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  • intro
  • background
  • guitar making
    • Guitarmaking
    • becker & cumpiano
    • cuatro making
    • guitar finishing
  • guitar repair
    • repairs illustrated
    • scrapbook
    • fretted instruments
    • tutorials
    • letters
  • songwriting
  • video making
  • audioplay
    • Reviews
  • art & design
  • Building a Clavichord
  • Wile E. & Bugs
  • profiles
  • final note
  • contact

guitar making

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This cypress and cedar classical I made was patterned after a Spanish flamenco guitar of mine that was much admired by my dear friend and bossanova student Richard Norris M.D. He commissioned me to build him one like it. The lacquer was tinted to match the color as well.
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Here's a six and twelve string guitar I made with a a tapered body construction designed to address a medical condition known as "Dreadnought Shoulder".
The soundhole is reinforced with a mohogany insert replacing the traditional rosette.

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