I just finished hosting two, three day masterclasses with Australian luthier, Trevor Gore, on the subject of modal tuning. 27 students came through the O'Brien Guitars Workshop for the classes. I was looking forward to relaxing a bit after all this. However, I got a call from a student that was in one of the classes and his flight was cancelled and then he caught a cold. Not wanting to fly while sick he decided to make the best of his situation and asked me if I had time to build a guitar together. He figured, as long as I have to stay in Colorado, why don't we build a guitar together. So that is exactly what we did. We built a classical guitar in the white - no finish, in three days. He is now back in Canada with the knowledge from Trevor Gore's modal tuning masterclass and a guitar built  with me based on those teachings. The frequencies on the guitar are exactly what Trevor teaches in his books and now the guitar will get a finish and strings and come to life. 
Congratulations to Brad from Canada for a job well done.
Right after the classes Trevor and I did a SHOP TALK LIVE STREAM via the O'Brien Guitars Youtube Channel on the subject of modal tuning. If you were not able to catch it live, here is the replay link below. 
By the way - while Trevor was in my shop we filmed how to make a falcate braced soundboard. This will be available in the near future as an online course.  
Happy Building!

 

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