Somehow my brain has ended up on the Gibson train and that scares me, or rather it scares the hell out of my bank account.
At the moment Iām into this ālittleā tuxedo:
Thereāve been a couple, but they drift off into the sunset pretty quickly, unless itās something that keeps getting bumped like What are you listening to? or Who just died?
Iām afraid this thread too, is doomed to obscurity by not calling it āguitar pornā (which is what people will search for )
I recall posting a picture of an Emerald Virtuo on one of the threads and hereās another started by @RobDickinson who knows a six-string centerfold when he sees it
Iām glad Iām immune to this optical guitar enjoyment. Or else with a Pacifica, I would always feel like the kid in the meme where mom would say: āWe got a Stratocaster at homeā
I just saw and played a bit on this guitar. Picture isnāt good. Small parlor size but sounds amazing. Arched top and back. If I was willing to drop $2200 it would be mine. But not. Right now.
Local builder, a student of our local Luthier, Victor of Victor Guitar here in Denver.
Hey Joshua,
Iām interested in Victor Guitar & the associated School of Lutherie. Do you know much about it? My oldest daughter lives in the Fort Collins area & Iāve been thinking of visiting her for a week & taking the one week intensive class & building my own acoustic. I wish I could talk to someone who has actually done the classes and ended up with an instrument of their own about how good the classes are before I commit the money & time. Itās not cheap & Iād have to take vacation time off work to do itā¦ just wondering if youāve been to the facility?
Hi Tod, I thought of doing the 16 week course at one point, when I lived just 6 blocks from Victor guitar. The long time frame and difficulty making up any missed time convinced me not to. The intensive sounds better, is it really only one week?
I like Victor guitar. Victor and his employees are nice and knowledgeable. The facility is good old school rustic. Plenty of space, tools seem appropriate and no fancy electronic stuff.
They sell guitars made by more advanced students, like the one I posted and they are quite good. The one posted is phenomenal, I want it, but wonāt buy it.
I think in the first class you build a fairly straightforward guitar with few appointments if any. You can choose a few things like size or nylon vs steel if I recall correctly. Maybe Rosewood vs mahogany but nothing more unusual.
If you take a second class to build a second guitar, your options open up.
Victor said most of his students build pretty decent instruments that they prefer to play over reasonably high end purchased guitars. But, he was pretty sure some of that was the āI made it myselfā factor.
I am sure he would provide you some recent student references if you asked.
You do realize that Fort Collins is not very close to south Denver, right? Probably an hour and a half drive and I-25 south bound is a ****show all the time, especially rush hours. You would be going with rush hour traffic.
You do realize that Fort Collins is not very close to south Denver, right? Probably an hour and a half drive and I-25 south bound is a ****show all the time, especially rush hours. You would be going with rush hour traffic.
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Oh yeahā¦ I have driven I-25 multiple times & know the drillā¦ itās the closest Lutherie school Iāve found though. Iām in Albuquerque New Mexico, no opportunities here for a class on guitar making. Itās definitely a dream of mine, I have a desire to work with wood & love guitars so itās a good fitā¦ maybe Iāll give Victor a call sometime & see if heās got a former student I could talk to, thatās a great idea, thanks!!!