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I'd have to read up on the exact origins of the guitar as we know it - and I do mean well before Torres. The instrument as we know it is probably the result of multiple evolutions occurring in...
Yes it is. Once I learn them, songs are kind of like 3D aural shapes or structures in my head. They’re not exactly like houses or sculptures - but they have discrete forms of their own. The changes...
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Rob. Happy Landings, Tony D.
Best wishes to Rob. This getting older (and falling apart thing) can get really rough :grumpy:
Yes, Stewart was rewriting history to suit his purposes. During the Spanish-American war of 1898, he emphasised the Spanish origins of the guitar, to create prejudice against our instrument.
I learned today that gangsters have been caught carrying credit card knives into New Zealand courts.
My Father's day / 69th Bday present A Wood Library ( dealer selected 5 instrument run) PRS DGT with an Indian Rosewood neck and Brazilan FB, in classic Cherry Sunburst. The neck PAF is 7.3 K, the...
Taylor says: 'A Florentine cutaway comes to a sharp point, creating a horn-like shape. It is more complex and labor-intensive to craft than the Venetian because the guitar is initially built as a...
Yes, and he still is "unusually talented." I'm betting, though, that the main reason he got so "unusually good" at being a musician is that from the age of 12 until he was 19 or 20 he obsessively...
Thank you Mark for those sad news. I hope every single guitar will end up with someone who appreciated Mike, here on the forum or anywhere else. I owe Big Mike the pleasure to play my Yunzhi as...
Value of a Super 400 1935 Europe
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