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    Into The Woods

    Jun 26, 2020 3 minutes
    Words David Mead

    Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars in Surrey is a strong advocate for alternative timbers for her acoustic guitars, favouring woods that are indigenous to the UK. Acknowledging that it’s not easy to tear up the rulebook, especially where die-hard traditionalists are concerned, she tells the story of building an acoustic for a customer in the US who is old-school to the point that most of the other guitars in his collection are Sitka spruce and rosewood. But Rosie built him an acoustic

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