Publications

Tres Hermanas   J. Oscar Azaret           (Published in American Lutherie #122/Summer 2015)

“…Tres Hermanas, the Three Sisters, were constructed to study the sonic effects of very different bracing designs while holding other construction choices constant, including near identical woods…. “ 

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On Necks and Strings, and Saddles and Nuts  

ByJ. Oscar Azaret (First published Boston Classical Guitar Society Vol 22, #1)

 “…Recently I was asked to reproduce the neck and string spacing of an existing guitar on a customer’s new guitar… as classical guitarists we train to sense the smallest minutiae.”

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The Elephant in the Room   J. Oscar Azaret           (First published Boston Classical Guitar Society Vol 21, #2)

“…It has been said that when the Spanish luthiers want to make a reproduction of a famous instrument, they start with the bridge then build the guitar around it…. “ 

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Ah, The Tone!   J. Oscar Azaret           (First published Boston Classical Guitar Society Vol 21, #4)

 “…Volumes can, and have, been written about tone production on the classical guitar, but perhaps we can just scratch the surface a bit here and actually take a peek and one aspect of this, and look at some physical measurement of the sound…”

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Tenacious Timber   J. Oscar Azaret           (First published Boston Classical Guitar Society Vol 22, #2)

In the Canadian Rockies .... the ancient path from glaciers to tonewoods

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