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Very nice looking !

I really love the looks of that.

Tastefully understated beauty.
I absolutely LOVE the bearclaw on the top.
The tuners are so nice, also. What is the brand you used?
Is the brass tailpiece of your design? It truly adds to the...

There is no one magic bullet here. A good start would be to read Nigel Forster's Making a living in lutherie:from amateur to professional. You can get a pdf for a few dollars from...

Great news, Nigel. Hopefully the first of a trend.
What a great-sounding instrument, too.

I'm assuming what you're really asking is if the website is abandoned and not being actively maintained, rather than if it's "working". From a technical point of view, those are entirely different...

Wowsers, that is gorgeous!

Drop dead gorgeous and also very distracting - just keep coming back to this thread to stare at it!

There are quite a few builders making rigid back and side instruments, including guitars, it appears to be a controversial subject for some folk!
Many heavy debates on certain forums and Facebook!...

I can personally guarantee that Nigel is a better luthier than Boney M impersonator!!!!

John

Did you try this one:
http://www.cechhouslaru.cz/holoubek-ondrej/

Hi Nigel - You have a PM coming up,
Ivan

I think August Watters has had more contact him than most people - you could send him a PM.

I don't think the 4 people on the "Holoubek Social Group" could offer much help.

Nigel

There is some info in the builders database but I've no idea how up to date it is.

His email in July 2006 was urias@cmail.cz please let us know whether this still works. (He posted this...

My videos would be mostly me standing around trying to figure out how to avoid mistakes I made previously, leading me to make new mistakes, and then trying to figure out how to fix the new ones.

Adrian, not everyone has a keen eye or a steady hand. Even those that do now might not as they age.

So...
I went right back to the bench and took this shot after walking to the computer and seeing this thread. I put the removed rosette material on the top of the guitar so show what had been done,...

I buy it here in Slovakia. It's local product and friend buys by dozen directly from producer for his fireplace so he has better price (normally around 3+EUR per bottle in retail)
here is the eshop...