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Building my 1852 Torres replica - creating the rosette

The rosette has a central motif of a Greek key with alternating bands of Brazilian rosewood and maple and the herringbone motif on either...

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Building my 1852 Torres replica - using the right materials

As a builder of classical guitars, I had most of the materials I would need for this project - Spanish cedar, Honduras mahogany, European...

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Building my 1852 Torres replica - getting started

The activities I describe in these posts took place between June and September of 2018. A follow-on project to build a custom wooden...

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Building a replica of a very early Torres

Alberto Martinez, in his wonderful online magazine Orfeo, which is devoted to the classical guitar, published an edition in the Spring of...

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