A little pinch of my latest guitar courtesy of Mr. Jason

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estebanana

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A little pinch of my latest guitar c...

I have not shown one of my guitars in a while. This one completed in Oct. Mr. McGuire took for test drive last night. He played it for about two and half hours, after that it figured out it was a guitar. I made another longer video of his playing some levant stuff and more solea if you want me to upload it ...

Thanks for looking. Next up: Foro member Ralexander will get his Port Orford box. I'll put up some pictures later in Nov. so he can show it off.

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dararith

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Can't quite tell from the angle. Is this a spruce/cypress setup?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 0:04:27

Leñador

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Sounds beautiful Stephen, I'm always amazed at Jasons playing, he never ceases to surprise me......

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BarkellWH

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Beautiful guitar, Stephen. Jason's playing is exquisite, but he is playing an exquisitely made guitar.

Cheers,

Bill

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 1:37:35

TANúñez

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

I love it! very sonorous.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 2:39:47

Pgh_flamenco

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Incredible playing! Can't go wrong with a Faulk blanca...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 3:09:33

koenie17

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

The guitar sounds great! And Jason´s playing is out of this world!!

Ole!! Para los dos.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 12:47:25

estebanana

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

This playing is actually too good not to share. I hope you enjoy Jason's toque.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 21:44:57

estebanana

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

You can see pictures of this guitar being French polished here, along with my greasy hippie hair.

Foro member Juan'da Bomb took these photos. Where would I be without these friends like Juan and Jason? Juan is working on becoming a good photographer. He shoots, goes back home and studies and then goes out to shoot more pictures. I bet Escribano does the same thing to get his beautiful results. Thanks guys for the support and I love your respective arts too.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7q35iqk5a0aiaxo/QZbBxMnL1I

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 22:36:31

Ricardo

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Sounds as good as it looks! but no cutaway???

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 22:51:36

estebanana

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Jason wanted to take it, but his wife smacked him around while I ran out of the house with it. I'm making him a maple spruce cutaway now. He'll have a nice quiver of Canin, Deutch and Faulk cutthroats.

And coming for you Ricardo that is high praise. Thank you.

You know it takes a whole container of Morton Salt to make them sound like that.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2012 23:00:20

RTC

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

He is a talented guitarist!
Great guitar sound.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 11 2012 1:11:02

koenie17

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

The guitar looks beautifull! I love the bridge detail.

Great job!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 11 2012 6:28:52

ralexander

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From: Halifax, Nova Scotia

RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

When Maestro's collide!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 11 2012 17:13:40

TANúñez

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

quote:

You can see pictures of this guitar being French polished here, along with my greasy hippie hair.

Hey that pic of you holding the shavings, that's nice. I'm going to do that.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 11 2012 19:05:01

tmock

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Really beautiful looking and sounding guitar, Stephen.

Jason's playing is jaw-dropping.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 12 2012 4:36:49

Tom Blackshear

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

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ORIGINAL: estebanana

I have not shown one of my guitars in a while. This one completed in Oct. Mr. McGuire took for test drive last night. He played it for about two and half hours, after that it figured out it was a guitar. I made another longer video of his playing some levant stuff and more solea if you want me to upload it ...

Thanks for looking. Next up: Foro member Ralexander will get his Port Orford box. I'll put up some pictures later in Nov. so he can show it off.

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That's some serious stuff...very nice sound, Steve.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 12 2012 15:08:54

Ruphus

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Hey Stephen,

For underprivileged like me; please load up some pics right here, so that I may have a glance too. ( About to swap providers soon, allegedly to one with much less censoring. - Currently on dial-up, besides.)

I remember a photo of a blanca of yours that was screamingly beautiful.

Ruphus

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 12 2012 16:08:58

JuanDaBomb

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to Ruphus)

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ORIGINAL: Ruphus

For underprivileged like me; please load up some pics right here, so that I may have a glance too.

I looked through my photo sets and realized I don't have one of the completed guitar for this one. I found one of the whole guitar while in the French polishing process though, and also a rosette pic that wasn't in my Dropbox set above:

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 13 2012 7:59:16

ralexander

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Juan - I don't know jack about photography but these pics have a nice feel. Can't wait to see some shots of mine during french polish!

Man, Jason can really play his ass off. A lot of that reminded me of the toque on Pedro Sierra's new disc.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 13 2012 13:19:20

JuanDaBomb

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to ralexander)

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Can't wait to see some shots of mine during french polish!

I'm sure they'll be something to show you

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 13 2012 18:31:26

TANúñez

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to JuanDaBomb)

Mother Faulker! that's a nice classy rosette.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 0:16:26

estebanana

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Ricardo said he liked it because it was not a hippie-dippie fancy mess.

Just say NO to Burl

- Nancy Reagan

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To be serious for 30 seconds, I looked at what Manuel Ramirez did 100 years ago and thought if I can do half as good I will be ok. In my opinion rosette making has gotten out of hand and more people try to be too complicated without really ever grappling with the basic elements. I'm always trying to distill things down visually to bare bones and make that interesting. There will always be those buyers who think more complicated is better, but I will keep to my path.

I find it humbling to try to extend the tradition of the Spanish like Santos and Manuel R. instead of inventing something American- I'm looking for a way to be in that tradition, but not be a direct copier. Manuel Ramirez made some of the best rosettes with concentric circles, but mine are not as good, yet. I might get it in ten more years. I still believe in the sublime, as stupid as that sounds.

What tickled me the other day is a painter friend visited me and looked at the tie block cover on the bridge. He said right away, that is a landscape! Yup.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 0:24:54

Ricardo

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

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What tickled me the other day is a painter friend visited me and looked at the tie block cover on the bridge. He said right away, that is a landscape! Yup

Nice. Now is "V" for vendetta or the show about Reptilian Aliens disguised as humans come to control and eat us?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 4:48:54

Ruphus

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

Thank you for the pics, Juan!

Esthetical overall composition, and friendly appearing edges.

( You got no mp3 to insert, Stephen?)

Ruphus

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 8:20:06

Ruphus

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to Ricardo)

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

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What tickled me the other day is a painter friend visited me and looked at the tie block cover on the bridge. He said right away, that is a landscape! Yup

Nice. Now is "V" for vendetta or the show about Reptilian Aliens disguised as humans come to control and eat us?

It´s the victory symbol.

I just learned where it stems from. Any of you got an idea?

Ruphus

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 8:23:00

ralexander

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RE: A little pinch of my latest guit... (in reply to estebanana)

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What tickled me the other day is a painter friend visited me and looked at the tie block cover on the bridge. He said right away, that is a landscape! Yup.

Yes, I can totally see that now after looking at it on a better screen. Lovely!

The flashing projections of color on the wall are rather sci-fi, very fitting for Jason

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 14 2012 23:41:31