bill@gourlayguitars.com
A new coffin case...AND a new Torres replica
I had originally planned on building a case to house my FE24 Torres replica, but... I was still so bummed by the router disaster that I...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Jun 4, 2019
- 4 min
Another Torres replica in the works - FE24 from 1867
Having recently completed two Torres replicas...each with its own wooden coffin case, I've become inspired to build more. This time I am...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Making some guitar videos with Kayla and Michael
At the recent Orange County Classical Guitar Competition and Festival (March, 2019) I met two students from the Vanguard University...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
"Liliana", my tiny Torres replica - ¡Completado!
All done. Finished. French polished, strung up...and ready to sell! I have referred to this guitar as my tiny Torres replica. It is...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Mar 15, 2019
- 3 min
"Liliana", my tiny Torres replica - an open and shut case.
Making this guitar was always about building the case...and that has now been completed. Building a couple of wooden coffin cases has...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Mar 12, 2019
- 3 min
"Liliana", my tiny Torres replica - finishing up and starting on the case.
I have gotten a lot completed since my last post. The back is glued on, bindings bent and installed, fretboard and neck completed,...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Mar 7, 2019
- 2 min
OC Classical Guitar Competition and Festival
This past weekend (March 2-3) I exhibited several guitars at the first ever Orange County Classical Guitar Competition and Festival held...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
Untitled
This has absolutely nothing to do with building guitars - just fun stuff! On President's Day we took the opportunity to spend the day in...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 20, 2019
- 3 min
"Liliana", my tiny Torres replica - fitting the back, the bindings, and a Torres touch for the pegs.
The end block, heel and Spanish foot, and the Spanish cedar kerfed linings for the back were all sanded to a 28ft radius. The end block...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 13, 2019
- 2 min
"Liliana", my tiny Torres replica - bending sides and putting together "the box".
After profiling all of the top braces and harmonic bars and cleaning up the side profiles of the heel, it was on to bending the sides and...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 10, 2019
- 4 min
"Liliana" my tiny Torres replica - bracing the top, preparing the neck and heel
Having never inspected the original SE77, upon which this instrument is based, I relied on the bracing diagrams of the nearly identical...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 7, 2019
- 2 min
"Liliana" my tiny Torres replica - preparing the top, rosette and solera.
Using my shooting board and jointing plane to create a perfect join, I glued together the two halves of a set of European spruce and...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 2, 2019
- 2 min
Freefalling!! ...Feel the breeze.
This has absolutely nothing to do with building classical guitars...just fun. For years I have said I would consider exiting a perfectly...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Feb 1, 2019
- 1 min
Orange County Classical Guitar Festival
I will be exhibiting several of my guitars at the upcoming (first ever) OC Guitar Festival and Competition at Chapman University on March...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Jan 31, 2019
- 3 min
"Liliana" my tiny Torres replica...the inspiration.
Having recently completed a replica of an 1852 Torres for which I also built a wooden "coffin case", I was inspired to consider making...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Jan 17, 2019
- 2 min
Building my 1852 Torres replica - the finished product
"La Principia". That is the name I gave to my replica. It translates in English as "The Beginning". While it appears that Torres may...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Jan 10, 2019
- 6 min
Building my 1852 Torres replica - making a custom wooden "coffin" case
I knew I needed a special case for my Torres replica, one that not only fit, but was befitting of the instrument itself. Due to it's...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Jan 2, 2019
- 6 min
Building my 1852 Torres replica - the headstock, neck, and bridge
The scroll headstock. The moustache bridge. Those are the two elements that really grabbed my attention. Yes, the rosette was also...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Dec 25, 2018
- 3 min
Building my 1852 Torres replica - top bracing and inside the box
Working strictly from photographs of the outside of the 1852 Torres, I had no idea as to what it looked like inside. In fact, I became...
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bill@gourlayguitars.com
- Dec 21, 2018
- 3 min
Building my 1852 Torres replica - the back and sides
The back of the 1852 Torres is comprised of five sections of Brazilian rosewood separated by 1.5mm wide strips of maple that are angled...
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