Hi Scot! Great to have you here. Looking forward to your contributions.

Rob

Hi, Scot!
It's an quite honor for me to receive a comment from you, because the Martinez that I copy is the one you drew for GAL! It was also the very first guitar I ever made back in the late '90's, it's now owned by a very capable player in Little Rock, Arkansas. I had troubles with the original tie block bridge and ended up installing a modern Spanish bridge on the guitar. They are wonderful guitars!

Wilson

Hi, Scot!
The Martinez that is in Arkansas has eastern black walnut back and sides, a Douglas fir top and my friend can't stop raving about it! He keeps emailing me to say how wonderfully balanced it is! The second one I made has maple back and sides, with a Douglas fir top and wow! what a powerful little guitar! I swear it out plays all the large body classicals I have made. My friend keeps urging me to send the maple one to him also, but it is such a wonderful guitar to play that I can't part with it just yet. I'd like to make a couple more, but I am so busy with work and school that I just can't find the time to get into the shop these days!

Hi, Scot!
My good friend in Arkansas sent me this email today: I am tickled that you let Scot Tremblay know about the Martinezes. Has he built many to this pattern? I may simply be smug or biased (or mildly hard of hearing), or both,but I doubt that any could sound much better, if at all, than mine.

It's nice to have good friends!

Wilson

Very nice guitars that you build, very good job, congratulations,
Francisco Hervás

Dear Scot,

 

I am glad you enjoyed my video performed on a Scherzer copy. I'm interested to see your instrument when it is finished. :)

All the best,

 

Robert Trent

Director of Guitar and Lute Studies

Radford University

Director of Radford University International Guitar Festival

Thank You for Your comment on our video

Do you have some photos of You your frogcoat

Lars

Bandoras have 15 frets; angle where sides meet the neck - bandoras meet it like a guitar (although so do some citterns including Jakob's Delaplanque!); suspiciously few curves in the length of the sides visible; bandoras were still around in Germany (but not elsewhere as far as I know) at the very beginning of the 18th c., but had certainly disappeared by the 2nd half; I recognised the painting.... I'm now mostly involved with citterns and wire strings, although I've made a lot of 4 and 5 course guitars in the past. Need to specialise as I'm getting old and stiff and supposed to be writing a book!
Peter.

Hi Scot
Thanks for your kind comments. My thesis is not published yet (beyond the Library of DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin, Ireland). I hope to get it up on the web for all to see in the near(ish) future.

Hi, Scot!

 

Had a gentleman from New Mexico comment on my blog yesterday, telling me he is making a a guitar from your Martinez plans. He was wondering what the guitar would sound like if it was made entirely from mahogany, I suggested that for his first guitar he stick with "traditional" woods. Just wanted to let you know that folks are still making the Martinez. I have a friend who keeps bugging me for another one, maybe when I'm settled back in Colorado I'll make him another.

 

Wilson

Thanks, Scot!

 

There is a player in Colorado who wants me to make him an all mahogany uke, I have some really nice mahogany that I have been saving just for that. I once heard an all mahogany guitar played by a wonderful finger stylist, wow, what a guitar!

 

Wilson

Hi Scot,

 

I think Edinburgh University has a drawing of that terz guitar. I can't remember playing it at all, but clearly I did as the photo is the proof! Oh dear, I'm becoming senile...

Greetings, Scot.

I just want to thank you for your help in my efforts to build an early Romantic 7- or 8-string guitar. I really appreciate your expertise and input. I'll probably start the "conversion" project after the holidays. I'll keep you informed of the progress.

I hope you are enjoying the "sunny" Pacific Northwest as much as I am. It's really quite "lovely" here today.

Bradley.

Hi Scot,

Same here, I'll try and record the Sor variations on the Mozart theme soon.

In the meantime, I love playing contemporary guitar music on the Panormo model!

Hi Scot,

sorry it took me forever to respond.  I will be happy to answer any questions within my competence :–)