1 Topic by DBDillon

(2 replies, posted in Chordie's Market Place)

My lost guitar was constructed at The Juan Roberto Guitar Works in Phoenix, AZ in the early 70's.

She's a six-string beauty with a rosette inlaid with snail shells, a  slot-head and an oil, not lacquer finish.

She is very heavy due to the infamous double back patterned after Maccaferri, glued in with a substance not unlike concrete which defeated the purpose of the double backs resonance. I imagine the instrument is still in one piece unless someone made the effort to remove that double back, or fashion it into a coffee table or planter. 

I left Arizona in '78 to move to California. Foolish youth that I was, I sold it at my garage sale, in a blue and orange foam traveling case.

I would love to have her back.  Please reply to this post. thank you, db

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2 Topic by DBDillon

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June 1, 2014

I am looking for my "lost" guitar. It was constructed at The Juan Roberto Guitar Works in the early 70's. This is now Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix, AZ.

She's a six-string beauty, but was amateurishly home-built and weighs a ton. She possesses the infamous "double back" patterned after Maccaferri, but glued in with a substance not unlike concrete, so I imagine the instrument is still in one piece unless someone made the effort to remove that darned double back. She has a rosette made of snail shells in casting resin, a lovely slot-head and an oil, not lacquer finish.

Foolish youth that I was, I sold it at my garage sale when I left Arizona in '78 to move to California. It was in a blue and orange foam traveling case, handmade by my sister Lorna Van.

I would love to have her back.

Please reply to deandillon26@yahoo.com

muchos gracias, dd

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