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Jim Redgate

Jim Redgate is an Australian classical guitar luthier, who

owns Redgate Guitars. As of 2012, he makes four mod-

els, the lattice-braced, the double-top, and the new wave

double-top and traditional fan braced. His customers in-

cludePepe Romero,Ana Vidovic,Ralph Towner,Slava

Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan, Bertrand Thomas, Jeff

Young,Gareth Koch,Odair Assad,Wolfgang Muthspeil,

Karen Schaupp, Emmanuel Rossfelder, Hucky Eichel-

man, and Phillipe Mariotti.[1] One author said of him,

Like fellow AustralianGreg Smallman, Redgate builds

his(lattice braced) guitars with an arched back to improvetheir volume and projection, and he uses lightweight car-

bon fiber reinforcements under the soundboard. While

not as thin as a Smallmans, Redgates soundboards are

much lighter than traditionally braced examples, and his

guitars are therefore more responsive, energy efficient,

and louder than traditional classical instruments.[2]

1 References

[1] Redgate Guitars. Redgate Guitars. Retrieved 4 May

2012.

[2] Shaw, Robert (7 October 2008). Hand Made, Hand

Played: The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars. Ster-

ling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-

57990-787-7. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

2 External links

http://www.redgateguitars.com.au/

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