RE: Requinto rushes.

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estebanana

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RE: Requinto rushes. (in reply to estebanana)

The inside:

I braced it with an asymmetrical fan system and a slanted bar. Why? just because I wanted to try it. The I added a Bouchet bar. I'm looking at this system as a practice run on making Robert Bouchet inspired classical some time.

The Bouchet bar is a really interesting idea that does not get a lot of play these days, and surprisingly enough I have seen them in flamenco guitars. Namely a very good sounding G.V. Rubio blanca.

More requinto construction photos in an album which is a thinly veiled and shameless link to my facebook page. Visit it there if you like.

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estebanana

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RE: Requinto rushes. (in reply to estebanana)

And just for the curious viewer, the whole enchilada shortly before closing.

I scarfed in a few pieces of liner her ean there where it was gappy and added a pillar on top of the horizontal brace near the neck that is unsupported. Cross the 'i's and dot the 't's.

The corner of the cutaway with carved corner block like a cello corner or that on Florentine style archtop cutaway.

This bracing with the Bouchet bar is really tight and makes the high notes over the body percussive and clear. But the mid range is huge, volume + tone. Although it is a tight instrument I expect a lot of hard playing will render it even more open. It is doubtful it will open up a then "mush out".

I'm anxious to follow this one through the years. Guitarmakers don't get constant feedback from every buyer. It would be overwhelming and often customers don't l have time to keep you informed. But I suspect most other builders have a few instruments they consciously track for various reasons. I'll be tracking this one as much as possible.

On that subject, I have been trying to track down a seven string I lost contact with to see how it sounds now. The feedback from players two, three and five years out of the shop is important. I especially want to know at about two years how it sounds.