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Notes on Guitar #4
I finished making my fourth guitar just a couple of days before Christmas. It is, in many respects, very much like the previous two. It’s based on the same Barbero plan, has Cypress back and sides,...
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New Monday Art Group
Rob Johns (foreground), Adrian Lucas (middle), Roy Courtnall Summerfield (background) I joined Lincolnshire-based luthiers, Roy Courtnall Summerfield and Adrian Lucas, and musician and teacher, Rob...
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Leicester MusicFest
I’ll be going to Leicester MusicFest for the third year running. It is held 14th-16th February and is a friendly and supportive event with classes and competitions. Roy Courtnall always makes a guitar...
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Slides for the Holy Grail Guitar Show
I was due to be in Berlin this weekend, attending the European Guitar Builders symposium and giving a talk at the Holy Grail Guitar Show. Of course, it was cancelled due to Covid-19, but quickly...
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Notes on a flamenco guitar (#5)
I finished another flamenco blanca guitar recently. It’s the fourth of this design and my fifth guitar. Like the previous three instruments, it’s based on a Marcelo Barbero plan, has a Spruce...
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For Richard and his Nan. The truest end of life, is to know the life that never ends. He that makes this his care, will find it his crown at last. And he that lives to live ever, never fears dying:...
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Learning from drawings: An evaluation of six flamenco guitar plans
How do you learn to make a ‘Spanish guitar’? There have been a number of books over the years and at the heart of them is an instrument plan. A milestone in Spanish guitar making outside of Spain came...
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Notes on a new guitar (No. 6)
My latest guitar follows a similar lightweight design to the previous four, only this time I chose to use different tonewoods and opted for a slotted headstock. The soundboard is Western Red Cedar;...
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Amateurs, autodidacts and the first decade of classical guitar-making in...
I have had an article accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society (JAMIS), which will be out later this year. Below is the abstract and brief profiles of some of...
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Mike Neary (1956-2023)
Photo by Alice Neary Mike’s published work can be found via the University of Lincoln research repository. Work published prior to his time at Lincoln (pre-2007) is not complete on that list. More can...
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