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- Macassar Ebony back
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- Macassar Ebony Sides
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- The piece on the left darkening
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- Sides after bending, scraping the inside
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- back pinholes get filled
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- Sides in mold
Scenes from the Atelier March 27
Photo of a beautiful guitar.
Sometimes A photo can do justice. This one does it for me. Click on it for it’s own window.
dramatic figure and lighting
Guitar Built in Spain – 2004
Here are some pictures of a guitar I built in Spain, 2004 in the Romanillos workshop.
Rosette Samples
Rosettes
The rosette has a function… it isolates the soundhole from cracks. Other than that, they are decorative! Here is a collection of some rosettes… just for some ideas. Let me know if a material intrigues your or if there are any elements that you like particularly positive or negative.
-Steve
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- amboyna burl
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- afzelia xlay
Spruce Dazzle – All spruced up.
This gallery contains 5 photos.
When I get some wood it goes into a stack for several years. It dries, and oxidizes. This spruce, from the Alps, came rough sawn. You can see below what it looks like before and after planing. Planing gets rid … Continue reading
Different size and shape guitar patterns
“to see a photo of your Concert model against your Romanillos model”
Let’s go with the larger one. Not only is its breadth bigger, but also the length of it. Since we are going with a longer scale length the bigger one makes sense.
Romanillos versus Concert shape
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Sets 9 and 11….
For LC: In answer to your email questions….Both of these sets have inspiring visual and musical attributes. Both have excellent tap tones. Very solid and dense tone with good high components. Both are a good size and both have excellent matching sides.
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- Set 9 size.
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- Set 11
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- Nice matches on the sides and backs
Don’t Keep Your Guitar On the Couch
Really. It is a dangerous place.
Keep it in it’s case, Steve
Really. It might be comfortable, but it is “Not Safe.”
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A slightly radical change…Nico’s ax
Nico Audy-Rowland
is a composer and performer of music that ain’t classical guitar. But he likes to compose on nylon strings. When he came to me with his martin backpacker, and an idea… He also likes a long-scale baritone tuning. His idea: turn the backpacker (610 mm scale) into a baritone (700 mm scale). This would reguire a new fingerboard with frets place for the new scalelength, and repositioning the bridge….Oh, and he also wanted a midi out.
So, here are some pictures of the project.
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- The bridge goes here…
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