ernandez R -> RE: Original design - based on 1850’s to Jaleo painting era (Dec. 2 2020 20:19:54)
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I’ve built a parlor loosely based on the ‘63 Torres Brune wrote up in Vintage Guitar magazine. Not as nice or fancy as yours Stephan but still surprisingly nice tonally. For some reason I made the scale 23” instead of the original 25”, brain fart I suppose? I found the third string, the G, is a little funky with a hint of ukalalie. Just now finishing up the second one and might have the strings on her sans shellac tomorrow morning. They really are a perfect size for kicking back feet up and the sound is surprisingly full, the shorter scale means first position finger stretch cords come easier if it is a little tight toward the twelfth fret. I too have been tempted to mimic the early Torres style head stock, I don’t care for the later tombstone style, perhaps a slight variation. I do find your fretboard extension over the sound hole aesthetically incongruent but that’s just a matter of personal taste. I believe this is your second or third of this size and after playing her some are there any changes you have considered for the next? My goal is to get daringly close to the original lightly braced and thinness of Torres’ structure but getting there a little at a time: one back brace, no tone bars, and .8mm ribs takes bravery if not total madness! HR
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