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At 5:04 on January 23, 2011, Steven Winiarski said…: Actually, I heat the gut with a soldering iron or the like while it is tied on . Obviously being really careful so as not to mar the finish on the neck. I will try to film a video and post it for a better description.

At 3:21 on January 22, 2011, Steven Winiarski said…: Thanks for the link. Sounds great! I have been looking at the TiendasLatinas Boutique site and noticed the baroque guitars are all somewhat different. What kind of directions did you give the luthier? I have sent him some questions but have not heard back yet. I sent Luciano an email from a different address asking him if he is taking new orders. He replied that he in not taking any orders at this point as he has 12 instruments to complete. I hope ours is amongst those!

At 7:41 on December 4, 2010, duophon said…: Takk, det var kjekt å høyre! Lykke til med speling og nye instrument.

At 21:07 on December 3, 2010, duophon said…: Jøss, altgitarar er veldig kjekke! Eg spelte ein del før. Har du sett videoane mine på youtube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zznoJFXa-oI&feature=related
God jul til deg og. Tom

At 18:37 on December 3, 2010, duophon said…: Hei, takk for info. Eg har ikkje sett beskjeden din før no. Så bra at du speler mykje! Er det noko nytt om Luciano sidan sist? Helsing Tom

At 12:18 on November 16, 2010, Geir Ove Myhre said…: Happy practising Harry! viva le norwege

At 4:36 on January 8, 2010, Emil Krasich said…: Hi Harry. That guitar is actually an anonymous American 19th century copy by Tim Laughlin (built in 1995) with a 150+ year old piece of spruce for the soundboard. Sounds and plays great but is currently getting a crack in the bridge repaired (those darn bridge pins are nothing but trouble). Glad to hear that you have some reassurance on your instrument.

At 14:46 on October 12, 2009, Kernoa Patrig said…: My e-mail is : patrig.kernoaAgmail.com (change A as @).
Takk, Patrig

At 11:00 on October 1, 2009, duophon said…: Hei Harry, då har du litt å halde på med mens du ventar:) Kjekt med nye instrumenter. Me snakkast. T

At 9:50 on October 1, 2009, duophon said…: Hei Harry, noko nytt frå vår venn i Brasil? Tom

At 18:17 on August 8, 2009, Harry Jess said…: Rafael, no I'm not working with singers, I'm just a "home made" amateur who likes to sit in quiet nigth hours playing my guitars. I hope you will enjoy your stay in Norway!
Best wishes
Harry

At 14:30 on August 8, 2009, Rafael said…: Hallo! do u work also with singers? l m current in Norway- Rafael.

At 11:50 on July 17, 2009, GRAHAM WADE said…: Dear Harry, Many thanks for your kind comments, very much appreciated. In the business of being an author on guitar matters, one gets a lot of adverse comments, some of them unbelievable in their venom, so a compliment or two is always wonderful! I've written some twenty-five books as well as a few hundred articles over the decades, and the reason I write is always to find out things I never knew before and to understand certain aspects of the subject better. But even a book such as my Concise History of the Classic Guitar can arouse extraordinary critical responses - some think it's too superficial, others too detailed, some that it covers too wide a historical span, others that it should have gone back to the Middle Ages, etc...But in the end you accept a format according to a publisher and try to oblige...But the good thing is that the little Concise History has been one of Mel Bay's best sellers since its publication...I'm very pleased about that...Best wishes, Graham Wade

At 18:12 on March 29, 2009, Steve Geroge said…: Thanks Harry. The Martín Zapala instrument looks great value,, but I'll still have to save up!

At 16:14 on March 29, 2009, Steve Geroge said…: Harry, I've been wanting a fivre course guitar for years. The seriously high prices (even for "affordable" instruments) have meant this has been an impossiblity 'till now. I was intersted to see that you converted a standard classical guitar by adding extra pegs. How exactly did you do that? Do you have any photos of the result?

At 6:51 on March 11, 2009, duophon said…: Hei Harry, kan du sende meg ein epost på: tomduophon@yahoo.co.uk?
Då slepp me å snakkast via denne sida.

At 18:18 on March 10, 2009, duophon said…: Hei, nei eg posta Huh på gitarforumet utan å få respons. Prøver kanskje igjen seinare, blei litt lei heile saka. Dersom du kan vere interessert har eg ein fin teorbe til salgs.

Har også prøvd å kontakte Faria igjen utan resultat. Du får minne han på meg dersom du høyrer noko. Sikkert greit at han veit at fleire følger med.

At 15:46 on March 10, 2009, duophon said…: Hei Harry, noko nytt frå Brasil? Tom

At 11:52 on February 3, 2009, duophon said…: Hei igjen, ja eg får prøve det. Du får gi ein lyd når du får gitaren din. Håper det ikkje tar så mykje meir tid. Eg veit det er fleire som ventar, så han er nok kraftig på etterskot. Problemet er at han ikkje vil kommunisere. Mykje betre å berre seie det som det er....

At 6:42 on February 3, 2009, duophon said…: Hei Harry, eg har betalt for ein barokkgitar + depositum for ein lutt. Han ligg ca eit år etter det som var avtalen. No er det mange månader sidan sist eg fekk kontakt med Faria. Har du epost adr til han som hjalp deg?