Guitar inspired by a 1929 Santos Hernandez. Christopher Dean gets the “solera” ready to start a new guitar.
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scientific way of working. In my mind, in my head, in my heart, I had a sound that I wanted to produce and Friederich guitars offered everything that I wanted: power, balance, character and the craftsmanship is exceptional. These are the influences but, of course, I had my own ideas and I wanted to create my own guitars. Recently I was inspired by three other guitar makers: Torres, Santos and Hauser. I was lucky enough to restore a Santos Hernandez guitar that I found quite magical and I’m trying to achieve something of that sound character in my guitars, but with more volume. Have you tried double-top or lattice construction? C. D. – I did an experiment: I made my first ever double-top guitar, with the help of Andreas Kirschner, a German colleague, and at the same time another, identical guitar, with a simple fivebar fan top. I preferred the conventional one; the double-top had quick notes but something was missing. I think that if you are a guitarist, playing to an audience, the sound of your guitar doesn’t