JOSÉ ROMANILLOS 06 | PANDORA's BOX - FINE TUNING the TOP 02

[@tomblackshearguitarmaker1585]

Tom Blackshear, Guitar Maker 11 months ago With love and respect for Jose and his work, I accept his theory on how he builds his guitars. But it is one of many ways to build, and not the only way to make a beautiful tone. Each guitar will have its process regulated and determined by each master builder, and in no way will it be the same as other builders' completed instruments. The basic outcome will be the personal stamp of all independent builders. And of course this is what makes this a beautiful art form for all hear.

[@josearaujo8616]

Wouldn't tune in the frequency of the sondboard to a specific note imply an imbalance of the sound favoring such note?

[@SuperCarver2011]

Tuning to E or F# or G. As Jose is saying, scrapping to those tunings changes the characteristic response of the sound board. "Every piece of wood is different". This analagous to a drummer tuning the drum skin on a drum.

[@tomblackshear1372]

I've been building Spanish style guitars for over 53 years, a little longer than Jose, who is a grand master, in my opinion, of the classical style. What he says about the tuning examples and getting to the basic tone required for a great voice, is somewhat limited, as he stops and does not venture into basic fan brace adjustment after the instrument is assembled. I understand that a few great makers have done and are performing this technique, although they would prefer not to share it with their peers, and I have spent over 30 years doing strut tuning for the final voicing, after the complete assembly, and stringing up of the guitar.The point here is that there are many ways to build guitars, and I find that to be able to fine tune the fan braces is to get a more consistent level of product for the market. But I respect a guitar maker like Jose who makes his craft worthy of applause.....A fine fellow indeed.

[@lawcch]

hi, Tom, making a good and consistent quality guitar is very hard job to do. select the right wood and tune them require years of experience. Then craving the piece of wood, shaping the brace strut its height, width, and placement them in the right position on the guitar soundboard require many life time experience. I need see or read any famous luthier actually document all the minute details of guitar construction in a note book for each guitar built.

[@fatbeats101]

Is thre a next part? I cant find it

[@docdoc]

"we haven't grown up enough to accept the limitations of the spanish guitar"