Made it to Andy's shop! - getting excited with my guitar bud, Victor Tarassov (photo shot)
LOOK! It's my Andy guitar,- HAHA
just kidding - now HERE's my Andy Culpepper #92 - standing to the man right next to me on the right
Taking in THE MOMENT
Andy Culpepper flamenco blanca cutaway - #92
with European spruce top supported by Sitka spruce-made braces, Alaskan cypress for back & sides
Rosette design matches with the tie block - nice!
Gerundino-style headstock carving (it's sooo beautiful) - rubner tuners and gold EVO frets
For this specific guitar, I wanted to model the Spanish heel after seeing my Cordoba GK Pro with the cutaway starting st the 13th fret rather than the 12 fret, making it even more ergonomic and smoother to play those higher registers. SPOT ON!
And VOILA!
I've been so happy to have a fine instrument such as this. It will be my main guitar fo recording (especially rhythm) while my Cordoba scales back and eill be used for live performances and recording z9if needed).
I would like to thank the guitarrero - master luthier, Andy Culpepper for taking the time to work on the build and make my vision come to life! - to Victor Tarassov, who led me down this way to discovering Andy and his fine work, also great support!
And lastly, to the great virtuoso flamenco guitarist, Jason "El Rubio" McGuire for mentioning about Andy Culpepper to us. i'm so pleased that this project came to fruition the way it did...Muchas Gracias!!