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Firefrets -> The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 29 2025 20:05:55)

I came across this amazing guitar while looking for info on the old ebony / ivory necks found on old Stauffer / Martins, and just wanted to share it. The effort involved is staggering.

I figured it was a good excuse to have a tasty guitar thread.

You can see lots of images at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503932

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54888990293_28eda179f3_o.jpg[/img]

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54888990843_781efa4750_o.jpg[/img]


This is what I was originally pondering over. Image taken from http://www.earlymartin.com/stauffer.html

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54889002183_e9490b15a9_o.jpg[/img]

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54889074184_fd928f4d2c_c.jpg[/img]

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54887956397_9a14fe1f97_c.jpg[/img]



silddx -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 29 2025 22:15:06)

Good god almighty.



estebanana -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 30 2025 1:35:32)

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ORIGINAL: silddx

Good god almighty.



And they say men have become effeminate now?



estebanana -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 30 2025 3:49:23)

My favorite ‘tasty’ guitars after Santos etc are the Stradivari guitars



https://sabionari.com/photos.html



estebanana -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 30 2025 6:06:38)

https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/7192/guitar

Link to photos of the Rawlins Strad guitar



Firefrets -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 30 2025 7:44:58)

Similar neck as above - do you know how they were made?

Veneers or wedges maybe?



edguerin -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 30 2025 8:10:55)

Now this is what I'd call tasty:



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Firefrets -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Oct. 30 2025 10:05:11)

I'll bet the trebles on that thing are sweet.



constructordeguitarras -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Dec. 26 2025 6:24:26)

A word now from a curmudgeon:

I've heard that Chinese people avoid restaurants that look too fancy, figuring if the owners put so much into the appearance of the place then the food won't be so great.



Ricardo -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Dec. 28 2025 16:26:04)

here are a bunch:

https://www.duran-subastas.com/files//001/HISTORICAS/GUITA_561.pdf



Ricardo -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Dec. 31 2025 16:13:00)

No comments on those above? Lopez Nieto makes his own copies or in the style of gaudy baroque guitars, but they are pretty crazy. I think his no. 281 takes the cake.



RobF -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Dec. 31 2025 19:35:20)

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

No comments on those above? Lopez Nieto makes his own copies or in the style of gaudy baroque guitars, but they are pretty crazy. I think his no. 281 takes the cake.


Not sure I get the rationale behind some of the starting bids. A Santos starting at €1500 and a Torres at €6000? I wonder what the hammer prices were.

Regardless, there's some beautiful instruments in that collection. I like them all, even n. 281.



orsonw -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Jan. 1 2026 11:27:33)

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

No comments on those above? Lopez Nieto makes his own copies or in the style of gaudy baroque guitars, but they are pretty crazy. I think his no. 281 takes the cake.


Could the underlying construction be similar to El Planeta's? This Lopez Nieto is very highly decorated: it could well come "with a bullfighter jacket and hat or something."



estebanana -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Jan. 1 2026 12:43:17)

quote:

ORIGINAL: orsonw

quote:

ORIGINAL: Ricardo

No comments on those above? Lopez Nieto makes his own copies or in the style of gaudy baroque guitars, but they are pretty crazy. I think his no. 281 takes the cake.


Could the underlying construction be similar to El Planeta's? This Lopez Nieto is very highly decorated: it could well come "with a bullfighter jacket and hat or something."



At least a cloth bag case made with a decommissioned matador cape.



Ricardo -> RE: The tasty guitar thread (Jan. 1 2026 19:07:58)

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Not sure I get the rationale behind some of the starting bids.


At the end of the book there is a table that explains it.



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