Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar

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stephen hill -> Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 16:33:35)
As promised many moons ago, here are some pictures of this practise guitar I made for the maestro Paco de Lucia. As you can see, its for practising left and righthand, not for concert use! When it was given to him he exclaimed ' es una maravilla!' before going out on stage at the malaga plaza de toros in front of thousands of people. Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 16:35:22)
the peghead

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 16:36:37)
carving the inscription to paco Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 16:37:45)
tricky work! gracias Paco, por enriquecer mi vida con tu musica y arte sobresaliente que han cambiado mi vida. un abrazo fuerte de todo corazon- jingle Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 16:40:31)
the body from the side Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

Stephen Rees -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 16:51:22)
quote: ORIGINAL: stephen hill When it was given to him he exclaimed ' es una maravilla!' Very nice Stephen ...... I'll bet you're pleased as punch !! I was about to say can we see more photos to get a more 3D idea of the guitar, but it seems your still posting photos as I speak ! Congrats !! steve

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 17:03:01)
slightly more 3d! Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 17:07:03)
Thanks Stephen, it was certainly a wierd feeling making it for him... I only just made it tho as I was moving workshop at the time and got caught in a massive storm, lost my scooter and some vital tools I was bring down the day before the concert and the handing over, I had to improvise and worked till 2am as half the day I was battling with mudslides and the like!!! some of my tools are now in the med after being swept down.

Escribano -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 17:36:38)
Even PDL practises, yikes! Well done, Stephen, now you can say that you made a guitar for Paco [;)] How do you hold it, pushed against the chest?

n85ae -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 17:57:59)
Velcro?

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stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 20:14:51)
the lower corner sits on the knee, quite comfy really, or you can hold it to your chest, or play it in the bathtub... anywhere really, thats the beauty.

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 6 2007 20:17:03)
velcro... good idea! have to have a matching shirt made tho...!

HemeolaMan -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 7 2007 5:26:00)
amazing, do you realize you've just made the first flamenco guitar ever designed to be the opposite of loud? lol historic

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Anders Eliasson -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 7 2007 8:27:43)
Its a sweet little thing. Just one question: Intonation. Looks like the frets are like a 650 scale and the scale itself like half that meassure. I know the thing is supposed to be quiet, but I´m sure it produces some kind of sound.

Taranto -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 7 2007 13:06:26)
quote: Just one question: Intonation. Looks like the frets are like a 650 scale and the scale itself like half that meassure. It seems that it has skipped some notes.

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 9 2007 15:03:53)
you guessed it Anders, best to mute the strings with light sponge or one of pacos socks.. the frets are set to 660mm and then half scale. Its funny that it sounds unusually tunefull however even with the incorrect setting.... its meant to just exercise the hands. I would make a full scale one next with cutoff head and body but it wouldnt fit in the suitcase so well..

Estevan -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 9 2007 18:09:03)
It looks very cubist; like part of a painting by Braque or Gris. Ole eStephen!

Anders Eliasson -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 9 2007 21:30:35)
quote: the frets are set to 660mm and then half scale This means that each fret is 2 half tones... I would get confused, but of course, it makes it easyer to play that weirdo full note jazz scale.[&:]

Ron.M -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 9 2007 22:20:50)
I always use a capo at the 3rd or 4th fret. The rest of the fretboard is wasted on me. I just don't like the sound! Though I admire those guitarists who can produce a great sound on lower frets or even the NUT goddammit.[:D] If I ever win the Lottery, I'm gonna have a guitar built that omits the first 3 or 4 frets! Anything else is for practise guitars, not playing guitars IMO.[:D] cheers, Ron

Anders Eliasson -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 10 2007 8:36:47)
quote: I always use a capo at the 3rd or 4th fret. The rest of the fretboard is wasted on me. I just don't like the sound! Though I admire those guitarists who can produce a great sound on lower frets or even the NUT goddammit. If I ever win the Lottery, I'm gonna have a guitar built that omits the first 3 or 4 frets! Anything else is for practise guitars, not playing guitars IMO. Ron if you play with male singers you´ll be in trouble. They often sing Tangos, Solea por bulerias and other "por medio" stuff withhout cejilla or at the first fret. I practice more than 50% of the time without cejilla, because if not, I cant play por medio with a male singer because the guitar simply seems to be to big. I´ve learned to like the sound anyway.

Doitsujin -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 10 2007 17:42:54)
Did Paco ordered one? Or was it a present?

stephen hill -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 11 2007 17:04:37)
paco saw the one jingle had, and wanted one so jingle said he would get a contact, and then hey presto jingle asked me to make it for paco as a present. its cool for wierd flamenco jazz yes anders!

cneberg -> RE: Paco de lucia's Hill practise guitar (Nov. 19 2007 17:47:02)
You could build in a pickup and plug it in the amplifier for weird flamenco jazz. But then again it wouldn't be really suitable for playing in the bathtub...

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