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Yesterday the wheels were set in motion. I have commissioned my friend Bill the luthier/guitarist/flautist to make me a handmade Spanish flamenco guitar. He spent several months last summer in the Saskatchewan high plains learning the art of stringed instrument making. He now has a nice shop set up here in Brooklyn where he is fast becoming a well-known and respected repair man. This section will chronicle the making of this one-of-a-kind guitar from start to finish.

We got down to it yesterday, by drawing out a rough shape for the body. An interesting task. I drew half the shape on a piece of poster board, then Bill would look at my drawing and touch it up, by making the curves a little more natural and sexy. Then, once we had something we were happy with, we cut the half-shape out, traced it onto another poster board, flipped it over and traced out the other half. This was a lot of fun! This picture shows the "final" shape. We based it roughly on standard-size measurements, but put it somewhere in between classical size and flamenco size. This means it will be probably on the smaller side, but with a very unique personalized shape. The next step is to live with and look at this shape for a while to see if I am truly happy with it. I think I will be.

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