[mplpost] Sergei DeJong - Canadian Guitar Maker

[Rosalee Peppard]

Hi Steve

I bought my Canadian made classical guitar from Twelfth Fret (Toronto) a 
couple of years ago.  Its 'folklore': Steve Liethwood (sp?), then from the 
Oshawa area, was apparently apprenticing with Sergei and they built it 
circa. 1983-4, for Steve. At the Schusters' Y2K song-circle celebration, 
Grit Laskin recognized the style of its head and its markings as being 
Sergei's.
It's a lovely cut-away and sounds cello-mello - my portable baritone - stand 
back Nelson Eddy!  You and your listeners (OK, I couldn't resist...) can 
hear it on my autumn 2001 released cd "No Place Like Home", most clearly in 
songs: 'Evangeline' (where Paul Mills plays it) and 'The Spinning Wheel' 
(where I play it). Enjoy!

In Harmony
Rosalee



>From: Steve Fruitman <steve@backtothesugarcamp.com>
>Reply-To: maplepost@icomm.ca
>To: maplepost@icomm.ca
>Subject: [mplpost] Sergei DeJong - Canadian Guitar Maker
>Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:11:19 -0500
>
>I just started reading this thread so I would like to know if anyone has
>mentioned Sergei DeJonge yet? I bought a guitar off him in 1978 when he was
>living and working in a house on Dovercourt in Toronto. It's still an
>amazing guitar, incredibly well built and nearly indistructable. The sound
>is loud yet mellow and although I'll never be known as a guitar player, I
>just love having a great guitar to use when jamming or performing.
>
>So is Sergei still out there making guitars?
>
>He used to supply Drago M at the Millwheel.
>
>His brother made electric guitars.
>
>Steve Fruitman
>
>
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