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TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to constructordeguitarras)

Wonderful playing Ethan and that rosette is just beautiful.

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Tom Blackshear

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Buy that puppy, as Ethan needs a new pair of shoes, and for that matter, so do I.

Good job Ethan!

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Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Here is a Spruce/Padauk negra with Fishman electronics. I will try to get a video tomorrow before the customer picks it up. I like this guitar a lot.

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Andy Culpepper

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Sloane tuners, beautifully smooth!

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TANúñez

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Nice one Andy. That Padauk makes the whole guitar pop!

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tijeretamiel

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

I always reckon Andy's Padauk guitars are the pick of his negras (even more so than the BRW he made)

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Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Thanks both.

I recently bought a Tascam DR-40 recorder in attempts to get better audio quality in my videos. It sounds better but YouTube still kinda ruins it :/

Here's a test with my guitar #47 completed a few months ago but played very little.

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Ruphus

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

The recording sounds technically good and neutral to me. Noticeably better than with foregone takes.

Beautiful thwack in the bass there, carried by effortless lows almost like from a hand drum. Really like that.
And yet great balance in the register, with the trebles not thin but nicely round.
I can only imagine how it may yield when played for a while.

Ruphus

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Sr. Martins

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

A little OT...

Who's fitting these new golpeadores into their guitars?

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constructordeguitarras

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Very nice, Andy. It looks like the control panel was flexible enough to bend around the curve, is that right?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2014 0:12:02

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Thanks Ruphus and Ethan. The bezel that holds the control panel is flexible and can conform to some degree of curve, though not a lot more than I made it do on that guitar. The control panel itself doesn't really bend at all though.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2014 22:07:31

constructordeguitarras

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Shell Rosette Blanca (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

I just completed this blanca with unusual shell rosette. I like it so much--looks, sound, and playability--that I am tempted to keep it for myself, but it is available. I'm waiting for my index fingernail to grow out so I can make a recording with it. More pictures at www.facebook.com/ethandeutschguitars

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 1 2014 17:14:42

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Sweet rosette, Ethan. What's your main playing guitar?

I just finished my 50th. Super light Spruce/Cypress blanca with Ebony pegs. Quite loud.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 2 2014 21:51:07

Andy Culpepper

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constructordeguitarras

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Hi, Andy.
Nice work. Interesting rosette.
My main playing guitar is a light-weight blanca with Port Orford cedar back and sides. I was led to believe that POC is a type of cypress, Leyland cypress, but someone since told me it is not the same as LC. However, the wood is very cypress-like (odor, density, etc.) and I built a bunch of good blancas from it. That guitar is one I built a couple years ago and is my current model. I occasionally still play an Indian rosewood negra that I built in 1997, which is more heavily built than my current guitars, and has a pickup and preamp in it, but it has a good sound and nice playability. I should be playing more. I did a number on my right index fingernail over the past few weeks while replumbing my bathroom, and it is not quite grown out enough to use yet. I think it needs another week, and I am really looking forward to being able to use it.

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constructordeguitarras

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

Andy, it's so hard to compare the sound of guitars from videos, as there are so many factors such as the recording device, the guitarist, and the strings. I was just listening to your farruca and wondering: What strings do you use? I use Luthier Popular Supreme 20s.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 2 2014 22:11:28

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Ethan,
Thanks. I still haven't gotten my hands on any POC. Is it similar to Canadian "Cypress" (Alaska Yellow Cedar)? I made a few nice blancas from that in the beginning, including my first which I still have.

As far as recordings go, I'm almost NEVER satisfied with the way they capture my guitars. Same with pictures actually but I'm trying to get better at both.

I use a combo set that just seems to work the best for me: Luthier PS 20 basses and D'addario EJ45 trebles.

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constructordeguitarras

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)

quote:

I still haven't gotten my hands on any POC. Is it similar to Canadian "Cypress" (Alaska Yellow Cedar)?

Andy--

I've never used Alaskan yellow cedar, so I don't know. Isn't it usually sold for soundboards?

A few years ago I got some big blocks of POC through Ebay but I haven't seen any since.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 3 2014 0:17:33

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to constructordeguitarras)

I am very much enjoying this thread
The guitars look so wonderful.. and the videos show them perfectly
fantstic playing
Amazing people luthiers are. Create and employ Wow!

Andy, did you ever make a video of that Spruce/Padauk negra with Fishman electronics? Nice wood.

Ethan. Smooth Solea....nice

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Ruphus

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

err ... Must be having halucinations. Thought to have uploaded a post about Ethan´s abalone rosette yesterday. And now it´s gone. >scratches head<

Ruphus

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tijeretamiel

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

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ORIGINAL: Ruphus

err ... Must be having halucinations. Thought to have uploaded a post about Ethan´s abalone rosette yesterday. And now it´s gone. >scratches head<

Ruphus

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Ruphus

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Haaah!

Gracias, amigo!

Ruphus

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 3 2014 11:48:41

Andy Culpepper

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Andy, did you ever make a video of that Spruce/Padauk negra with Fishman electronics? Nice wood.

Thanks! Finally got around to making a video of this one:

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tijeretamiel

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Fine sounding guitar Andy. Difficult to gauge over YT videos, but irrespective of the tonewood combinations the guitars all are increasingly sharing a commonality in character and tone, great work.

You really are teasing us (or me) with that fine beard. You must post a picture of it in it's entirety. (I gave my beard it's first trim for 6 months the other day; wasn't great for eating humous, soup etc)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 15 2014 8:54:04

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Thanks tijereta. I'm working on getting my first selfie together

My beard grows in pretty thick but I don't know if I have the cojones to grow one as big as yours must be

I like to keep it to 1/8 inch with the clippers.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 16 2014 21:15:31

Andy Culpepper

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Here is a 2A Blanca. I offer this model for $2800.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2014 2:30:58

Andy Culpepper

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Ruphus

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to TANúñez)

Almost feeling like a fan boy, I had planned to not comment your guitars anymore, Andy ... But my sense for aesthetics obviously just won´t let me. :O| :O)

That picture of the heel shows such tidy joints, it almost looks as if the materials were casted.

And the rosette to my taste is very intriguing. That glowing blend of colors is just perfect and I wonder how you produced the fading in the stars jags. Also do like the proportional combo of miniature and larger patterns.

Didn´t take the hazzle of accessing YT. By now I know what to expect.

Great work, once again!

Ruphus

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 2 2014 14:02:25

Andy Culpepper

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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Ruphus)

quote:

And the rosette to my taste is very intriguing. That glowing blend of colors is just perfect and I wonder how you produced the fading in the stars jags. Also do like the proportional combo of miniature and larger patterns.

Hi Ruphus,
Thanks for your comments!
You will have to ask the Chinese factory workers about how they produced that effect

. On my 2As I use premade rosettes.
The 2As are all about saving time while still producing a top level instrument.

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