My Alhambra crossover guitar
By the way, crossover guitars are sometimes called “fusion” guitars, and that term is usually applied to a thin-line acoustic-electric guitar designed for jazz players. But mine is not. It’s a fully...
View ArticlePictures of my Alhambra crossover guitar
Click on a thumbnail to bring up a new page with a larger image. Click on that image again to get the full-sized picture to see all the detail. Take special note of the neck heel. The sharp corner that...
View ArticleMy review of the Alhambra crossover guitar
Review of the Alhambra 5p CWX Please read my previous three posts, which provide full specifications and detailed pictures. My primary aim in selecting and buying this guitar was to find an instrument...
View ArticleThoughts on crossover guitars
All this research has prompted some observations, first about what a crossover guitar needs, and secondly about what traditional classical guitarists could learn from the features of a crossover...
View ArticleModels of Crossover Guitars on the Market, Introduction
No endorsement is implied. I have not had the opportunity to examine or evaluate many of these first-hand. What I’ve learned has come from Internet searches, visits to music stores, catalogs, and...
View ArticleModels of Crossover Guitar: Cordoba Fusion
Cordoba has a new line that I got to try out at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville in 2008. The rep said that they are designed by master luthier Kenny Hill and manufactured in China. The Cordoba...
View ArticleCalling Jazz Guitarists with Crossover Guitars
I would like to hear from players who use a crossover nylon-string guitar to play jazz, and other forms of music other than traditional classical guitar music. Please post a comment here. I hope you...
View ArticleLes Paul, but don’t forget Leo Fender
The Guitar and The Man The Guitar Being an armchair musicologist, I have to make a comment on the passing of Les Paul. In the writeups the newspapers have been publishing, the emphasis is on Les Paul...
View ArticleLâg Crossover Classical Guitars are coming to America
Stop the presses! At the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show in Anaheim, California, Korg USA has just announced that they will be distributing Lâg guitars, from France, in the United...
View ArticleMy Mariachi Vihuela
I created a minor sensation recently when I took my mariachi vihuela to Maple Street Guitars in Atlanta to get them to cut a new bone nut for it. Practically everybody there had never seen one close...
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