six small cupcakes

Posted on May 27, 2021 by ganzguitarscom

Seis Brevidades by Sérgio Assad “The Seis Brevidades were written partially in Chicago and in Paris during 2008 and were dedicated to Odair Assad, a great guitarist and brother of Sérgio. Each of this short composition is very different in … Continue reading →

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Brandenburg Concerto No 3. BWV 1048 by the Vancouver Guitar Orchestra

Posted on February 7, 2021 by steve

I go crazy in love with the Brandenburgs. This is a fun rendition of the Allegro to the 3rd Brandenburg. This should lift somebody’s spirits. The video was put together by Anna Pietrzak. She arranged the music for the Vancouver … Continue reading →

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The Swan – Video with the Padauk and Cedar

Posted on December 22, 2020 by steve

David Lockington (cello) and Yaniv Attar (guitar) perform Saint-Saëns’ The Swan Guitar as described in the post Cedar and Padauk – a good guitar combo

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