Early Guitars and Vihuela

A network for historic guitars and vihuelas

For all gut strung historical guitars (Renaissance, Baroque, and Early Romantic) and related plucked, fretted instruments up to c. 1850

 

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Jelma van Amersfoort left a comment for Sebastiaan De jonge
"Hello Sebastiaan, welcome to the site. Your name sounds very Dutch!"
2 minutes ago
Jelma van Amersfoort left a comment for Andreas Stevens
"Welcome Andreas!"
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Profile IconAndreas Stevens and Sebastiaan De jonge joined Early Guitars and Vihuela
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av8t0r replied to av8t0r's discussion Reccomendations for restoration of late Baroque guitar
"The peghead does look odd for six strings and is spaced for 5 on a side. I should have it in hand this weekend, and I'll examine it closely for signs of the other holes, though as you sad, they may well be hidden. I'll post photos for…"
4 hours ago
luc aboulkheir replied to av8t0r's discussion Reccomendations for restoration of late Baroque guitar
"dear av,  it's the guitar on the photo ? or a  other ? if it' s a other it s better that you sent photos  we will can see if you can make anything or not."
7 hours ago
Michael. N. replied to av8t0r's discussion Reccomendations for restoration of late Baroque guitar
"There may still be traces of the holes. Look carefully with raking light, both sides of the Peghead. It's possible to do 'same grain' bushings and the Black colour will help to disguise it better. Even if you can't see any…"
7 hours ago
Jelma van Amersfoort replied to av8t0r's discussion Reccomendations for restoration of late Baroque guitar
"I think so, yes :-) If it has a pin bridge now, that means that the soundboard has been drilled through, so that will complicate the reconstruction of a 5-course bridge. It is hard to say anything about the headstock without actually seeing it, but…"
21 hours ago
av8t0r replied to av8t0r's discussion Reccomendations for restoration of late Baroque guitar
"Do you really think a 5 course would be better for resale? Is that because of rarity? I don't mind being limited to the 5 course literature, and in way think having an original to play it on would be very interesting. The head looks just like…"
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Carulli biography 4 Replies

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About the EG&V Ning Network

This Early Guitars and Vihuela Ning network was created by Rob MacKillop on May 17, 2008. The current Network Creator is Rocky Mjos and additional Administrators are Jelma van Amersfoort and Andrew Hartig.

Created by Rob MacKillop May 20, 2008 at 12:30pm. Last updated by Rocky Mjos Mar 13, 2010.

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