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Richard Jernigan -> RE: My own bracing pattern (Apr. 5 2011 23:53:51)
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ORIGINAL: KMMI77
Sounds very powerful Andy,
I'm glad the experiment has provided you with another nice guitar to play. I think if i started making guitars i would want to keep all of them. I would also want to make ten at a time just so i could have fun playing them all[:D]
Great sounding guitar, Andy.
Experimental guitars:
I stopped by the Bernabe shop when it was still at Cuchilleros 8, just off the Plaza Mayor. Bernabe, Sr. was seldom there, but Bernabe, Jr. was behind the counter that day. He offered me a guitar at a good price. He said it was a top model, but had experimental features. It looked beautiful. I played a few scales. Everywhere it appeared, on any string, anywhere on the fretboard, the note "A" ( La ) was considerably louder than the rest. After the scales I played a couple of "A's", and handed the guitar back with no comment. Bernabe, Jr. smiled and put it away in its case.
When Manuel Contreras, Sr.asked me about my visit to Bernabe, I told him about the experimental guitar. Contreras smiled and told me this story. He, Bernabe and Manzanero were all at the Frankfurt music fair. Bernabe was a tall, robust guy. Though a fantastic luthier, sometimes he could dominate the conversation a bit, in my experience.
Bernabe said, "I have made 20 experimental guitars during my career as a luthier, to explore the possibilities of the instrument. I still have every one of them."
Contreras replied, "Oh, that's too bad."
Bernabe: "What do you mean, 'too bad'?"
Contreras: "I too have made 20 experimental guitars. But I was able to sell them all."
RNJ
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