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Ruphus

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to tele)

I don´t agree.
To my taste this is the visually least appealing blanca I have seen from Andy.
Even just from plain ol´ aspect of colour matching, if you check out how black, brown and red will match you´ll find them hardly corresponding some 30% or so.

I like the uniform shade of top and corpus, but with the modest matching of the ebony at the latest the rosette should had linked them better.

Not to sound too negative though. It still is a handsome and inviting guitar, only that to my taste others I have seen from him were certainly more beautiful.

Ruphus

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Wayne Brown

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Here's a steel string that I have just finished. The neck had been orphaned and a friend of it's owner asked me to build a body for it. It's an OM.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 8 2013 13:59:29

krichards

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

I don't post in this thread often because my photography is so poor and it doesn't show my work very well.
But here are a few pics of a work in progress.

My first cedar topped blanca, with a very nice pale cedar soundboard.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 8 2013 16:07:41

TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to krichards)

I really like that end bout inlay Kevin. Excellent. Reminds me of Pedro Maldonado's work.

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jshelton5040

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

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ORIGINAL: TANúñez

I really like that end bout inlay Kevin. Excellent. Reminds me of Pedro Maldonado's work.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Ok, here's a couple of photos of our latest "Spartan" model. This one has a strong voice and perfect action. It's exactly what I would want if I could still play.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 9 2013 18:11:05

krichards

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

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I really like that end bout inlay Kevin. Excellent. Reminds me of Pedro Maldonado's work.

Well its not surprising that it reminds you of Maldonado.
I copied it

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 9 2013 18:56:16

tijeretamiel

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Some beautiful guitars posted up recently.

Anders, how much does the Padauk guitar of yours weigh in comparison to other negras (and blancas too)?

The Silver Oak blanca looks beautiful.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 12 2013 19:26:10

Anders Eliasson

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

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Well its not surprising that it reminds you of Maldonado.
I copied it

padauk weighs the same as Indian rosewood... So the weight is more or less standard.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 13 2013 8:07:54

Anders Eliasson

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Starting fiddle #3.
You may think this is off topic to talk about fiddles on a flamenco guitar forum, but since its called Lutherie and not guitarmaking, I find it to be ok. I will not spam this thread with my fiddles and diddles. You can follow the build on y blog.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 13 2013 8:17:15

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Here is a clip of the blanca I posted on the last page (thanks everyone for the comments btw)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 3 2013 22:00:03

jshelton5040

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Sorry Andy,

Looks like you got upstaged by the phalus headstock topic. What's going on with the luthier's section of this list? Seems like it has degenerated to the point that I'm losing interest much like (apparently) everyone else.

Nice guitar!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 4 2013 23:36:44

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

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Sorry Andy,

Looks like you got upstaged by the phalus headstock topic. What's going on with the luthier's section of this list? Seems like it has degenerated to the point that I'm losing interest much like (apparently) everyone else.

Nice guitar!

Thanks John,
It has been slow here as of late. More phallus than philosophy lately

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 5 2013 2:51:08

Anders Eliasson

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to jshelton5040)

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What's going on with the luthier's section of this list? Seems like it has degenerated to the point that I'm losing interest much like (apparently) everyone else.

Its been like that before. Lets see if doesnt go back to "normal" again. The whole foro is bit quiet these days. Maybe everyone is busy with christmas or maybe they are just busy putting photos and phallos on facebook.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 5 2013 7:12:27

TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Here is my latest creation. A Romanillos inspired classical. I was surprised by the volume and projection. I think I will continue using this pattern for my classicals. The body shape and size are mine though and not the smaller bodied Romanillos.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 6 2013 13:22:25

n85ae

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Nice looking guitar Tom. You selling your own creations yet?

Jeff

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TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to n85ae)

Well yes and no. No like a professoinal guitar builder would. I only build in my spare time right now and so far I have only sold to acquaintances I work with or if a friend ask me to build him something. My day job keeps me from being able to build full time or more often.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 6 2013 14:21:09

Tom Blackshear

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Tom, you are a smart man to have a day job. I pursued the art, working by day and designing and building in my spare time, and it worked well, especially when trying to raise a family.

I admire and respect those who work for starvation wages when first coming into this business and my only encouragement would be to learn alternative ways to earn a living, if it becomes necessary.

Otherwise, I fully understand the passion for this art and that, for me, building guitars relieves much of the stress of daily living.

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TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Tom Blackshear)

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Tom, you are a smart man to have a day job. I pursued the art, working by day and designing and building in my spare time, and it worked well, especially when trying to raise a family.

I admire and respect those who work for starvation wages when first coming into this business and my only encouragement would be to learn alternative ways to earn a living, if it becomes necessary.

Otherwise, I fully understand the passion for this art and that, for me, building guitars relieves much of the stress of daily living.

I share your sentiments. Building relieves stress for me too. For now, I am content building "part time" but eventually, I'd like to have more time to do it. A lot more.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 6 2013 18:18:45

Arash

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

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ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson

Its been like that before. Lets see if doesnt go back to "normal" again. The whole foro is bit quiet these days. Maybe everyone is busy with christmas or maybe they are just busy putting photos and phallos on facebook.

With "normal" you mean luthiers world war II? ;)
just kidding Anders. No more phalus headstocks for at least until ..... 2014, i promise.

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RTC

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Tom:
That is a very nice guitar. Congrats!

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Anders Eliasson

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Arash)

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With "normal" you mean luthiers world war II? ;)

Normal is:
30% personal infight
30% sales campains
30% off topic
8% lutherie discussions
2% phalus family

eheeehhh. Its just a joke.

Nice guitar Tom. I´ve built 2 with the same concept and I liked them. I also built 2 copies and i actually think I prefered the original concept. A small, very tight classical guitar with a lot of projection but it needs a player with a well devellopped tecnique.

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TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Thank you RTC and Anders. I'm happy with it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 7 2013 15:08:07

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

Here is a "snowflake" rosette that I designed with a customer. You won't find nature mimicking my design as real snowflakes have 6 facets instead of 4 or 8, but that was impossible with a mosaic rosette!
It's quite appropriate as 6-8 inches of snow fell outside my door as I was working on it this week.
It's for a classical guitar.