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Introduction I am a brand new member and this is my first post. A small introduction of myself: I live in the Netherlands near The Hague. I am half a century old and I have a great interest in Japan and in Spain. I build one guitar a year as I have a full time job. I am buying and reading all the Luthier and Orfeo/Caminos/Romanillos books I can. Recently I finished my 2nd flamenco guitar, using the well known Barbero plan. I am happy to hear that some flamenco players like my 2 guitars. Making a guitar is a beautiful journey and you can put as much as spirit and energy in it as you wish, but something more beautiful is to see and hear a musician making magical music with it. It's a humble feeling which i like. Fact is, I follow the theory but still don't know what I am doing, being a beginner is nice, a world to discover!
Even I built with the same guitarplan, I have two totally different guitars. One sounds like a hybrid, you can play flamenco and classical on it as it has a nice sustain. Some flamenco players like it, some not. The other one is louder, even the trebles, and more flamenco with a closed nose sound which I like. So my first question came up, why did two different guitars came out?
What I also like is the research, the journey and that's why need more people around me to chat and discuss with. We all must have the same questions as we all follow that path. I hope this is a nice forum, anyway thank you in advance for your help!
Research I have woods from the same badges for two guitars. A good moment to learn something right? I am building 2 flamenco guitars with very old cypress wood and very old moonwood spruce tops which are crazy flexbile, I am on 2.1 thickness. Of course I am aware that even the woods from the same badge differ in sounds but it can't be closer then this to research this I think.
A research building exactly the same guitar with the most possible common woods: 1) one with underplate and one without underplate. - Is there a difference in sound? - Is the underplate only for stiffness (maybe wise which such flexible tops)? My first guitars I build with underplate and I noticed that the Barbero plan is actually WITHOUT underplate.... how would that sound....
or: 2) two different bracing plans. - the same Barbero plan - the well known Reyes plan (recently bought and is on his way). - there is another Barbero plan which I need to try out but can't find it and buy it unfortunately. This is my preference, if someone know where I can buy it, please let me know.
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