Barbarossa Guitars
Fine Hand-made Guitars
"Jim,
I have been playing acoustic for over 40 years and have owned over 20 guitars including vintage Gibsons, a top of the line Takamine, and many other makes: Ovation, Epiphone, Yamaha, Seagull and so forth .I've played a few Martins as well. The 00 cedar/rosewood is a phenomenal instrument. It responds to a very light touch, yet projects like anything when asked to. Now, I play fingerstyle, and the wood combination along with the wide fingerboard and the 12 fret configuration is a fingerstyle equation for fun. Wish I had spent what I put into my spruce topped parlor to get a spruce topped 00 from you...maybe another year, if I can sell my parlor. My commendations on the best sounding guitar I have played. You do have a talent for your work and I am happy to let anyone play the 00 to hear for themselves. This guitar is balanced across the strings and up and down the fingerboard. It has the best intonation of any guitar I've played. I guess the compenstated bone saddle has something to do with it. Honestly, the guitar is louder and sounds better with light guage strings than my custom shop all solid wood Takamine model ( EF417s) does with medium strings, and the Takamine is a great sounding guitar. Hats off!
RH in Statesboro, Georgia" November 2008
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Rosewood and Sitka Spruce 00
Rosewood / Sitka Dreadnought
My first violins:
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My acoustic guitars are all handmade from the finest solid woods. I concentrate on steel string guitars, designed for fingerstyle playing and classical guitars. I am happy to build you a custom designed guitar, based on your own pattern, size or combination of woods. I can work with you to define the design of your special instrument.
Contact me at: Jim Blilie, 651-766-8757
jwblilieno-spam@barbarossa-guitars.com
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Seattle Luthiers Group Booth at 2001 Northwest Folklife at Seattle Center. My guitars are on the fifth panel from the left and the flamenco at far left (click on the photo for a larger picture). Being in Minnesota now, I can't participate in NW Folklife anymore.:
See a recent steel string guitar under construction:
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This page was last updated: Apr 7, 2009