Gaëlle Solal plays the ’Newspaper Guitar’ / Choro N°1 - H. Villa Lobos

This guitar was made by Master Luthier Walter Verreydt within the framework of the Leonardo Guitar Research Project. A modern take on an experiment by Antonio de Torres, the back and sides of this guitar were made by gluing together 40 layers of newspaper using a mold. It seriously raises the question as to how much the materials used for backs and sides contribute to the overall sound of an instrument. See also Gaële Solal playing 16 guitars, made from different timber, in one musical piece: