
Making Master Guitars is a craftsman's handbook about the exciting & challenging pursuit of making classical guitars a craft that the author reveals to be surprisingly accessible by following his instructions The book is unique in that it
Includes:: nine separate detailed plans of instruments constructed by internationally famous guitar-makers The author has had the rare opportunity of examining these instruments in detail & has made many replicas of each one Part one The Master Makers & their Guitars is devoted to separate chapters on each famous maker including Antonio de Torres Hermann Hauser Santos Hernandez y Aguado Ignacio Fleta Robert Bouchet Daniel Friederich & Jose Romanillos The reader will find historical information about the life of & influences on each makers as well as detailed sets of working drawings for their guitars Also included are rare photographs of the guitars Part two Workshop Tools & Materials provides essential information about the tools working environment & material needed by the guitar-maker Part three Guitar Construction
- The Spanish Method comprises a step-by-step method of guitar construction illustrated by numerous photographs & drawings The method of making a guitar is presented with great clarity So that even the newcomer to this fascinating craft will be able to produce a superb instrument This book will be essential for the guitar-maker & the historian providing as it does a unique record of the different methods of guitar design & strutting systems that have evolved since Antonio de Torres first defined the essential characteristics of the modern classical guitar in the 1850s