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 Post subject: Re: Classical guitars
PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:21 pm 
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Hi Ken, based on your interests I'd recommend building a guitar on Torres' smallest shape. Roy Courtnall has a plan drawn that's included in Making Master Guitars or can be purchased full sized through LMI. While the guitar the plans are drawn from (SE-117) has a very petite scale length of 604mm Torres also used this shape for guitars with 610mm (SE77) and 635mm (FE-07) scale lengths.

Here's an homage to FE-07 I made last year, the spruce soundboard was packing material from Rivolta, the cypress was B grade from one of my Spanish suppliers, and all other materials were inexpensive/salvaged from the scrap bin. Despite that it sounds quite good, somewhere between a typical romantic guitar and a more modern classical guitar. The construction is rather simple too as it only has 5 fan struts and no closing bars (according to the Romanillos book), I think I spent 4 or 5 days building this.

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 Post subject: Re: Classical guitars
PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:50 pm 
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Location: Goodrich, MI
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Thanks for that Brian. That shape is nice. The bridge is almost as low as a baroque, but it is still at the widest part of the lower bout. Simple friction pegs like a Flamenco guitar. Very nice. I saw a video with Pepe Romero? saying that flamenco guitars were just lower end guitars with less ornamentation. Same strings, everything. I don't know about that.
For $30 you can buy the short, and the long scale plans.

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 Post subject: Re: Classical guitars
PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:05 pm 
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This morning another small, early classical was on the side of Youtube. It has the same. warm sound, and friction pegs; but a very unusual head.

https://youtu.be/v6SwZCFkppk

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 Post subject: Re: Classical guitars
PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:45 pm 
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I've been watching many builds, and listening to Torres instruments, real, and inspired. This maker has some nice ones. The videos say that he plays them, but it looks like at least 3 different people to me. I'm TERRIBLE with names and faces; but that's the way I see it. They all sound really good.
Anyway. This one was a bit different. Alpine Spruce and Madagascar Rosewood. No, he doesn't show the back and sides.

oh, I see some say that Ovidiu Pintilie plays.

https://youtu.be/RGITBU6LkUE

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