Almost done….

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A new ‘Ganzanillos’ style guitar. Built by Ganz, an homage to the Romanillos design (I studied with Jose in 2004). 650 mm scalelength Italian Spruce top East Indian Rosewood Maple binding Amboyna burl rosette As it happens, I have no … Continue reading

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Rosette. March 2014

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Sometimes I get too busy with other stuff to pay attention to the blog. And I don’t say much anyway. I’m close to bringing this guitar to completion. Here is one of the first steps….

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Alain’s Frets

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Alain has had his guitar for about 10 years, give or take a month or two.  It has served him really well during that time. (see and hear some of his many videos here) He has an upcoming concert with … Continue reading

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Absence Makes the Heart

I took a break for a couple of months.   From building guitars, that is.  I had lots of stuff going on, working on my house, coping with winter… This is the first time in a few years that I have … Continue reading

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Interview for a magazine…

I got asked a few questions as part of an interview for a local magazine…  Here are some of  the questions and answers. 1.  When did you start building guitars and how did you get into doing so? I built … Continue reading

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Homanaje a Manitas

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Huayna Jimenez got a custom 11 string guitar from me about 10 years ago.   She’s burning an image of something similar into some furniture she made.  Wow! Here is the guitar I built for Huayna

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Randomish Pictures … around the shop

I have a few things going on… Mostly a guitar for Saul.  Romanillos style.  Spruce on East Indian Rosewood. …

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Mi-longue on Milonga

Lettre mi-longue to be exact, by Roland Dyens.  I was made aware of this piece by a lovely person at the La Guitarra fest earlier this month.  (Thank you Sunny, for suggesting this.) The piece is pretty atmospheric.  I play … Continue reading

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Mystery Guest Artist

At La Guitarra, I had some very good players visit… Some even played my guitars 🙂 Here is one, I’ll just call her “Mystery Guest Artist” and see if anyone can discern who it is. There is a lot of … Continue reading

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Guitar for Larry C #2

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Remember Larry’s new guitar? Well that’s the one I did not take to San Luis Obispo for the La Guitarra festival. This guitar was started about 6 months ago. I am very pleased with the result. I may have time … Continue reading

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