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Hello Valéry,
That would have been one of the first I made and sold. Donald Gill had made one for himself which I saw and liked, but thought that the Morlaye picture looked as though the back might be rounded and that this would perhaps project bett…
When I started making 4 course guitars (around 1970) I used a top string at g" and a string length of 54 cm. This was then regarded as an appropriate, breakage-wise, combination for gut at A - 440. Later I learnt that an a" was more appropriate and…
I'm coming in rather late on this one but have been gluing bridges onto soundboards for a long time, and still have nightmares. Hot animal glue is undoubtedly the best. There are different qualities. If you have a choice, transparent pearls are prob…
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- Instrument maker and researcher since 1976. Special interests in early guitar, cittern, bandora, orpharion and varnishes.
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