Archtop with a twist

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seeaxe
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Archtop with a twist

Post by seeaxe » Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:16 am

My son sent me a link to this, looks pretty cool, imho.
No idea when it was built or what it sounds like of course.

http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/product ... eimagined/

Bored stiff in Majuro,
Richard
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Re: Archtop with a twist

Post by seeaxe » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:01 am

Further link to luthier.

http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study ... nn-maxwell

It would be interesting to know what investigation of top resonance/vibration/response he did.

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Re: Archtop with a twist

Post by seeaxe » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:07 am

And finally, a page from his website,
http://maxwellcustom.com/page/2
Some impressive looking designs there
Sound bites promised.

Anyone in Auckland know this guy?
Richard

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Mark McLean
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Re: Archtop with a twist

Post by Mark McLean » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:51 am

Nice stuff Mr Maxwell

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Re: Archtop with a twist

Post by lauburu » Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:51 am

Nice looking archtop.
I've not come across his work before
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