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It was at the end of the summer of 2021 that Alberto Martinez and his wife traveled to Quebec to prepare, among other things, the 18th edition of the very beautiful and excellent magazine about the classical guitar and its luthiers. The main subject of this edition concerns the making of the classical guitar in
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It is always nice to reach this step, to see the main part of the instrument’s shape appear. I attach great importance to the quality of the lamination of the 2 layers of solid wood. I always have in mind other approaches using fewer clamps, but I’m so used working this way, a method that
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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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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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Final surface preparation, a decisive step for the result under the upcoming french polish.
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A good bunch of finishing work mostly done for this 10 years old cedar/braz (2009). The original finish was french polish for the top and nitro for neck/body. 1) Restoring the top : The cedar top alone was having over 180 dents and scratches. It was like a chicken having picked his dinner over the
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