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The passing of Jose Luis Romanillos
I met Jose Romanillos in 1996 at a meeting of the Guild of American Luthiers in Tacoma. I was immediately intrigued with his approach to making guitars. In particular, the way he worked the top with a wooden plane, and … Continue reading
Support your local guitar support
I regularly visit a guitar bulletin board: the Delcamp Classical Guitar forum . Another member of the forum, Amy Gaudia, has made a guitar support that is getting great reviews. It’s called Amy’s Handmade Guitar Support. (Click the link!) https://www.etsy.com/listing/729731575/amys-handmade-guitar-support … Continue reading
I don’t have popup windows…
I hope that’s true. If you ever see them on my blog, please let me know. When I visit websites nowadays I’m immediately bombarded with a popup window, asking me if I want to subscribe, or be notified of every … Continue reading
Rich Rorex visit and video
Rich and his friend Karen Ruth Foster Erickson, came to visit the workshop this fall. She is a videographer, so… I’m the guy who talks a lot. 🙂 Find Rich Rorex at https://www.richrorex.com/
Recordings from Ian Hill
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
Cedar top, 640 scale length, cut-away
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
A Post-Covid concert invite to Lummi Island
Earlier this month I got a call from Eric Warner at Pacific Rim Tonewoods. (PRT) Eric wanted me to invite me to a concert that Miroslav Tadic was going to perform that evening. PRT has been involved in a project … Continue reading
Anna Pietrzak plays six small cupcakes
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
Brazilian Rosewood takes over the shop so I can find the set I want.
Sometimes I just get out all my sets of rosewood and play with them… Sometimes I’m looking for specific attributes, size, color, figure. Today I pulled every set out and matched some backs and sides. Today I found a set … Continue reading
Expressions of Appreciation
I do get letters/notes/emails/cards of appreciation from players of my guitars. I have a page on my website that shows many of them. They go back more than 20 years. Here’s the latest from the new owner of the guitar … Continue reading