RobJe -> RE: Blanca "Aire" how ethereal can it get without vaporizing? (Mar. 23 2010 5:25:27)
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There is something nice about picking up a really light guitar. I suspect that it is possible to build a fabulous ultra-light blanca but I haven’t found one yet. The nearest I found was a small bodied Torres design cypress guitar (made as a classical I think) by the English luthier Kevin Aram. I have some records of guitars that have I have owned (4 Madrid and 4 Granada – I guess some will be able to identify the makers). Sadly the best was fairly heavy. 1280g (1962 spruce, machines, 7 fan struts 2 closing struts – dry with little body or volume, snappy if played hard) 1228g (1988 spruce, pegs, 5 fan struts, 2 closing struts, under-bridge strut – easy to play, base a bit boomy reasonable headroom) 1273g (1968 cedar, pegs, 5 fan struts, 2 closing struts, under-bridge strut – cedar is so different, nice guitar all round) 1280g (95 spruce, machines, 5 struts, very low profile under bridge-strut, double bars on neck side of soundhole – easy to play, not much body, reasonable headroom) 1312g (1965 spruce, machines 5 struts parallel 2 smaller angled inwards – dry and woody, easy to play, plenty of headroom) 1407g (96 spruce, machines, 5 radiating fan struts, 2 closing struts, - easy to play, plenty of body, endless headroom) 1457g (1990 spruce, pegs, thin strutting but plenty of it, 9 fan struts, under-bridge strut, 1 closing strut on base side, double inclined bars on bridge side of soundhole, double bars on fingerboard side – easy to play, plenty of body, endless headroom – ideal for me!) 1496g (2003 spruce, machines, 7 fan struts with central ones parallel – dry, needs very strong hands, endless headroom) Rob
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