Mr. Dependable. Ganz Hauser model.

Posted on November 2, 2019 by steve

One of the most used, most reproduced, most beloved and dependable designs for classical guitars: Hauser 1937.

If this one looks familiar, maybe it’s because it has appeared here on the blog before. That was about 10 years ago, when I first started this blog. See also http://ganzguitars.com/wp/hauser-strung/

I recently bought it back from a customer who told a story about having a long standing injury to his hand, that prevented him enjoying playing anymore. Sad for him….

The guitar is in great condition, and sounds good, very fun to play, and is available now (November 2019).

  • Scale length: 650 mm
  • Top: Euro Spruce
  • Back/Sides: East Indian Rosewood
  • Custom burl rosette

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Breaking news: Guitar impacted by asteroid Ceres

Posted on November 2, 2019 by steve

Sort of… Here is a cutaway guitar. 640mm scale length. Channel top. Double sides. Ultra cutaway. Clear golpeadores. Same model as one I made for Pedro Cortes who is currently touring with that guitar. Contact me for more information

  • East Indian Rosewood
  • Cutaway easy access
  • Smooth transition
  • More cutaway
  • Detail of Cutaway
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Torres FE 05 model

Posted on November 1, 2019 by steve

A couple years ago I made a Torres FE 05 out of Movingue which was very successful. The original, labeled in 1857, Sevilla was built with Rio Rosewood. So here’s another FE 05 incarnation, with some beautiful rosewood. Scale length is 650, like the original. In fact, I have replicated all the original measurements that were documented in the Romanillos book, “Antonio De Torres: Guitar Maker His Life and Work”

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Some pictures of a guitar for JP

Posted on October 15, 2019 by steve

Here’s a guitar finished earlier this year. I suppose you might say it’s pretty. A few bells and whistles. It is a Romanillos plantilla, but with double sides and back. Rosewood and Euro-Spruce. Powerful and soulful voice. 650 scale length.

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Joachim Schneider Guitar spa treatment

Posted on September 26, 2019 by steve

A customer brought his guitar in to refresh the finish. So I took some pictures.

  • Stuff
  • Crud in finish – before
  • Crud in finish – before
  • A dry rosette
    Before
  • Before
  • During
  • During
  • Difficulty
  • Difficulty
  • Difficulty
  • After.
  • After
  • After
  • After
  • After
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More of Brandon’s guitar

Posted on July 23, 2019 by steve
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A guitar for Brandon

Posted on June 7, 2019 by steve

I’ve been working on a guitar for a player in nearby Vancouver BC. I make all the parts in my shop. They will start going together pretty quickly.

  • I’ll use this to press down onto the bridge patch
  • Getting ready to glue.
  • Getting ready to glue.
  • I like the shadow and light
  • This is the bridge patch. Soon there will fan braces glued here too.
  • This is all it takes to glue the bridge patch.
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Batuque goes away after a trip to the Guitar Spa

Posted on May 29, 2019 by steve

Batuque was in rough shape when she came in. (See these posts (1) (2) .) Back braces loose, bindings broken, rattled when played. The fix was to remove and replace the back, reglue the braces, new bindings, refresh the finish and make sure playability and sound were good. After the owner got the guitar back, he wrote how much the restoration pleased him. “Fab” he said. Bart also has another guitar that I built for him in 2004.

Hi Steve,
Yes, the guitar came in today.  The restoration is absolutely wonderful!  I definitely was not expecting it to be this fab, considering the shape it was in.  It looks and plays beautifully.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking such great care of it!  Also, this is the first time that the 7 string and the Batuque are in the same room.  It was truly a pleasure to a/b them for the first time ever!  I feel like a kid in a candy store with these two guitars!
Cheers, Bart

She’s had the full treatment.
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Still Life with Guitar

Posted on May 8, 2019 by steve

I got an email from James Bishop Edwards this morning. Here is what he wrote:

Hi Steve, sometimes the morning light hits the guitar and it looks beautiful so I have to take a photo.:)

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Batuque – refreshing the finish

Posted on May 3, 2019 by steve

One of the nice things about french polish shellac is that it can be refreshed. So, after Batuque got it’s back repaired and replaced, I began give it a refreshed finish.

It looks pretty good. Not perfect, but it’s not so rough anymore. Compare to the before pictures

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