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Guitar #1 (Completed 2010)

Guitar #2 (Completed 2012)
Top: Engelmann spruce
Back / Sides: Indian Rosewood
Neck: Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Binding: Maple
Tuner: Rubner
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 650mm / 52mm
Finish: 1 coat of Polyurethane
Bracing: Torres 7 fan struts with open traverse brace
Plantilla: Torres FE19
Features: Elevated fingerboard, Active back (from Trevor Gore)

Guitar #3 (Completed 2013)
Top: Lutz spruce
Back / Sides: Indian Rosewood
Neck: Sapele
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Binding: Maple
Tuner: Rubner
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 650 mm / 54 mm
Finish: 3 coats of Polyurethane
Bracing: My bracing with 6 fan struts and a Bouchet traverse brace
Plantilla: Enlarged Torres FE19
Features: Elevated fingerboard, Active back (from Trevor Gore)

Guitar #4 (On Hold)
Top: Lutz spruce
Back / Sides: Maple (Big leaf - flamed)
Neck: Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Madagascar Rosewood
Binding: Rosewood
Tuner: Rubner
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 640 mm / 50 mm
Finish: Shellac FP
Bracing: Torres FE17 7 fan struts with open traverse brace
Plantilla: Torres FE17
Features: Brass Tornavoz, Lots of inlay

Guitar #5 (Completed 2014)
Top: Carpathian spruce
Back / Sides: Brazilian Rosewood
Neck: Mountain Red Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
Binding: Rosewood
Tuner: Gotoh (Lyre)
Nut / Saddle: MOP
Scale Length / Nut Width: 650 mm / 54 mm
Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Bracing: F.Simplicio 1924 8 fan asymmetric bracing
Plantilla: Enlarged FE19
Features: Headstock carving

Guitar #6 (On Hold)
Top: Lutz spruce
Back / Sides: Pink Ivory
Neck: Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Madagascar Rosewood
Bridge: Madagascar Rosewood
Binding: Ebony
Tuner: Rubner
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 640 mm / 50 mm
Finish: Shellac FP
Bracing: Torres FE 17
Plantilla: Torres FE 17
Features: Pink with tornavoz

Guitar #7 (In Progress)
Top: Lutz spruce
Back / Sides: Madagascar Rosewood
Neck: Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Madagascar Rosewood
Bridge: Madagascar Rosewood
Binding: Maple
Tuner: Rubner
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 650 mm / 54 mm
Finish: Shellac (Top) / Lacquer (B&S)
Bracing: Simpicio? Falcate? Byers' Lattice?
Plantilla: Enlarged Torres FE19
Features: Half Elevated fingerboard, Small tornavoz

Guitar #8 (In Progress)
Top: Englemann spruce
Back / Sides: Maple (Big Leaf Flamed)
Neck: Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Madagascar Rosewood
Binding: Ebony
Tuner: Rubner (w Imitation Ivory button)
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 650 mm / 52 mm
Finish: Shellac (Top) / Lacquer (B&S)
Bracing: Torres with tornavoz
Plantilla: Enlarged Torres FE19
Features: Small Tornavoz

Guitar #9 (Completed)
Top: Lutz spruce
Back / Sides: Indian Rosewood
Neck: Spanish Cedar
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Binding: Maple
Tuner: Sloane with bearing
Nut / Saddle: Bone
Scale Length / Nut Width: 650 mm / 52 mm
Finish: Shellac (Top) / Lacquer (B&S)
Bracing: My bracing
Plantilla: Enlarged Torres FE19
Features: Small tornavoz