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| Alessandro D'Aco (Foggia, Italy) |
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The best guitar ever I played in my life!
A beautiful and powerful sound with a balanced tone, very
confortable and easy to play, a wonderful look too, what should I ask more?
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| Dietmar Garn. (Kransberg, Germany) |
| about his Caldersmith Guitar - Standard Model Nr.56 |
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Great guitars. I love the sound , volume and playability of your guitars.
This guitar supports me in every concert situation.
Thanks a lot Graham.
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| Benjamin Bruant (Le Havre, France) |
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Je suis tout a fait satisfait de cet instrument qui, en
plus d'ètre jolie, a un son très puissant et doux à la fois.
C'est vraiment une exellente guitare!!!
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| Steve Thorneycroft. |
| Steve wrote .... |
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Beautiful.......Thanks so much again - I'm really pleased to be able to play one
of your instruments on a daily basis & I'm starting to find all this repertoire
that I'd forgotten about...!
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| Haddon Spurgeon (Canberra, Australia). |
| Haddon writing about his 1998 standard guitar # 30 .... |
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This guitar continues to give enormous satisfaction to this player; its sound increases in richness and
beauty. Thank you, Graham.
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| Gilles Boyer from Noé, France . |
Gilles Boyer recently purchased a concert roundback guitar. He is a
fourth year student at L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, studying under Rafael Andia.
Gilles had this to say .... |
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I would like to thank you for the concert guitar #65. This is an outstanding instrument
with great playability, and a fine and a powerful sound. The technical difficulties
gives way to music and it's a big pleasure for me to play such a guitar.
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| Peter Constant, Conductor of the Netherlands Youth Guitar Orchestra . |
| When he received the classical bass recently. |
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It's faaaaaaaaantastic!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, what a thing!
It's beautiful across the entire range, even at the very top
and on that tricky bottom string. Straight away I decided I'm going to learn
to play some solos on it (Bourees from Bach cello suite #4). It's well set
up, no rattles. The sound is full, great sustain but a nice woody 'bite' to
it, so not too sloppy.
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| Karin Schaupp (Brisbane, Australia). |
| Karin's Octave guitar is very strongly featured on the latest Saffire album.. |
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"It really is a joy to play."
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| Slava Grigoryan (Australia). |
| Slava had this to say about his classical baritone guitar in June, 2006… |
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"I am using the Baritone very regularly at the moment ….. in fact I'm using it in a bunch of solo shows in Europe next week. It is a stunning instrument. It's also a regular fixture in the Saffire line-up."
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| Benjamin Dix. |
| Benjamin Dix purchased a Caldersmith concert standard guitar in August, 2006. He currently works at Victorian College of the Arts where he 'endeavours to explore a world of new directions in repertoire by focusing on contemporary compositions'.
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"It sounds fantastic and looks amazing. I find it a rather interesting instrument, each time I play it I feel as if I discover something 'new' about it and I guess in a way, it has opened up my playing, as I am exploring the various tonal and colour qualities of the instrument. The refreshing sound quality of the cedar and that certain 'crispness' of the blackwood to me is what makes this guitar so appealing. " |
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| Ralph
Towner (USA/Italy). |
| On receiving his new baritone guitar in January, 2006….. |
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"It exceeds every expectation I had. It
is truly remarkable in every sense – impossible to put down once I start playing it,
and the craftsmanship of the fingerboard, body etc. is beautiful. The ultimate thing is
that it sounds amazing even though it has yet to be played in. It will sound even more
breathtaking when it has been played for a while." |
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| Eric Cathan (Central Coast, NSW). |
| Eric studied guitar in France under Rafael Andia for five years
and is now teaching guitar at the Central Coast Conservatorium. He purchased Graham’s
own magnum guitar in December, 2005 and wrote this after a public performance with it
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"The Magnum is magnified magic. Like
the finest of Bordeaux wines opened at room temperature and reacting with the ambient air,
the long sustained notes of the magnum hit the wooden wall, roof and floor of your ideal
venue, to create an acoustic marriage rich in colours and clarity. To be sipped
……….through the ear drums!!!" |
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| Ben Dean (Upper Lansdowne / Sydney). |
| Ben purchased his Caldersmith standard guitar after
winning the Young Composers Award at the 3rd Australian Guitar
Competition and Festival in 2004. His winning entry "Sleepwalker in a Storm" can
be heard in the Musicians page of this website. He was then commissioned to write a piece
for Saffire at the 2005 Darwin International Guitar Festival. He writes
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"Thank
you very much for such a superb instrument………. a constant companion. I
never cease to be delighted with the projection and tone". |
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