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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)
The recording sounds technically good and neutral to me. Noticeably better than with foregone takes.
Beautiful thwack in the bass there, carried by effortless lows almost like from a hand drum. Really like that. And yet great balance in the register, with the trebles not thin but nicely round. I can only imagine how it may yield when played for a while.
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Thanks Ruphus and Ethan. The bezel that holds the control panel is flexible and can conform to some degree of curve, though not a lot more than I made it do on that guitar. The control panel itself doesn't really bend at all though.
I just completed this blanca with unusual shell rosette. I like it so much--looks, sound, and playability--that I am tempted to keep it for myself, but it is available. I'm waiting for my index fingernail to grow out so I can make a recording with it. More pictures at www.facebook.com/ethandeutschguitars
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
Hi, Andy. Nice work. Interesting rosette. My main playing guitar is a light-weight blanca with Port Orford cedar back and sides. I was led to believe that POC is a type of cypress, Leyland cypress, but someone since told me it is not the same as LC. However, the wood is very cypress-like (odor, density, etc.) and I built a bunch of good blancas from it. That guitar is one I built a couple years ago and is my current model. I occasionally still play an Indian rosewood negra that I built in 1997, which is more heavily built than my current guitars, and has a pickup and preamp in it, but it has a good sound and nice playability. I should be playing more. I did a number on my right index fingernail over the past few weeks while replumbing my bathroom, and it is not quite grown out enough to use yet. I think it needs another week, and I am really looking forward to being able to use it.
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
Andy, it's so hard to compare the sound of guitars from videos, as there are so many factors such as the recording device, the guitarist, and the strings. I was just listening to your farruca and wondering: What strings do you use? I use Luthier Popular Supreme 20s.
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Ethan, Thanks. I still haven't gotten my hands on any POC. Is it similar to Canadian "Cypress" (Alaska Yellow Cedar)? I made a few nice blancas from that in the beginning, including my first which I still have.
As far as recordings go, I'm almost NEVER satisfied with the way they capture my guitars. Same with pictures actually but I'm trying to get better at both.
I use a combo set that just seems to work the best for me: Luthier PS 20 basses and D'addario EJ45 trebles.
I am very much enjoying this thread The guitars look so wonderful.. and the videos show them perfectly fantstic playing Amazing people luthiers are. Create and employ Wow!
Andy, did you ever make a video of that Spruce/Padauk negra with Fishman electronics? Nice wood.
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Fine sounding guitar Andy. Difficult to gauge over YT videos, but irrespective of the tonewood combinations the guitars all are increasingly sharing a commonality in character and tone, great work.
You really are teasing us (or me) with that fine beard. You must post a picture of it in it's entirety. (I gave my beard it's first trim for 6 months the other day; wasn't great for eating humous, soup etc)
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Thanks tijereta. I'm working on getting my first selfie together
My beard grows in pretty thick but I don't know if I have the cojones to grow one as big as yours must be I like to keep it to 1/8 inch with the clippers.
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Almost feeling like a fan boy, I had planned to not comment your guitars anymore, Andy ... But my sense for aesthetics obviously just won´t let me. :O| :O)
That picture of the heel shows such tidy joints, it almost looks as if the materials were casted.
And the rosette to my taste is very intriguing. That glowing blend of colors is just perfect and I wonder how you produced the fading in the stars jags. Also do like the proportional combo of miniature and larger patterns.
Didn´t take the hazzle of accessing YT. By now I know what to expect. Great work, once again!
Ruphus
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And the rosette to my taste is very intriguing. That glowing blend of colors is just perfect and I wonder how you produced the fading in the stars jags. Also do like the proportional combo of miniature and larger patterns.
Hi Ruphus, Thanks for your comments! You will have to ask the Chinese factory workers about how they produced that effect . On my 2As I use premade rosettes. The 2As are all about saving time while still producing a top level instrument.
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. On my 2As I use premade rosettes. 
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