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MasterclassiSound Academy, Rende

A day with the instruments in hand

Alberto De Gattis presenta gli strumenti sul palco, con le fotografie della lavorazione proiettate alle spalle

The guitars were on their stands, plugged in and tuned, and anyone who wanted could pick one up and play it. It is the most direct way to understand a handmade instrument, and the only one that cannot be put into words: a neck either sits right in your hand or it does not, and you know within ten seconds.

In the room there were a Tele Modern, a white Tele Thinline and a Strato. On the screen behind them ran photographs of the making: where you start from, what is inside a body before it is closed.

The photographs

Il palco con tre chitarre De Gattis sui reggistrumento e un chitarrista che suonaLa sala vista dal fondo, con il pubblico seduto e il palco illuminatoUn partecipante prova una chitarra De Gattis sul palcoUn chitarrista suona una De Gattis davanti alle fotografie della lavorazione