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RE: New thread to break the boreness (in reply to Armando)
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Smallman's lattice bracing beats Torres fan bracing in all respects. dispute that smallmans have great volume but not great for really subtle playing...the little nuances...this where a well made torres style guitar works beautifully.. however i believe jim redgate's bracing system as well as his double top guitars are superior to both.... he recently made a reyes (from a blueprint) for a friend as a one off... that guitar spoke volumes...just trying to get him to make another... http://www.redgateguitars.com/Redgate_Guitars/Welcome.html
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Date Sep. 29 2010 1:47:17
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RE: New thread to break the boreness (in reply to HolyEvil)
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hi oddly enough jim made that guitar as gift for a friends 40th birthday so..... spent a few hours on it before it went.. did an A-B against my ramirez a Maldonado and a Conde media Luna Jims guitar came up trumps in terms of projection, playability,tone and aesthetics.. my opinion only...{might go as far as the best instrument i have played} it was his first flamenco and was made directly from a reyes blueprint price? no idea Jim is a friend so hoping i may be able to coax him into making another.. damn my 40th has passed Jims guitars are pretty sought after in the classical world but a far less expensive than a smallman or a Thomas Humphries for example...
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Date Sep. 29 2010 3:36:51
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RE: New thread to break the boreness (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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I've heard from first time builders being surprised at how well their first guitar sounded. Hy Tom I'm one of these Luthiers. I'm still very statisfied with the result although i can't say that the sound compares to a real reyes, but the sound is still very good and sounds very flamenco. That's what people say who heard my reyes model (Guitar Nr. 5) on my website. http://www.spanishguitars.ch/index.php?id=19,0,0,1,0,0 Anders Oh i see you are back again. Long time i didn't hear something about and from you. Nice to have you back here too. O.k. regarding my points 1 to 5, you are probably right that these questions are mental. I thought that's fine to make the start;-) Btw. i prefere to use my mind for everything i do in combination with the right brain. But yes, usually the left brain wins and i'm working on that, but i don't see a competition within the two, they should rather complement each other. I know we have here two different philosophies of guitarmaking, the so called left and the so called right brain luthery. I think they don't necessarily need to conflict. I find the following statement of Luthier Per Hallgren hits the nail: I'm sure that especially those luthiers with a strong personal approch can deal with the different phyolsopies even if they do not agree. best regards Armando
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