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ernandez R
Posts: 747
Joined: Mar. 25 2019
From: Alaska USA
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RE: HR's avatar photo guitar (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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Andy, I was inspired to add a profile/avatar photo after you changed yours to your new headstock design. As you have noticed not a lot traditional about my guitar building but nothing all that unique ether. Basically a... let's say an organic cumulation of ideas that came about while studying Spanish guitar builders, some years of practical study in sonic/vibration reduction used in aircraft building and repair, and a hodgepodge of spur of the moment inspiration; most practical in nature inside the box while the ones you see are aesthetic. My real limitation is being out in the wilderness as it were where Flamenco doesn't exist so I have no baseline for my guitar sound. We had planed a couple trips down to America this spring and I had planned a few meet ups with fellow builders to get some feedback and experience. I was also thinking about just shipping my guitar on a tour but it's about $200 a leg at its cheapest so that's not going to fly. My plan was to get past the ten guitar mark then really think about selling them. The selling is not that important save for keeping the boss happy, not breaking the no more then five guitars in the house at one time rule, and of course to assuage my ego. In the end I enjoy the journey: the challenge, successes and failures, dreaming up ideas and implementing those of others, while creating beauty that becomes that much more in a players hands; wether my own shaky attempts or the masterful fingers of the maestro. HR
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I prefer my flamenco guitar spicy, doesn't have to be fast, should have some meat on the bones, can be raw or well done, as long as it doesn't sound like it's turning green on an elevator floor. www.instagram.com/threeriversguitars
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Date Apr. 29 2020 16:06:58
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ernandez R
Posts: 747
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RE: HR's avatar photo guitar (in reply to aaron peacock)
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Aaron, Welcome to the Foro. Funny thing about the pegs. They were the first part I made... The lacewood pegs were not really done when my partner says, oh my they look like fox heads, we have fox that wander through the yard on occasion, so I just left them like that. Not the most practical that's for sure. I started building less then two years ago, I have seven hanging around here and there, one on the bench, and more then a few bouncing around in my head. There are years of build threads here on the foro and I recommend you dig around and read them, while bookmarking those with the most meat on their bones to back over to nibble on when you feel starved for that missing detail. I also hang out at the delcamp Luther forum where again there are years of building threads. I have a couple build threads at the Delcamp under the same user name. My number two is a street brawl guitar. I did some crazy experiments as I was building her. She lives in the shop. I love the idea of Eucalyptus. Block it out in back and side chunks and let it sit some to see what it's going to do. If it doesn't do,anything crazy strip off some 3-5mm and let it sit for a while. Guessing there is some stunning fugir hidden in there although inversely proportional to stability. Go big or go home! I went with the lets build a quick ugly lets learn without getting carried away instant gratification program. Many take the other route and build stunning guitars in their kitchen with only hand tools taking a year or more. There is little wrong with eater as long as one gains satisfaction in the process HR
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I prefer my flamenco guitar spicy, doesn't have to be fast, should have some meat on the bones, can be raw or well done, as long as it doesn't sound like it's turning green on an elevator floor. www.instagram.com/threeriversguitars
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Date Apr. 29 2020 16:29:32
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