...and then let himself carry away with his enthusiasm about that convention he just had come back from:WaddyT wrote:It's probably the stuffy attitude of the classical guitar buying public that keeps them along more traditional lines. I just got back from the Guitar Foundation's Annual Convention and International Competition. You do not see many "non standard" designs. [...]
On one hand I felt the urge to comment on Waddy's success while on the other hand I would have felt uncomfortable to deviate the "bevel thread". Apparently other users felt the same as I did.WaddyT wrote: [...] The main exceptions being the Smallman and the Millennium style raised finger board. I don't believe I saw any other variations on design at the Vendor Fair. I had three guitars on display there. It was a good week for classical guitar lovers! This was my table. Lousy picture. I took two. The other one was worse. The guy standing behind neck of the left guitar is Greg Byers. He had two guitars at the show. Really nice guitars!
if you are interested in hearing some of the entrys, here are a couple of You Tube vids of the morning session of the Luthier Showcase. Fortunately one of my guitars is in this batch. Videos done by Perfecto deCastro. The afternoon session had an equal number of guitars. Each vendor could submit one guitar. You'll see, but each player played a segment of a piece. One traditional and one modern.
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So I decided to take advantage of my superpowers as registered user of the ANZLF and opened this new thread, citing and linking to Waddy's original message, only to say:
Congratulations Waddy!
Taking into account that you "only" have something like 10 guitars under your belt I find it absolutely remarkable that one of your guitars was amongst the ones played at the "test panel" (or however this kind of presentation is called). And it's even more remarkable how it sounds compared to other guitars (well at least me, I really like it).
Keep going strong, Waddy!
I imagine that it also must have been a pleasant surprise and great emotion for you that the classical piece (Julia Florida) played at the panel was from one of your favorite composers.
Cheers,
