And what I simply forgot in my first mail on this topic: Among the
newly built guitars shown and played during the guitar days at the
Bremen Hochschule there actually was at least one with a
Sandwich/Laminate/Double Top, plus there was one with a
soundboard/barring construction following the principles and ideas of
Steve Klein, but with a quite 'traditional' outline. That I personally
could not make much difference between the instruments when played may
have been due to my bad ear as much as to the fact, that one and the
same woman played all the instruments to the people attending, and that
this woman is known for her good, personal sound production on the
guitar. In short: I suspect that she could have easily brought out
different strengths and weaknisses of different instruments but seemed
to rather bring the best out of them within the limits of a
'conventional' classic guitar sound spectrum.
There also was a lecture by one of the young guitar builders who among
other topics covered soundboard construction methods, including
sandwich construction. At one point he summed it up with the words: "It
all sounds guitar to me, and when it would not, it would alarm me."
Joachim
Thank you John, David, and everyone else who replied and contributed
so
far! My lute/guitar lexigraphy is quite a bit enriched now.
As to the lute: I think I prefer the traditional construction and
materials for the historic instrument.
All best
Joachim
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