Hi Tom. I bought both a TP-30 in spruce and cedar about 2005 and they are still my favorite guitars sounding as good or better than guitars costing double or triple the money. Wish you continued success!
Was nice talking to you today Tom I respect your honesty and respect to your guitar family you creating with such love to the Art of classic and Spanish guitar .
The Julia Florida, I have played hundreds of times over the years on my Spruce TP 30, I prefer Augustine strings, why do all good guitars sound great with Augustine strings? Anywho, I believe after these years of playing mine several hours a day, i believe my TP 30 sounds better today than it did the first year. I am guessing that the wood eventually relaxes into its job and allows the sound to be less obstructed by tension. The other part is I am amazed at how far the sound of my TP 30 holds up, even outside on quiet dry evenings, when another guitarist played my guitar for me.. I have tried super expensive guitars that sound loud and full up close and then not so good at a distance. That projection is not so easily explained in mechanical terms, but i assure it is a very real thing.
Yours is such a great story with your own supply of spruce. I picked up the guitar again after learning as a child after a 30 year hiatus a couple of years ago. Bought a Cordoba c7 as at the time that seemed an appropriate price point in case I would no stick with it. I have been eyeing an upgrade for a while. I remember my teacher way back when who had a 20 thousand guilders guitar and I couldn't believe how that thing boomed compared to my humble Aria practice guitar. I love the clarity of the spruce but each time I am spending my money I seem to get drawn to the warmer sound of the cedar. I noticed that your spruce actually has a very warm sound to it to my ears anyway compared to other spruce guitars. I would love to visit your shop and compare the two and also to my c7. Perhaps I'll take a drive when this pandemic is over. I just saw my own comment on Ken Meyer's video from 2 years ago maybe I should just order one LOL.!
I have the Pavan TP-30 and TP-10! I appreciate your customer service and ability to provide a personal experience. Your knowledge as a luthier and classical guitarist ensures each guitar is set up properly. Thank you for your service to the classical guitar community!
Hi Tom. I bought both a TP-30 in spruce and cedar about 2005 and they are still my favorite guitars sounding as good or better than guitars costing double or triple the money. Wish you continued success!
I purchased one of his guitars about a year ago. It's an amazing musical instrument both sound wise and appearance.
Was nice talking to you today Tom I respect your honesty and respect to your guitar family you creating with such love to the Art of classic and Spanish guitar .
JeanPaul here. I bought a TP-30 from you last year. Still super happy with it. It's actually sounding better as it settles.
Hi JeanPaul, Great to hear you're enjoying your TP-30.
The Julia Florida, I have played hundreds of times over the years on my Spruce TP 30, I prefer Augustine strings, why do all good guitars sound great with Augustine strings? Anywho, I believe after these years of playing mine several hours a day, i believe my TP 30 sounds better today than it did the first year. I am guessing that the wood eventually relaxes into its job and allows the sound to be less obstructed by tension. The other part is I am amazed at how far the sound of my TP 30 holds up, even outside on quiet dry evenings, when another guitarist played my guitar for me.. I have tried super expensive guitars that sound loud and full up close and then not so good at a distance. That projection is not so easily explained in mechanical terms, but i assure it is a very real thing.
Yours is such a great story with your own supply of spruce. I picked up the guitar again after learning as a child after a 30 year hiatus a couple of years ago. Bought a Cordoba c7 as at the time that seemed an appropriate price point in case I would no stick with it. I have been eyeing an upgrade for a while. I remember my teacher way back when who had a 20 thousand guilders guitar and I couldn't believe how that thing boomed compared to my humble Aria practice guitar.
I love the clarity of the spruce but each time I am spending my money I seem to get drawn to the warmer sound of the cedar. I noticed that your spruce actually has a very warm sound to it to my ears anyway compared to other spruce guitars.
I would love to visit your shop and compare the two and also to my c7. Perhaps I'll take a drive when this pandemic is over.
I just saw my own comment on Ken Meyer's video from 2 years ago maybe I should just order one LOL.!
I have the Pavan TP-30 and TP-10! I appreciate your customer service and ability to provide a personal experience. Your knowledge as a luthier and classical guitarist ensures each guitar is set up properly.
Thank you for your service to the classical guitar community!
I have the tp10 and am considering buying a tp30. May I ask why you still keep your tp10 if you purchased the 30?
very pretty guitars :)
Are these guitars made by Juan Hernandez?
I see some TP30 630's out there but they're hard to find info on. I also see you don't make the 630 scale any longer... why'd you stop?
Hi Dan! TP-30 630 mm string scale are still available. They have always been available as special order guitars. Thanks for your interest