Thurman Guitar & Violin Repair, Inc.

Sales, repair, restoration of new and used guitar and violins.

Thurman Guitar, since 1974, specializes in the sales and repair of electric, classical, acoustic guitars and violins. Roger Thurman is the inventor of the "multi-dimensional sound port" which greatly improves the tone, projection and playability of a guitar or violin's sound. Thurman Guitar stocks a variety of new and used instruments and features LoPrinzi classical guitars.

Porting a Flamenco during build

Posted by Frank Ashley on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 00:42.

Hello,

I am having a Flamenco guitar built and the luthier, Peter Tsiorba, has agreed to add sound ports. I am having difficulty finding info on your multi-dimensional port system or pictures of guitars which have been modified with this fascinating approach! Here is the guitar sans ports and I hope you can possibly give me and Peter, the luthier some direction with our eforts. I think that porting is essential but you have extrapolated, employing this concept, far beyond anything I have yet seen in my 40 years of playing guitar! Please take a look:

http://picasaweb.google.com/guitarsbypeter/BiancaBlanca#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACiu-8qm_r8

Best regards,

Frank Ashley

violin amp

Posted by Mark on Tue, 09/09/2003 - 19:09.

Could you recommend a good amp for accoustic hollow violin?
If so, will it also work well for an accoustic guitar?
Thanx,
Mark

need" fiddle" peg

Posted by dave segelquist on Wed, 03/06/2002 - 20:54.

sir i am searching for in expensive violin tuning keys to use in black powder powder horns -can you help? quantity wholesale pricing

Hello from the past

Posted by Thomas Zankert on Wed, 10/27/1999 - 15:18.

Roger,
I don't know if you remember me but I was in Kent during the late 70's and early 80's. I took leesons from cristopher. I'm friend with Jerry Kostaleck. As the matter of fact he was the best man in my wedding last month.
Goog to see that you are still doing what you love. I am looking to buy a classical guitar..my first "good" one. I am intersted in Takamine Hirade Models H-15 or H-8ss. Do you know anything about them?
Do you hav anything special at your store???
Let me know. Thanks TOm

Re: Hello from the past

Posted by preseas on Wed, 01/30/2002 - 10:43.

: Roger,
: I don't know if you remember me but I was in Kent during the late 70's and early 80's. I took leesons from cristopher. I'm friend with Jerry Kostaleck. As the matter of fact he was the best man in my wedding last month.
: Goog to see that you are still doing what you love. I am looking to buy a classical guitar..my first "good" one. I am intersted in Takamine Hirade Models H-15 or H-8ss. Do you know anything about them?
: Do you hav anything special at your store???
: Let me know. Thanks TOm

I have an H-15 and it is a work of art!!!

Repair Question

Posted by Dusan on Mon, 08/30/1999 - 04:29.

I have a Yamaha Pacifica Strat with one vol., one tone knobs, 2 single coils (stock), and 1 humbucking pickup (4 wire-Gibson 490T, green, red, white, black wires). I have a few questions:

-What is my guitar setup concidered, serial, parallel, in phase, out of phase...?
-How do I install a toggle switch to switch between the humbucking mode and a single coil mode? I have the red wire of my hb pickup going to the switch, black and white soldered together, and green grounded.

If you could answer my questions at your leasure, that would be greatly apreciated.

Thank You,
Dusan