Nice job as per usual Brad. What kind of bracing system did you use (any pics?) and did you get the tone you were going for or is it too soon to tell?

That’s an awesome rosette!

I got it from LMI

Nice looking guitar.
Torres built a fair number of maple bodied guitars, and with restrictions on rosewood perhaps it will regain some popularity with the classical crowd.
One slight criticism - most classical builders carry the fretboard to the soundhole and have a divided 19th fret. I know steel string guitars often end the board above the soundhole, and it wouldn't bother me (because I never use that fret anyway), but it does look a little unusual for a classical.

" wine every fretboard" = wide ebony fretboard (auto correct ?)

Still at it doing beautiful work

Clay,

It was actually my intention to do that but, I am so used to building steel strings that I was on auto-pilot before I realized it.

Not that there is any right or wrong, but my intention was to build a "traditional" Classical....

On the other hand there are some pretty famous builders who now do some pretty untraditional things like soundports,abalone rosettes, armrests,etc.

Brad

NIce choice of wood on that - very pretty. I trust it will sound as good s it looks.

What finish did you use - the maple looks still very pale which is what I am after on my current guitar right now.

thanks

Ed

Well 18 frets is traditional, on virtually all early classical guitars - otherwise known as romantic guitars. A player of the modern classical guitar will find it odd, not that they use fret 19 very much at all. In fact it's use is pretty rare, however it is used.