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This is a seven string "classical" I built for a a guy who plays Brazilian choro music.
The top is European Spruce and the back & sides are Black Acacia. The scale is 650mm, French Polish finish and the binding and details are Black Ebony and Macassar Ebony.

Thanks for having a look at it. Here's sound clip from You Tube, my friend Jason McGuire is playing the guitar. If it's not cool to post from You Tube I can have him send me a sound clip. I'm curious about what other builders think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV7sCxaLeBw

Absolutely beautiful work! I love it! I visited with Luizinho 7 cordas and Euclides Marques recently in Brazil and did a bunch of filming for a future video on the topic of the Brazilian 7 string guitar. Did you know that most chorões actually use a mixture of steel strings and nylon strings on those 7 string guitars?
What did you tune the 7th string to?

Congrats, Stephen. Your guitar is a knock-out - both looks and sound! The Solea' Jason played made the hair on the back of my neck rise up. Truly a dream sound!

Strangely enough, I am building a flamenca with Tazzie Blackwood right now. And if it has anything like the sound you've achieved with yours I will be in luthier heaven. Do you use a particular historic plantilla? Also, can you give an idea of your bracing scheme?

Best wishes,

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan

I betcha that it would sound even better with strings on it.

But you already know that I really like your work!

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Expectation is the source of all misery; comparison the thief of joy.
http://redrivercanoe.ca/

Wow! What a beautifully-executed guitar.
Love that peghead.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Wow, beautiful guitar, I really like the contrast in the rosette, it's bold. Great sound too.

I really like the peg head, beautiful guitar both aesthetically and aurally

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Christopher

I'm especially fond of the cup holder in the side. But, how you keep an extra hot latte from blushing the finish?

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michael propsom
www.propsomguitars.com

Very nice guitar Stephen.
I really like the rosette.
Congrats

Beautiful looking and sounding instrument !! Excellent design elements and contrasts. The rosette is really a knockout and the detail of the back and heel-cap are real eye-catchers. The colors and grain on the headstock plate are really nice. Keep up the good work!

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Peter

Yep...that is a purely stunning instrument!

Beautiful!!!!

Hi, must have been fun to be in Brazil. The low string is tuned to "b", The guy I made it for has a few other choro seven strings and one of them does have the combination of nylon strings with cello strings. The low E and B are cello strings.

The player wanted this guitar to play choro and jazz, he also dabbles a bit in flamenco, so he watend it set up like a classical guitar.

I usually include cup holders in the sides of my guitars and when they ask how I know how big to make the soundport, I ask them "You like large, medium or small coffee cups? "