With a bit of luck this will be the last time I have to fill out CITES paperwork. Musical instruments will be exempt from CITES II and III controls starting soon. These two years of having to comply has been an added hassle that we just don’t need so we are quite happy about it. From now on it will just be articles in Appendix I that will be problematic. I have always tried to avoid restricted wood so I will say good-bye to CITES forever.

Marcus Toscano is back with his daily spanish guitar concerts. So many people come to Granada and want to hear some guitar music but find that there is nothing available. Don’t miss this.

My friend Knud Sindt, lute-maker, brought some students of this university and their teacher by the workshop on Friday for a peek into the world of Granada guitar-making. These soon-to-be music teachers had plenty of questions and enjoyed the sound of one of my Torres Invencible copies. The teacher Axel and a few of the students are guitarists and put the guitar through its paces. This guitar is a copy of La Invencible which I think I will keep on hand to show to potential customers as it has an incredible similarity to the original Torres guitars in its deep, deep basses and warm trebles. As always I copied this guitar directly from the original. This Torres is very special and one of the reasons is the bracing. In the photo of the original you can see how two of the fan braces extend into the upper bout by way of cut-outs in the lower transverse bar.