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Author:  martintaylor [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:12 am ]
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I was gifted some BRW from a retired luthier (he is 88), enough for 3 guitars. Here are the first 2,
both with Engelmann Spruce tops

Bracing: radial spruce with carbon fibre

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And more traditional Torres fan bracing

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Author:  martintaylor [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:14 am ]
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2 more pics

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Author:  Pat Foster [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:52 am ]
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Wow!
Author:  Colin North [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:57 am ]
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Wow indeed!
Author:  George L [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:17 am ]
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Lovely work! I like the elegant and creative way you incorporated the decorative purfling into the end graft and backstrip on the first guitar and the sides of the second. Thanks for sharing!
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:25 am ]
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Fine looking instruments, Martin! Wouldn't expect any less from you, though.
Author:  DannyV [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:09 pm ]
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You did those sets justice Martin. Beautiful!

Is the old gent still around to see them?
Author:  giltzow [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:31 pm ]
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Beautiful!!
Author:  Quine [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:54 pm ]
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Yowza!
Author:  Mike Collins [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:39 pm ]
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beautiful!
How they sound?
mike
Author:  johnparchem [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:53 pm ]
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Nice looking guitars!
Author:  jfmckenna [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:59 pm ]
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Beautiful. That back on the second one is stunning. Looks like swirling smoke rising.
Author:  martintaylor [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:16 pm ]
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DannyV wrote:
You did those sets justice Martin. Beautiful!

Is the old gent still around to see them?


Hi Danny, yes he is! Here's a pic of him when I took around the first one for him to see.

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Author:  martintaylor [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:25 pm ]
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Mike Collins wrote:
beautiful!
How they sound?
mike


Hi Mike,

They sound good. I'll try to get some recordings done (I'm not really a classical player but one of my guitar building students is). The first one is braced with Simon Marty style bracing using Spruce and Carbon Fibre in a radial style. It is clear, has good volume and is pretty even over the whole instrument. The second one is traditional Torrres style fan bracing with the secondary transverse brace having "fly overs" (only way I know how to describe them). It has a different sound and to be honest I prefer it. I think it is a clear tone across the whole range and I am building the third BRW guitar with the same bracing. I am fairly new to building classicals and so it is like going on first dates with a new girl each time one of them is finished. Wait, did that sound weird? Anyway, one of my students is about to build a 10 string classical in the Ramirez/Yepes tradition. That will be challenging!
Author:  martintaylor [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:29 pm ]
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George L wrote:
Lovely work! I like the elegant and creative way you incorporated the decorative purfling into the end graft and backstrip on the first guitar and the sides of the second. Thanks for sharing!


Thanks for noticing the purfling George. The old gent that gave me the BRW also gave me a box of hand made purfling strips that he made when he was 16 during WWII in England. They couldn't get anything from Germany (for obvious reasons) which was where they had been getting purfling strips from in the past so he decided to make all his own. They are so fragile now but I am blessed to be able to give them a life at last.
Author:  DannyV [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:40 pm ]
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martintaylor wrote:
George L wrote:
Lovely work! I like the elegant and creative way you incorporated the decorative purfling into the end graft and backstrip on the first guitar and the sides of the second. Thanks for sharing!


Thanks for noticing the purfling George. The old gent that gave me the BRW also gave me a box of hand made purfling strips that he made when he was 16 during WWII in England. They couldn't get anything from Germany (for obvious reasons) which was where they had been getting purfling strips from in the past so he decided to make all his own. They are so fragile now but I am blessed to be able to give them a life at last.

He made them when he was 16!!! It would seem to be pretty serendipitous, you 2 coming together. Very cool.
Author:  Jim Watts [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:10 pm ]
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Martin, Those look beautiful! I'm sure he was pleased to see the instruments you made.
Author:  Ken McKay [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:11 pm ]
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That is about as good as it gets.
Author:  Mike OMelia [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:24 pm ]
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Looks you honored him by producing very nice guitars. What else could a retired builder possibly ask?

Good job.

Mike
Author:  mkellyvrod [ Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:05 pm ]
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The guitars are great and so is the back story. Thanks for sharing!
Author:  ernie [ Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:17 pm ]
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plus 1 for the gtrs
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