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Pricing and details on request > jacky.walraet@skynet.be
NEW....
The Beetle #1
will be shown @ the Holy Grail Guitar Show, Berlin.
May 5 and 6, 2018
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Solid (but hollow) body guitar. Maple top, ovangkol body & neck / Peter Hertmans
Archtop 18" / Hendrik Breackman
  Archtop 17" / Paolo Loveri   Archtop 17" / Paolo Radoni   Archtop 17" / Paolo Radoni // tele not made by me, Pierre Van Dormael   Archtop 17" / Paolo Loveri // Bart De Nolf on Bass Archtop 17" / Paolo Loveri  Archtop 17" / Guy Raiff  with the Philip Catherine Guitar orchestra  Peter Hertmans (right) / solid (but hollow) body guitar // With the Philip Catherine Guitar orchestra : Philip Catherine, Victor Da Costa, Pierre Van Dormael    Flat-top-carved-back guitar (FTCB-model) / Peter Hertmans   Solid (but hollow) body. Maple top, ovangkol body & neck / Peter Hertmans   Mother of pearl inlay      Mother of pearl inlay        Archtop 17" / with Paolo Radoni / the early days  Note: the guitar Oona Walraet is playing is not made by her father  | About myself i started building guitars in 1988 while studying at the renowned “Centre for Musical Instrument Building" (Cmb) in Belgium .Having completed courses in guitar and violin making i began teaching instrument making courses at the Cmb in 1990. i had the luck, honor and pleasure to work for several big names in the Belgian jazz scene and abroad ,like Peter Hertmans, Hendrik Braeckman, Paolo Radoni, Jean Louis Rassinfosse, Philip Catherine, Karl van Deun, Hans Van Oost, Guy Raiff, Peter Verbreacken, Filip Verneert, Serge Lazarevitch (FR), ,John Abercrombie (US), my Archtop Jazz Guitars are largely inspired by the work of Jimmy D'Aquisto and John Monteleone .Recently i started to work with concepts and designs of a more contemporary nature .Various meetings with Ken Parker, Michihiro Matsuda, Fred Pons , Thierry Andre, Nigel Forster (and lots of other luthiers) were very inspiring The Electric Solid Body Guitars are based on the classic, ergonomic design of the Strat .However, the incorporation of internal resonance chambers gives them their own distinctively unique sound The Acoustic Flat Top Guitars stand out particularly through their unusual use of a carved and arched back .This has the effect of projecting the sound more directly towards the sound hole and outside the guitar .Combined with a specific designed bracing pattern this results in a clear and precisely articulated sound Some new guitar designs/concepts are in the making and will be shown in May 2018 @ the HGGS in BERLIN. As founding member and luthier/researcher in the LGR-Project i gained a lot of experience regarding the possibilities of using alternative local woods in guitar making .Along the way this expertise will be integrated into the building practice Non-tropical is topical ! my instruments can be heard on more than 40 CD recordings Listen to some examples on iTunes:   On Spotify:  The albums "Dedication" and "Waiting"  Hein van de Geyn's Baseline CD / #10 Matheny  On other sources Acoustic jazz guitar together with José Toral Rodriguez, flamenco guitar Cmb CD "op de klank af" / Black Orpheus  backpacker guitar, electric guitar and electric double bass on the Cmb CD  On YouTube Hendrik Braeckman / Jazz Guitar with Melike Hendrik Braeckman / Electric Guitar with Melike |
