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Post by ocarolan on Sept 5, 2014 23:37:08 GMT
 Delightful journey Colin - thanks! Keith
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Post by vikingblues on Sept 6, 2014 12:36:10 GMT
That's an incredible journey you've taken us on there Colin - I really appreciate the opportunity to see this project unfold in so much detail - and the end results of the finished instrument are just stunning.  The rosette, purfling, binding, and finish are all beautiful but subtle - and show how a guitar can be made to look just classy - unlike the bling a lot of big manufacturers feel they have to inflict us all with. The end result a testament to the painstaking skill you have put into the whole process - if a thread ever showed why there is a justifiable premium to be paid for a quality hand made guitar then this is it.  Mark |
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Post by Martin on Sept 6, 2014 13:55:00 GMT
Thank you very much for sharing this build with us, Colin. The guitar is glorious, and the workmanship combined with the fabulous wood you've used is outstanding  |
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Post by colins on Sept 8, 2014 11:25:39 GMT
I had a friend record this short piece for me on the guitar, not my beloved Tarrega or Llobet, but a nice piece that still makes you feel the warm Andalusian sun on your back! app.box.com/s/xywjsl2ev0fdz6bn2f1oColin |
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Post by Martin on Sept 8, 2014 11:56:41 GMT
What a sound! The guitar is so sweet in the melody notes, but with a lovely rounded bass in the background |
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 8, 2014 12:44:20 GMT
Sounds beautiful to me!
Keith
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Post by brianr2 on Sept 8, 2014 13:46:21 GMT
It sounds as glorious as it looks. Thanks for sharing this build with us. It has been an inspiration.
Brian
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Post by davewhite on Sept 8, 2014 21:30:08 GMT
Nice one Obi Wan - sounds sumptuous and gorgeous and I'm missing the Giralda in Seville lots listening to that  Brian will be one happy bunny |
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Post by vikingblues on Sept 8, 2014 21:39:51 GMT
The icing on the cake with those beautiful sounds on the recording. Mark |
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 9, 2014 8:41:23 GMT
Sounds as beautiful as it looks, Colin ... sumptuous  |
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Post by colins on Sept 9, 2014 9:33:41 GMT
Thanks all, I'm pretty pleased with the sound it makes, and of course it's early days yet, the voice should get a bit richer over the coming months. And no matter how good a guitar looks if it doesn't sound good its a failure. As Dave knows I'm always a little nervous when I use a new wood combination and this was no exception, but I needn't have worried, talking of which......
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Post by alig on Sept 9, 2014 9:45:39 GMT
Thanks Colin. I've thoroughly enjoyed this thread.
As you say, it will only improve. Dave's posted a vid of one of his which is over ten years old - sounds wonderful. I'm sure this will be no different.
Roll on your next thread - steel string...?
Alasdair.
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Post by colins on Sept 9, 2014 10:42:02 GMT
Yes Alasdair the next is a rather special steel string coming soon, which I think you may find interesting in a number of ways.  Colin |
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Post by earwighoney on Sept 9, 2014 12:02:11 GMT
Beautiful looking and sounding guitar.
Look forward to seeing the steel string!
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Post by colins on Dec 5, 2014 11:21:02 GMT
Just a quick update on the classical. Here it is in its Hiscox Pro II case, they seem to have changed to a grey lining as standard now.
All packed up and ready to wing its way across the Atlantic.
This is the recommended way to pack a guitar from Stefan Sobell (thanks Dave for putting me on to this) if the guitar is in a box then it tends to get chucked around like any other package by the handlers, but if left to look like a guitar with the handle showing then they get carried around by the handle and maybe treated more carefully. I know I'm a bit naive.
Well it did arrive safely, at a cost of £170! This is it's new owner who is a college guitar student.
Colin
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Brian will be one happy bunny 
Jo whoever he is.
