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Peter Tsiorba

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Joined: Oct. 27 2009
From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest

Left the shop

Just sent-off this guitar this afternoon, and thought I'd share a video clip and a few photos with you.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 2 2010 19:57:58

Peter Tsiorba

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Joined: Oct. 27 2009
From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest

RE: Left the shop (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)

Maple back/sides and engelmann spruce top.

If you'd like to see more photos of this guitar, check it out here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/guitarsbypeter/SamCMapleBlanca?feat=directlink

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 2 2010 20:00:54

chapman_g

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RE: Left the shop (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)

Great look and sound. One question or two I guess. Is the player very big or is this guitar a little smaller than usual?

Michael

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 2 2010 20:25:34

Peter Tsiorba

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Joined: Oct. 27 2009
From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest

RE: Left the shop (in reply to chapman_g)

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ORIGINAL: chapman_g

...Is the player very big or is this guitar a little smaller than usual?

Michael
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Jeff is a tall, nordic giant, and the guitar is very certainly full-sized :)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 2 2010 20:37:26

daffey

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From: Los Angeles, California

RE: Left the shop (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)

yeah, he had HUGE hands

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 2 2010 22:05:35

estebanana

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RE: Left the shop (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)

Among other things I like the way the strip down the center of the headstock works. Nice guitar.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 3 2010 10:22:24

Jim Opfer

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From: Glasgow, Scotland.

RE: Left the shop (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)

Peter,

What material do you use for the nut and bridge?
Also, sorry to be picky, but I find the splayed angle on the top golpe visually a bit strange and can't understand your functional thinking behind this?
If you need the extra depth, why not carry it down to the bridge and return just like the lower golpeador profile would normally do?
Your guitar sounds good.

Regards
Jim.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 3 2010 11:06:51

Peter Tsiorba

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From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest

RE: Left the shop (in reply to Jim Opfer)

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ORIGINAL: Jim Opfer

Peter,

What material do you use for the nut and bridge?
Also, sorry to be picky, but I find the splayed angle on the top golpe visually a bit strange and can't understand your functional thinking behind this?
If you need the extra depth, why not carry it down to the bridge and return just like the lower golpeador profile would normally do?
Your guitar sounds good.

Regards
Jim.

Jim,

At the request of the owner, nut and saddle are made from water buffalo black horn. As to the golpeador, that shape was done intentionally. The owner gave me a drawing of wear on the golpeador (and probably a little on the soundboard) of his current guitar, and hoped I'd provide adequate protection for the top. I wanted to cover the critical spots, but not have too much plastic covering the soundboard, therefore I trimmed away some of the plastic toward the bridge. It may look a bit atypical, but I thought it looked rather cool. That mylar plastic is actually quite heavy, and the less the better as far as I'm concerned.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 3 2010 11:19:19

Samarto

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RE: Left the shop (in reply to Peter Tsiorba)

I had originally entertained the idea of maple golpeadors/rasqueadoador instead of the plastic. Since my style of playing involves radical upward thumb strokes at times it is real easy to do some damage to the top. I was afraid that maple plates would be to much to cover the areas needing protection from rasqueados. My golpes don't wander much off a small area below the E1 string near the bridge, but my rasqueados can cover quite an area. I refer to the protection as a rasqueadoador.

I admit I found the ascending angle of the top of the rasqueadoador strange at first, but knew why Peter did it. The shape has really grown on me, especially the bottom curves.

This is a full size guitar, but smaller than others I have and have had. It is 650 scale extremely light with amazing response. I chose maple B and S to get the traditional old "gypsy" sound with the extra bass growl. The guitar fit my needs in every way. Extremely easy to play, in fact amazingly easy. I now have to work on lightening up my touch at times.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2010 5:33:21