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My Hauser copy, buld #7
I have a set of blueprints for a 1941 Hauser and I have a template as well as a table of top thicknesses for Andres Segovia's legendary 1937 Hauser. I decided to build a guitar as close to a Hauser as I could. For the project, I selected an excellent European spruce top and since Brazilian rosewood is unobtanium anymore, I selected an oustanding set of Indian rosewood back and sides. I paid extra close attention to the shaping of the top braces, following the shapes shown in the blueprint exactly. I also thicknessed the top such that it was as close to the measurements for Segovia's 1937 Hauser as I could get. And of course, I followed all the other dimensions exactly -- except for the neck. The neck is my own design. It's quite thin, plus I decided to go with a slightly wider nut width that I usually do: 54mm instead of 52mm. As it turns out, this extra 2mm in nut width is one of the many things I like about this guitar.
Actually, there is another difference that is not so apparent. I used the 1937 Hauser template as a starting point for this guitar's shape. The 1937 Hauser is slightly pinched in appearance at the waist and I chose to relax that dimension into a more sinuous S-curve. The result is a guitar shape that is uniquely my own, and one that a trained eye can differentiate from all the handmade classicals built by the hundreds of other classical builders out there. I'm quite fond of this shape and I now have a side bender setup that produces exactly this shape whenever I need it.
This guitar sounded great from day one, but like any quallity spruce-topped guitar, it continues to open up in sound quality for years to come. It has been over 10 years since I built this guitar, and I must say that it is the nicest sounding guitar that I own. And despite its rather narrow side dimensions, its volume and projection are excellent.
My Hauser copy, buld #7
I have a set of blueprints for a 1941 Hauser and I have a template as well as a table of top thicknesses for Andres Segovia's legendary 1937 Hauser. I decided to build a guitar as close to a Hauser as I could. For the project, I selected an excellent European spruce top and since Brazilian rosewood is unobtanium anymore, I selected an oustanding set of Indian rosewood back and sides. I paid extra close attention to the shaping of the top braces, following the shapes shown in the blueprint exactly. I also thicknessed the top such that it was as close to the measurements for Segovia's 1937 Hauser as I could get. And of course, I followed all the other dimensions exactly -- except for the neck. The neck is my own design. It's quite thin, plus I decided to go with a slightly wider nut width that I usually do: 54mm instead of 52mm. As it turns out, this extra 2mm in nut width is one of the many things I like about this guitar.
Actually, there is another difference that is not so apparent. I used the 1937 Hauser template as a starting point for this guitar's shape. The 1937 Hauser is slightly pinched in appearance at the waist and I chose to relax that dimension into a more sinuous S-curve. The result is a guitar shape that is uniquely my own, and one that a trained eye can differentiate from all the handmade classicals built by the hundreds of other classical builders out there. I'm quite fond of this shape and I now have a side bender setup that produces exactly this shape whenever I need it.
This guitar sounded great from day one, but like any quallity spruce-topped guitar, it continues to open up in sound quality for years to come. It has been over 10 years since I built this guitar, and I must say that it is the nicest sounding guitar that I own. And despite its rather narrow side dimensions, its volume and projection are excellent.