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Master Luthier - The process of making a Spanish classic guitar

Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) glueing together wooden pieces to build the guitar body.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) assembling decorative ornaments in the guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) cleaning the guitar before glueing ornaments.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) in his workshop building a guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) glueing parts of the guitar applying pressure.
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Wooden parts to build Spanish classical guitars.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) in his workshop.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) giving shape through heat to the guitar body.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) modelling the guitar body.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) measuring the dimensions of the guitar fret.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) checking the frequency quality of the guitar body.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) glueing parts of the guitar body.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) using clothes pegs to glue various parts of the guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) carving decorations on the guitar body.
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View of the guitar body being glued by clothes pegs.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) in his workshop in the process of making a classical Spanish guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) checking the parts of the guitar when putting weight to glue the guitar's body top.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) wrapping the guitar body with rope to glue the different parts of the instrument.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) levelling the different components of the guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) polishing the decorative details in the guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) putting the strings on the new guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) checking for bad frequencies in the new guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) tunning the new guitar.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) testing his creation.
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Master Luthier (Guitar-Maker) testing his creation.
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar
  • Master Luthier  The process of making a Spanish classic guitar

Antonio Manjón, Spanish Master Luthier, reveals the process of making a Spanish classical guitar using only traditional methods learned over the years. Barcelona, Spain. 10th September 2010

Using only traditional methods to build a guitar from scratch, master luthier, Antonio Manjón, show us the steps in the process of making a Spanish classical guitar. Taking as long as six months to build one piece, Antonio's work is worldwide known as one of the finest thanks to using only ancient traditional techniques to achieve the best sound quality and performance of every guitar he makes. In the last twenty years working in his workshop in Barcelona, Antonio has produced less that 100 guitars, making of each instrument a true Master Piece.

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