My short scale guitars have always sold quickly and have made their owners very happy. Here is a recent one which sounds great and is of course easy to play. This one uses the body shape and bracing that Rolf Eichinger used on most of his later instruments. I think I might keep this “plantilla” for all of my short scale instruments.
Category Archives: Photos of my guitars
Torres 640 extra fret
The original SE153 is 650 and of course only has 19 frets. Although I have made many with rosewood, this is the first time I have changed anything else on this model. The measurement at the nut is 50 on this one and on all of the SE 153 copies I make. 640 works very well because of the small body while the extra fret is seen by some to be indispensable for modern music. I have resisted making the extra fret standard just like I don’t usually put a marker on the 7th position but obviously these things can be included for no extra cost at the time of ordering. 
20th fret
I usually only make things like a 20th fret, extra strings or weird scale lengths if I am copying an existing instrument but here is a just-finished 20 fret on a standard concert guitar. I tried to make the fretboard extension as aesthetically pleasing as possible, have a look. I used circles of a specific radius to trace the contours and I think it shows. You can compare it to the solutions proposed by others.
M. Kohno 1999
M. Aracama 2011
F. Santiago 2011
R. Moreno 2003
F. Sheppard 2009
Arias 1900
T. Humphrey 1990
#yomequedoencasafestival
If you are a fan of guitar photos you will know that they are very hard to take well. Furthermore, the label of a guitar does not jump out at you in real life nor in a photo. I am always very pleased when a guitarist makes the effort to do that with my guitar. 
Now, the point of this post is to celebrate generous gestures by musicians to help make this time a little more pleasant. Here is Maria José Tirado with a video.
Javier Riba has done more for my art than anyone ever could and was the first one to make sure that my name was front and centre on his cd. 
His video offering in this time of confinement is with his son and makes us remember that this time can be very much taken advantage of. Piazolla with Javier’s son Ángel.
Last but surely not least is Fernando Espí whose gift is in the form of sheet music, just see his facebook post of March 16 for details. 
Here is a little video he recorded before this all started.
#iorestoacasa
I am lucky enough to have my workshop next to the house and to work alone. That means I can still go there even though no one will be buying guitars in the near future. What I will be doing is making some videos and hopefully publishing more articles so that you all have something to watch or read on your quarantined days. My son will be videographer. I hope that you players out there will do the same and record some music for us.