Torres Guitar

     September 2008

"It took me many years of making my Concert Guitars to find the time to make a copy of a Torres and when I produced the first one it came as a revelation. These guitars are not slavish copies - I incorporate elements of Hauser's guitars - and they give a sweet, full and well balanced, sound.

The one shown has Brazilian Rosewood back and ribs with a German Spruce table. While the rosette and soundboard purflings are complex, the decoration on the back and sides is kept to a minimum so as not to distract the eye from the classic body shape."

Materials

     Soundboard: Alpine Spruce or Cedar
     Back and Ribs: Indian Rosewood (Palisander)
     Brazilian Rosewood was used on the model shown
     Neck: South American Cedar
     Fingerboard: Ebony
     Rosette: Designed and made by the maker
     Tuners: Rodgers
     Case: Hiscox Liteflite