Wow ! That Tobias Braun . I see now that Cyprus is not just for flamenco. The " Moon Flower " sounds great but the non traditional look may take some getting used to. My winner this week is the Antonio Marin Montero . I really like traditional Spanish sounding guitars . I've really got to find me a 640 . All of these guitar's are to dream of ,Thank you , see you next week .
To make someone else's creation one needs his instruments, glue etc & to be trained how (if possible) but above all it is the lacquer & how it was applied, brush, cloth etc
Say what? Above all you need the correct application of lacquer in order to correctly re-create an instrument? I’m not arguing, I just don’t think I follow.
@@niceguitar6144 "Above all" I agree, it does seem confusing My thinking using "above all" was probably to *emphasise* contribution of the lacquer in the sound of the instrument, something that was not mentioned at all. Thank you 😊
@@piptar1996 no problem, and you’re right that finishing wasn’t mentioned. I don’t mean to be one of those overly technical people, but the guitars which are most often reproduced and admired are actually French polished, not lacquered.
Santos Hernandez seems to be having his moment in the Sun. I thought luthiers from around that time had extreme difficulty in obtaining quality wood and really were working in adversity, yet everything seems to be claimed as a masterpiece. Also, gut strings were all that was available 'til the 1950s, so does a "copy" or inspired instrument of today need low tension nylon strings or is such a guitar really only an echo of the original? (The pics on your website do show the material beauty of Karel's instrument.)
Karel ran away with the show this week. His guitar is a dream guitar with an old and fantastic sound. Wonderful things happen when luthiers like Dedain look up to the proven tradition of Santos, Garcia, Arias, and all the rest you already know. Questionable, even terribly sounding things happen when people try to reinvent the guitar, as if to say: Santos and Torres and Esteso, i just need something better; but it doesn’t get better than those guys. I look forward to the day when Ana will pick up a Dedain, or a Santos guitar. Redgate, nice guy but, ay ay ay! Braun has very good sound too, nice and traditional. Connor is quite popular with concert guitarists including Montesinos and Fisk. Great sound of course but i prefer more bass presence. Marin makes consistently nice guitars, nice, not much more than that. I never found myself wanting one the way i would love a Dedain or an early Monch. Myers gets the sweet, pretty, and quite limited sound a tone wood like maple gives you. Not much bass depth at all, a noticeably quiet first string, and exceptionally gorgeous middle range. Beautiful mids but not much lows and highs. Pity because maple also happens to be quite pretty
Steve Connor is a US Luthier in Cape Cod. Not Canada. Makes amazing guitars
Wow ! That Tobias Braun . I see now that Cyprus is not just for flamenco. The " Moon Flower " sounds great but the non traditional look may take some getting used to. My winner this week is the Antonio Marin Montero . I really like traditional Spanish sounding guitars . I've really got to find me a 640 . All of these guitar's are to dream of ,Thank you , see you next week .
To make someone else's creation one needs his instruments, glue etc & to be trained how (if possible) but above all it is the lacquer & how it was applied, brush, cloth etc
Say what? Above all you need the correct application of lacquer in order to correctly re-create an instrument? I’m not arguing, I just don’t think I follow.
@@niceguitar6144
"Above all" I agree, it does seem confusing
My thinking using "above all" was probably to *emphasise* contribution of the lacquer in the sound of the instrument, something that was not mentioned at all.
Thank you 😊
@@piptar1996 no problem, and you’re right that finishing wasn’t mentioned. I don’t mean to be one of those overly technical people, but the guitars which are most often reproduced and admired are actually French polished, not lacquered.
Santos Hernandez seems to be having his moment in the Sun. I thought luthiers from around that time had extreme difficulty in obtaining quality wood and really were working in adversity, yet everything seems to be claimed as a masterpiece. Also, gut strings were all that was available 'til the 1950s, so does a "copy" or inspired instrument of today need low tension nylon strings or is such a guitar really only an echo of the original? (The pics on your website do show the material beauty of Karel's instrument.)
Karel ran away with the show this week. His guitar is a dream guitar with an old and fantastic sound. Wonderful things happen when luthiers like Dedain look up to the proven tradition of Santos, Garcia, Arias, and all the rest you already know. Questionable, even terribly sounding things happen when people try to reinvent the guitar, as if to say: Santos and Torres and Esteso, i just need something better; but it doesn’t get better than those guys. I look forward to the day when Ana will pick up a Dedain, or a Santos guitar. Redgate, nice guy but, ay ay ay! Braun has very good sound too, nice and traditional. Connor is quite popular with concert guitarists including Montesinos and Fisk. Great sound of course but i prefer more bass presence. Marin makes consistently nice guitars, nice, not much more than that. I never found myself wanting one the way i would love a Dedain or an early Monch. Myers gets the sweet, pretty, and quite limited sound a tone wood like maple gives you. Not much bass depth at all, a noticeably quiet first string, and exceptionally gorgeous middle range. Beautiful mids but not much lows and highs. Pity because maple also happens to be quite pretty
I actually prefer the Oren the most
I do like the Canadian chap, he is innovative & still musical (but different)