From the Summer 2016 issue of Classical Guitar | BY THÉRÉSE WASSILY SABA Over the past 100 years, the demands of a concert classical guitarist’s musical life—performing in large theaters, playing chamber music with other instruments that produce a substantially greater volume, performing concertos with orchestras, and recording—have forced guitarists to demand much more from their instruments. Thus, the challenge has presented itself to guitar makers throughout the world to build guitars with greater volume, more sustain, and increased sound … Continue reading Gernot Wagner: The Master Luthier on the Double-Top Movement and His Influences