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Peru / South America

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Name: Guitar

Type: Lute > Chordophone

Region: Many "Global".

Luthier: Falcon, Lima Peru

Acquisition Source: Rene Hugo Sanchez y2004

Description:

Personal Details: This guitar I have is a hand made one from Peru that I purchased during Christmas year 2004 of my music teacher who I am currently studying with. This guitar is particularly high quality and all the way through hand made. The name Falcon is a well established brand name based in Lima Peru, I'm told by my music teacher Rene this guitar maker is renowned for their excellent craftsmanship.

Construction:
The body is made in a traditional accoustic classical guitar profile and uses nylon strings. The bridge-saddle and the nut are hand-carved of bonet; the fingerboard is ebony or something similar, the tuners are of machine-gear type.

Footnotes: I usually keep this guitar in standard "E-A-D-G-B-E" tuning although I regularly experiment with alternate tunings there is no truss rod so I don't tune upwards often mostly downwards.

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