May 2014

The workshops of the master guitar makers of the past did not have the benefits of humidity control. They relied on their eye and wide experience of how wood moved when building their guitars. Today Daniele Chiesa still uses all many of the traditional techniques but his workshop...

For the 29th and 30th of May, Castle d’Ursal in Belgium the venue for the 2014 Cordefactum Festival and was the place to be for anyone interested in the classical guitar. Already sold out before the festival opened I was surprised, yet delighted, to see so many guitar aficionados...