Ervin Somogyi – Maker of high-end steel string guitars.
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Guitar Models - Ervin Somogyi
The OO is my streamlined and visually improved version of the standard small-bodied OO guitar. It can be made in both 12- and 14-fret versions. I can also make the yet smaller Parlor and O guitars, or pretty much anything one might want.
Pricing - Ervin Somogyi
Guitar Price List as of April, 2023. My price for a guitar is currently $49,800 plus whatever customizing features or design elements you want, plus applicable tax and shipping. This price applies to any of my guitar models (Modified Dreadnought, Jumbo, OM, OOO, OO, Studio, Flamenco, or Classical).
GUITAR #469 – SOLD - Ervin Somogyi
This is a new OM Cutaway guitar. It has the following features: Brazilian rosewood back and sides (see note #1 below) Sitka spruce face; Mahogany neck and head with the hand-shaped “Somogyi” design; Peghead with front and back decorative veneers, and a carved volute at the head-neck junction; Sculpted ebony bridge with a wide compensated ...
Resumé - Ervin Somogyi
1983 Somogyi guitar selected and given as first prize for the National Fingerpicking Championships, Winfield, Kansas; 1982 Winner, "Best Luthier" category, Frets Magazine; 1981 Windham Hill artists Alex de Grassi and Daniel Hecht play solo performances at Carnegie Hall, playing Somogyi guitars
Guitars: Custom Options - Ervin Somogyi
“Custom options” includes whatever you and I can agree on that will make your guitar be as you want it to be, whether that is artistic, ergonomic, tonal, structural, having to do with special woods or materials, or some feature of design . . . but short of installing an espresso spigot on the treble side and carving an image of Elvis on the ...
Articles - Ervin Somogyi
“Our sample Somogyi Dreadnought’s composite score of 93.7 is among the highest we’ve awarded any guitar in the past year. In playing tests, we were impressed with the guitar’s playability and balance and its broad range of tone color.”
Bio - Ervin Somogyi
I’ve taught classes in guitar making, design, voicing, and repair both privately and in schools, lectured and given workshops and hands-on demonstrations at many national conventions and lutherie symposia.
Principles of Guitar Dynamics and Design - Ervin Somogyi
Guitar dynamics are the study of how a guitar top moves. In his book Understanding Wood Bruce Hoadley says that the load bearing capacity of a piece of wood is reduced by 50% when you reduce its height by 20%.
Bio – Humorous - Ervin Somogyi
Somogyi’s relationship with the guitar began early on, cutting his teeth as he did with the seminal rock groups The Aluminati (whose signature look was wearing aluminum foil hats), The Al Gorethms (whose focus was too intellectual, yet wildly placid and unexciting), and Möbius Dick — whose redündant melödies were reminiscent of the ...