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Manuel Contreras II on the Perfect Guitar
I like to ask luthiers what the perfect guitar would sound like. It’s a dumb question, of course, but I always like hearing the answers I get. Here’s Manuel Contreras‘…
New Hauser III On Its Way
The new Hauser III is done and on its way to GSI. Here are some photos of the finished guitar – we should have it any day now.
New Guitar Salon Showroom
It’s been a little over a month, and we haven’t properly introduced our new showroom to you all. We’re pretty excited about it – it’s a beautiful and great sounding…
New David Rouse guitars coming in
We have two new David Rouse guitars coming soon, so here’s a peek at them in progress. One is a Flamenco and the other is a Cedar-top Classical. Not sure…
New Hermann Hauser Coming Soon
These don’t come in very often – a brand new Hermann Hauser III. The guitar should be on its way very soon. Notice that the label reads 2008. Apparently his…
Teodoro Perez Making Rosettes, part 2
Here’s part 2 of Teodoro Perez showing me how he makes rosettes in his Madrid shop.
Teodoro Perez making rosettes
Madrid luthier Teodoro Perez showed me how he makes rosettes when I visited his shop in Madrid. From 1971 until about 1990, he made all of the rosettes that came…
GFA Convention in Austin
The GFA convention is in Austin this year, June 22-27, and there are some really great performances and events going on. Also, Connie Sheu from GFA has been filling me…
Francisco Gil visits GSI
Classical guitarist Francisco Gil stopped by the shop this week, and he’s such a great player that we just had to record him playing some great guitars. Here he is…
Pepe Romero Jr.
[media id=19 width=720 height=420] I got to hang out with Pepe Romero Jr. last week. He makes some great guitars, and I had noticed that a lot of them have…
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