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Originally Posted by dennisczech
Hey Colin, John had brought some of his guitars to Europe some years ago, including one that was sold and then resold by the fellowship of acoustics in Holland. There are youtube videos of it available. My buddy Terence of guitarbench fame picked this guitar up, and raved about it. I was curious about the falcate bracing, and played a guitar by G R Bear which sounded just enormous, so I thought I'd take a punt on one of John's guitars. He's hoping to come to England at some point in the next few months. If you want to check his stuff out, he's been building a few guitars recently, and is in Wauchope, just a hop and a step down the road from QLD  |
Thanks Dennis, Wauchope is in a very nice part of New South Wales, but at 1,200 km north of me it’s too far for a quick visit.
We used to have biannual guitar festivals here in Melbourne, with the last in 2015. It would be great to have another so all the Australian luthiers quietly making guitars can get a bit of show time. Maybe I’ll become a festival organiser when I retire from being an engineer!