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Luis Colmenares

An engineer by trade, Luis Colmenares is a husband and a father from Venezuela who works as a project manager in the health sector. He spends most of his spare time tinkering about all things instrument-making related, from acoustic guitars, to electric basses, to effect pedals, and Eurorack modules. As a maker he sees his rather experimental instruments as means to learn something new, and also as opportunities to combine his passions for music, design, wood, and electronics.

▪ bio current as of 2021

A Modern Venezuelan Cuatro

2021
AL#142 p.22               
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▪ The traditional Venezuelan cuatro is a small 4-string instrument with a distinctive flush fretboard and wooden tap plate covering the entire upper bout. See our GAL Instrument Plan #58. The author of this article is a working musician and a member of the Venezuelan diaspora. He has developed an electric version of the instrument for playing the evolving music of the Venezuelan culture.