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Dennis, I think many, if not most of us have years worth of our own ideas to get built, and we're not looking to others for new designs. That means if you champion it, you've got to build it unless you can afford to pay someone else to.

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[QUOTE=tippie53]        I would say that after 10 guitars you start to understand you havn't a clue
      john hall [/QUOTE]

John - no joke! I'm on classical #5 right now, and I still think they sound like OM's rather than that really dry (in my interpretation) Spanish sound.

Regarding Rick's earlier comment on whether or not an instrument that is not loaded and torqued at the bridge like a regular guitar would sound like a guitar. One of my projects that has been interrupted by real requests for real classical guitars is an Irish bouzouki that I have about 1/2 built, following a combination of the two designs in Graham MacDonald's book - I'm building a flat top with a conventional neck block. I've been wondering whether his pinned bridge bouzoukis sound like bouzoukis, or do they sound like guitars? Anyone know the answer??

Jim

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Jim Kirby
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Jim;
I have built three teardrop, flat top bouzoukis based on the work in Graham's book. They definitely do not sound like guitars. They are loud without being harsh. No dead spots, huge bass response... All the good stuff! But they still have that distinct (kind of "nasal") bouzouki sound. The flat tops seem to have a lot more sustain than the arch topped zooks I've heard.

John... You are SO right. I have just started # 20 & I know a whole lot less now, than I did after completing my first!

Sorry for hijacking your thread, Sam!

Daniel -

Cool! Onward and upwards! I really like zooks. (hopefully I'll have some time to work on it in a few months )

Jim

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[QUOTE=Daniel M] Jim;
I have built three teardrop, flat top bouzoukis based on the work in Graham's book. They definitely do not sound like guitars. They are loud without being harsh. No dead spots, huge bass response... All the good stuff! But they still have that distinct (kind of "nasal") bouzouki sound. The flat tops seem to have a lot more sustain than the arch topped zooks I've heard.

John... You are SO right. I have just started # 20 & I know a whole lot less now, than I did after completing my first!

Sorry for hijacking your thread, Sam![/QUOTE]

No worries! You've convinced me to ask my Better Half to purchase that book for me for Christmas. I've been meaning to get it for a while now.