CustomGuitarVideo.com | ESomogyi.com | José Romanillos opens Pandoras Box. Which fundamental note should the soundboard be tuned to? How low should it be? The interesting part is, that we are comparing two ways, two opinions, two approaches. We asked Ervin about his way to do it. Compare both ways. They are not as far apart as you may think. José Romanillos became famous by building the guitars for Classical Guitar Virtuoso Julian Bream. He his one of the last icons in Spanish guitar making tradition. His guitars are among the most sought after classical guitars. José wrote numerous books about the Spanish guitar and the man who defined the classical guitar as we know it today, Antonio de Torres. We spent a whole week in Següenza, Spain close to Madrid to document his last guitar. In the first part José talks about how to select wood and the validity of old methods. This is right from the workbench. Spanish "Guitar Making" at its best.
