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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson
Anders, something happened with the one on the right. I think you left it in the sun too long
Kidding! I like your orange guitars. Every time I see yours I like the color more and more. What would worry me is my grubby forearm wearing away at the finish on the top, creating a white spot there. I think I might be too acidic or something!
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
The darker color would take a little getting used to but I like its essential appearance as an option to the other plain styles. But I think I would go more for tan color, similar to camel.
However, I remember owning a 1965 Marcelino Barbero Hijo with the same color as yours. So this is widely acceptable in Spanish trends, and has been for a long time.
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Tom Blackshear)
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So this is widely acceptable in Spanish trends, and has been for a long time.
Thanks for showing your art.
After conde hermanos brought it to the market(maybe though someone did it before them), it IS one of the major spanish trends, and it looks pretty good too as long as it isnt too red.
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Certainly. Yet, rarity / exclusivity can play outside of the experience / education precondition for taste.
Meaning that sometimes when certain colour / shape is common, an exception from the rule can appeal simply just for that. ( Anyone rember how pale beige and brown cars used to be to the eye, and how nice / elegant it can be looking again in the meantime? - Specially as bicolour.)
From how I remember in the seventies a slightly darker reddish stain was very common for nylon guitars.
As use of that shade has been thinning out in past deacdes, I could imagine that reddish shade might regain the sparkle it must have had in the fifties / sixties or whenver it became trendy ( through the Ramirez shop, as an innovation together with the choice of using cedar on a wider scale, I believe).
I personally have been kind of over fed from it and found / still find it nice to see more and more natural / clear finish. To my eyes a plain top, specially of spruce looks so friendly.
Having said that; the brighter red / orange above is nice. ( Always digged orange, even when the 80/90ies taste police so vehemently oulawed it after its wider use in the seventies.)
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Orange guitars look the best hot summer nights. They go well together with black clothes, dark eyes and sexy vibrations. Orange guitars are hot and emotional.
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson
Orange guitars look the best hot summer nights. They go well together with black clothes, dark eyes and sexy vibrations. Orange guitars are hot and emotional.
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Nice to see three pegheads at the same time, in the same place; an unusual occurrence. You seem to make a lot of pegheads? Do you think they are becoming more popular these days?
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to krichards)
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Como chicas Andaluzas
eso eso. que toma que toma.
Another thing, here in Andalucia, to make orange and yellow guitars has its reasons. In my patio I have an orange tree and a lemon tree. And thats pretty normal. Besides Andalucians love colors and the sun makes natural colored blancas look a bit flat.
I dont know if pegheads are more popular nowadays. I´ve always made relatively many peheads. I think some 20 - 25% of my total is with pegs. I think most like like the looks of pegs. What is special is to have 3 pegheads as orders at the same tiem. This have never happened before. The one to the left is with mechanical pegs (pegheds)
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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"matt french polish look"
I NEVER said that. Thats something you made up.
I´m very sorry that you feel that my guitars look sick and anorexic. It must be quite a unpleasant feel.
Actually, Anders, your guitars look fine; even the high cost Felipe V's are polished with clear coat, as this shows off their fine wood use in the instruments. And many other high dollar guitars are being done the same. This also helps when a guitar needs touch up from hard wear and tear.
But there are some people who like color, even though color wears off in places on occasion.
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Guest)
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Orange got popular because of Conde and was just another way to hide flaws by their Valencia luthiers.
What an expert. Conde has been using red lacquer since at least the seventies and back then they were done by mariano and faustino conde in Gravina 7. Only later on the production went off to other places, one of which is maybe valencia.
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tele - ah a new member from 2012. No I'm not an expert, but you must surely be.
I dont claim to be an expert and the year Im registered has no importance anyway in knowing guitars. Its just that your statement about conde red lacquer was completely false.
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Guest)
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really think those two pale guitars look anorexic & sick, there should be a little more colour there, not orange but at least some more yellow.
You are barking up the wrong tree, Nealf. Anders is a true purist when it comes to his work, and though he might indulge the tradition of orange-flavored guitars, his instruments solely exude unadulterated purity of material and workmanship.
I enjoyed the documentary Simon [Escribano] filmed and edited 'El Guitarrero' about the making of Anders' guitars.
It is, of course, a rather subjective matter, but when it comes to the increasingly rare specimen of truly luthier singlehandedly made guitar, i would not want any extraneous pigment to color or age the wood artificially, but would want it as 'blanca' as Spruce and Cypress are. If allowed to properly age, a 'blanca' will eventually glow, slightly darkening to a natural and elegant caramel tone, as will its sound.
Incidentally, i completely respect one's desire to have an orange or yellow guitar, or to simply detest as 'sickly' the unvarnished beauty of Cypress and Spruce. Individual Taste makes it possible to have horse races... So, this is not a criticism, but my own two cents.
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Tom Blackshear)
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even the high cost Felipe V's are polished with clear coat, as this shows off their fine wood use in the instruments. And many other high dollar guitars are being done the same. This also helps when a guitar needs touch up from hard wear and tear.
I agree and one thing more is that natural colored guitars get very pretty with age. You can really see how the wood oxides and gets prettyer.
RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Guest)
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The prettyest IMO is a French Polish that has NOT been polished up to total shine. Its glossy in a silky way and it makes the wood looks very nice and woody at the same time.
Anders - sure you did, what you wrote on April 11 is above .... something not polished to total shine is usually referred to as "matte" ... irrespective of the semantics .. have a photo??
tele - ah a new member from 2012. No I'm not an expert, but you must surely be.
Nealf you´re totally wrong and you´re making up things. Between the 2 extremes high gloss and matte there are hundreds of varieties. What I´m talking about has nothing to do with matte at all. So please stop now. I dont want people to think that I make "matte" guitars.
A photo wont show anything, besides my work is to build guitars and not to take pictures. There are time limits for everyone. Here you have photo of another guitar where you can see the soft gloss of a natural FP.
I´m being to kind to you now and I shouldnt have replyed to your postings. I dont think you´ll find any builder in the world that will treat you kindly when you write "I really think those two pale guitars look anorexic & sick," about the work they are proud of.
And finally. Your last line in the quote, doesnt give you any kind of positive credir at all. Do you think you a wiser because you´ve been a member since 2004? Its the behavior of people that tells me if they are worth something or not.
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
And another, where the color of the guitar looks a lot darker than it is, but I liked the artistic "play" in the photo. The tools are in light and guitar is not. Its a kind of anti ´show your work´photo. Its a ´show your tools at work´photo.
But you can see the gloss of the FP
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
I got inspired by someone over on Delcamp to make a "Line and Berry" rosette, but without the berries. Google the technique if you're interested, some pretty beautiful things are possible. I just put this together in a piece of scrap wood. I will probably use more color if I put the design on a guitar. What do you all think of it?
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Great work chaps! I thought I would chime in with what I have been up to since my last pic of my work. Hanging up are 7 guitars I have built over the last few months. The second is a picture of a flamed Maple guitar featuring my latest ideas on bindings Hope you like them.
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I like your orange guitars. Every time I see yours I like the color more and more. What would worry me is my grubby forearm wearing away at the finish on the top, creating a white spot there. I think I might be too acidic or something! 
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