- Fronts
Cypress, walnut, walnut, cypress.
- Backs
Cypress, walnut, walnut, cypress.
- sides
The extra one is a yellow cedar I did a few years ago. My current player.
I put some strings on the dark walnut even though the neck isn't carved as I was curious how it would turn out. Sounds good to my ears. I was quite surprised how alive the trebles were right from the beginning. It is the first classical I have done with a bridge plate. Funnily enough, though not clear in this picture, the wood reminds me of a photo of a 1940's Hauser I top that I say recently. I strung up the 3 with bridges at one point or another and am quite pleased with them so far. Next year all going well I may be able to get a professional play who has access to two different Romanillos guitars to try out the Romanillos style instruments and see if they have even a hint of that magic.
- bridge plate top
bridge plate top
Apart from bindings, a fretboard and a bridge, I see a lot of french polishing in my foreseeable future.
