The first step in making new guitars is choosing wood. I sorted through my stash of american rosewood and checked that my back and side matching was still to my liking and chose the wood for the next batch of  instruments. I still have some very nice wood and just love getting it out, smelling it and seeing how it responds to the tools. I’ll be making three Santos copies and one maple Torres copy. I still make the Torres quite regularly but I might well end up making more Santos than Torres. Here are two photos of the latest Santos copy I made.