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f.j.w.

Posts: 20
Joined: Aug. 20 2016

Hello from newbie!

Hi Everyone

Just a short message to introduce myself. I am a violin maker who used to play the electric guitar when he was young and silly. I have not played the guitar for 15 years now. I have always wanted to play the guitar again, but I knew that I did not want to go back to playing rock music. I play a lot of classical music on the violin, but I felt that I needed another musical approach, less intellectual.

So one day about a year ago I just decided to try flamenco. I bought myself a cheap 2nd hand classical guitar on Ebay and booked a lesson with a local teacher. Became addicted instantly. It is just exactly what I needed musically. I am still not good enough to play with other people but I hope that I can soon begin to accompany dancers. This would be tremendous fun. I practise daily.

As I am a violin maker I want to build myself a flamenco guitar. I have not yet decided which kind and this is the reason why I have joined the forum. I am hoping to be able to ask a few questions about the construction of the instrument. Things like body size vs scale length etc. I have already read lots of posts from the forum, and it has been very helpful so far. So thank you to all of you who have participated in the past!

Frank J. Worthington
England

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 21 2016 10:16:22

El Kiko

Posts: 2697
Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland

RE: Hello from newbie! (in reply to f.j.w.)

Hi ...
You should find Anders here , who builds flamenco guitars , but likes the violin , and built at least one ...
He's like the opposite of you ....
Two half's make a whole ...

Time to swap knowledge

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