'The Art Of Making, Alma Flamenca': 299 Hours Of Guitar Construction In 3 Minutes (VIDEO)

What Instrument Takes 299 Hours To Make?

If you want to get rich, don't build flamenco guitars. The Spanish instruments take an improbable number of hours to come into being -- 299, according to a new film "The Art Of Making, Alma Flamenca."

The second in a series on people who work with their hands, the film, by Greece-based studio Deep Green Sea, documents the making of a single guitar by Greek builder Vassilis Lazarides. The process is compressed into 3 minutes and annotated in a way that makes it clear just how painstaking the labor really is -- at 238 hours in, Lazarides still has 15 coats of lacquer to apply. Still, some things are worth the effort: just check out that strung-through footage of Dutch guitarist Edsart Udo De Haes expertly strumming a finished instrument.

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To watch Deep Green Sea's earlier film "The Carpenter," head to the studio's site.

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