lutherie as history

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Jim Kirby

Posts: 149
Joined: Jul. 14 2011
From: Newark, DE, USA

lutherie as history

I'm getting along on my current build, which is my first try at the Brune Barbero plan.
This is so different from what I expect a flamenco guitar to be (i.e., light weight), but comments I've gotten online (I think here as well as elsewhere) say go on with it, it's a really nice guitar. Hopefully I'll hear mine in a few weeks.

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Peter Tsiorba

Posts: 130
Joined: Oct. 27 2009
From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest

RE: lutherie as history (in reply to Jim Kirby)

Jim,

Indeed, go for it. There is so much to be learned from following a plan. And yet, even with the best of plans, our "copies" are approximations at best, as various nuances are difficult to perceive even if you have an original on your bench, let alone following a two dimensional drawing. One of the most obvious shortfalls of a plan is that one has absolutely no idea of the flexibility and density of the woods used.

Even so, I love the concept of following a plan exactly, as it forces me to get out my rut (my personal style and habits) and see guitars from a different perspective. If you decide to use this general plan on later guitars, you can tweak various details to suit your taste, but on the first one, I'd stick to the plan as much as possible.

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