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Classical guitar vaguely based on the Antonio de Torres design.
Top -Spruce
Back, sides, bridge and fretboard - Indian rosewood
Binding - olive
Varnish - Tru-oil only


I used mostly hand tools, it took me a loooong time but I am happy with the result in spite of many imperfections


I want to thank this forum for making available all the precious information that have helped me out in a lot of difficult situations.

Antonio - looks great How does she sound?

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Bravo! It looks like a lovely instrument, indeed. And the silk evident in the top is wonderful.

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"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

Those imperfections must be slight. Looks beautiful!

Mike

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Mike Lindstrom

That looks really nice, silking on the top is beautiful.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Congrat...on a nice looking #1.....I'm planing on building a classical sometime or another..and lokk forward to the experience.

Nice job!

Jeff

Nicely done.. Looks great!

What type of spruce is that? German?

I bet it sounds as good as it looks!
Nice work -love the Olive binding

Great job, Antonio! Beautiful instrument. Does it sound like you think it should?

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

are you telling us a lie that it's your 1st?

Looks great

Tim

Thank you all for the compliments.
As for the sound, I am happy with it. It is loud and with a long sustain.
I started to play only a week ago and meanwhile I have had to adjust the shape of the neck because it was too "fat".
Now it is very comfortable to play and the sound IMO is improving by the day; it is less metallic and warmer now. In a few weeks from now it will surely stabilize.
In the next few days I will upload a small mp3.
All the wood is grade B but I was lucky with the top - I also think it is beautiful. I bought from proarte.be (because they have dry wood) in Belgium but they do not specify the origin of the wood.

Congratulations, Antonio. Great looking guitar! Outstanding first effort. So much nicer than my first attempt. The fact that I named her "la Fea" should give you an indication of how she came out.

Can't wait to see your next one.

Best regards,
Max

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan