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Antonio De Torres guitar plans

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scovell001scovell001 Frets: 56
edited December 2022 in Acoustics
Back in the mid nineties I guy came into the printing business I worked for at the time he had this guitar plan from Antonio De Torres - I took a copy at the time & it’s been in my loft ever since.

I’ve had a search for Antonio online and obviously see how influential he was - just be interesting if anyone had more of a take on this plan & if it would be worth having a guitar made to these etc etc etc.

https://i.imgur.com/QyJvf1q.jpg

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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2457
    Really good. 
    Like the list of materials 
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  • moremore Frets: 222
    edited December 2022
    Sydney Evans was a violin repair shop owner in Birmingham . He also sold parts and tools to luthiers.  It was good for traditional things like , rabbit skin glue and shellac  .  As you say , Torres was the Fender of acoustic guitars and his   guitars became the starting point  of the modern instrument .  The  plan you have would be fine  if you made the guitar yourself . It is interesting that the main plan has a incorrect neck joint and gives the correct version in a  separate drawing. If you wanted to make an actual copy , you can find better plans, including plans  and photos  of  two  Torres guitars, in the book Making Master Guitars by Roy Courtnall .   
    https://www.alchemystrings.co.uk/
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  • DavidRDavidR Frets: 595
    FYI the definitive book about Antonio de Torres was written by Jose Romanillos. Very much worth a read and has not only biographical details but also details his individual survivng instruments.
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  • DavidRDavidR Frets: 595
    Torres's place in the history of the classical is unique. He didn't actually invent much but he put together several pre-existing features to create the modern classical format which remains pretty much as he conjured it up. Specifically the larger body c.f. earlier classicals. A genius. And never a particularly wealthy one!
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