Many years ago I decided that I would copy a particular Simplicio rosette. Above you can see the two options that I had: a light-coloured background or a dark-coloured one. I tend to avoid areas of light-coloured mosaic because the lines between the pieces are more visible. I now have material prepared for 20 or 30 rosettes with a dark background but last week I started having doubts as it looked a bit too dark. However, when I started planing a newly installed rosette this image led to my immediate reconciliation with the design.

I was very happy to have a visit from Korea today. Song Ou and Honam Ji came to pick up a guitar and we had lunch together. Honam has been studying in Germany and is playing better than ever.

Si os apetece verlos hay otra oportunidad este domingo en Salobreña. El concierto en Salobreña será el 25 de febrero a las 17:30 horas en el Auditorio, con una entrada de 10 euros y cuenta con el apoyo del Ayuntamiento de Salobreña. Esta última información de https://www.radiosalobrena.com/el-concierto-de-guitarra-serenata-espanola-cierra-este-domingo-la-programacion-cultural-de-febrero/

Anoche, en “Un Lugar en Granada” vimos a un dúo fantastico de la ciudad de la luz. Son muy jovenes pero ya con muchas tablas. Disfrutamos de transcripciones de obras para piano sobre todo, algunos hechos por ellos mismos. Fue un placer escuchar lo bien que se complementan no solo los artistas sino una guitarra de Antonio Marín y una de 1953 de Marcelo Barbero. Especialmente interesante son las canciones de Carlos Guastavino.

This is my friend Victor Bravo, guitarist and guitar teacher with the brand new Francisco Simplicio copy. He brought his Rolf Eichinger guitar which need a bit of fret work. It is always nice to see the master’s work after all this time. I still find his instruments wonderfully made.

As for the Simplicio, I am very pleased with the sound and the feel of the guitar and it goes without saying that the design is unique and striking. I have already decided to make another starting now and this one will be made outside of my order schedule so it will be available.

The Simplicio project has taken forever but the guitar is finally ready to be strung up. The significant differences in structure should make for a sound which will be quite different from my other guitars. Of course it is more the external aspects which have taken so long to do. I generally like to leave off any fancy purfling on the backs of my guitars and they end up looking like they have a one-piece back. The experience of this guitar has make me re-think that a bit and maybe I will do the centre strip a bit more often now.