SPARKLING  ROBERT

HOW DO THEY SOUND???

Kenneth Warren used to tell me that the Strad’s & Guarneri del Gesu’s were Favored for their Carrying Power in Modern Concert Halls & that Amati’s & Stainer’s were Sweeter & More Beautiful for Chamber Music!!! So what is the "BEST SOUNDING FIDDLE"??? Is there such a thing as "BEST SOUNDING’??? ‘Robert Hanford’ Plays My Violin instead of his Carl Becker Sr. ‘Paul Gmeinder’ says My WILD PORKER Cello Sounds Better than his Thomas Kennedy!!!! There are Living Makers who Make Both a Modern & Baroque Violin! So even today is there such a thing as "Best Sounding"??? --or does it Depend on the Player & His Music???—or the PIONEERING of the MAKER??? I Personally LOVE the SOUND of the BAROQUE Violin—so Haunting & EnChanting—but I’ve been trying to Make the "Big Fiddle"!!! How do My Electric Guitars Sound??? Is there such a thing as "BEST SOUNDING ELECTRIC GUITAR"??? VERY Simply & Generally Speaking—the Thinner you Carve a piece of Wood the Lower the Note goes—the Harder the Wood the Brighter the Sound!!! Some People say there is Difference in Sound Between Neck Thru, Mortised, Bolt-On & Screw Necks!!! Everyone has not only their Favorite PickUps—but an Array of Sound BoXXXes to Plug them into—so What IS—ELECTRIC SOUND??? There are MILLIONS of PickUps & I’m waitin for the day they build PickUp into Bridge that I Like & I can Carve Between Bridge & FingerBoard—My MERMAIDS will have Harps with 12 Strings You can Play!!! With the Computers these days I’m Surprised they can’t just make a Switch & go from 3 PU Single Coil Sound to the 2 PU Double Coil Sound to EVERYTHING in Between & Beyond—but can a Computer Sound Like a STRAD or STAINER??? I’ve used a Wide Variety of Woods PickUps Bridges & Carvings & to ME My Guitars All Sound Really GOOD!!! Keep in Mind I’m a WANNA BE Paganini--Papa John—I don’t even try to Play Guitar—but I'm a VIOLINMAKER & I KNOW SOUND!!!

My First Guitar I Made was the Dragon Rose—it’s Jatoba Neck thru Bubinga Body—Carved in Deep Detail!!! I Used Bartolini PickUps cause they’re CLEAN & POWERFUL & you can Wire them Any way you want! I Wired the Dragon with Series & Parallel Switches! I Made My Own Bridge cause I didn’t like the ones I could Buy & I think it has SOUND!!! My New ‘Bridges’ I like Very Much & they Ring to an "E"--See BRIDGE GALLERY!!! I’ve made Neck Thru Body & Mortise & now BOLT-ON--Read Details in CONSTRUCTION GALLERY--with Mostly Bartolini & Seymour Duncan PickUps & Woods from Cedar Root to Maple & Mahoe & they ALL Sound Really Good & many people think Mine Sound BETTER than other guitars!!! I think PickUps make the Biggest Difference in Sound! If you have a SOUND or Wood or Neck or PickUp or Dream you Like I am Glad to Make for You!!!  From the WORLDS FINEST SOUNDING VIOLINS to BASS VIOLINS to ELECTRIC GUITARS, BASSES & VIOLINS STEVE & I WILL MAKE YOU THE INSTRUMENT OF YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATIONS!!! To Read About HOW I MAKE Click: "CONSTRUCTION"!!!  Click on one of the Video Clips in VIDEO GALLERY to See & Hear for Yourself or Come Anytime to my WorkShop & PLAY ONE--CALL OR E-MAIL TO PLACE AN ORDER!!! Keep LISTENING & PLAYING!!!

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