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Royal Flush

When using a scarf joint, it is important for my to correctly set its positioning according to the overall design of the head. For my Morency model, since I integrate veneers at the back of the head, I want to hide it in the transition between the head and the main part of the neck,

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Sébastien Deshaies play Semenzato and Lauro

Sébastien Deshaies has published new videos including these 2 featuring South American flavor. Thanks for watching!

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Jérôme Ducharme | Études Simples XIX – XI – XIII – XV – XX | Leo Brouwer (remix no. 2)

The confinement was a good time to try out some mixing and make a 2nd remix of this recording session with Jérôme Ducharme. It continues with 5 other studies from Leo Brouwer’s “Estudios Sencillos”. You can read the details in the video’s “Description”. Thanks for listening!

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A tribute to Irving Sloane

Iving Sloane was born on this day, April 27, 1925. He was a self-taught luthier whose practical books on guitar building and repair were a determining factor for many luthiers of my generation in particular. Being a self-taught luthier, just like him, it was mainly his book “classic guitar construction”, bought around 1978, that became

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Cry Baby

Just-finished Morency model with German spruce top and 60+ year-old Brazilian rosewood body.

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2020-B&W

Some pictures of a recent spruce / Brazilian Morency model.

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