Videos of Me Making a Negra

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constructordeguitarras

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Joined: Jan. 29 2012
From: Seattle, Washington, USA

Videos of Me Making a Negra

I'd like to share with you these videos that my friend Maymi made while I was making a flamenca negra guitar for her (in self defense, because we have been playing together and her old guitar sounded so bad). She wasn't present the whole time I worked on it, but I am amazed at how much of the time she did hang around.

My techniques are constantly evolving, as I'm sure yours are too, so the way I did something in the videos is not necessarily how I do it now.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 14:07:02

FullMetalGuitarist

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RE: Videos of Me Making a Negra (in reply to constructordeguitarras)

Thanks for posting those videos Mario (or Ethan?)

Its nice the whole process from start to finish.
3 questions:
1. was it a vacuum cleaner through with you passes all the parts?
2. At least from what I'v seen in the video the solera's neck is flat rather then angled ,isn't it?
3. I always thought that the neck and the heel are made from one piece of wood , no?

Oh , ye , last one: How long all this process take?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 15:44:33

constructordeguitarras

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RE: Videos of Me Making a Negra (in reply to FullMetalGuitarist)

Ethan or Mario is fine.

I'm not sure I understand your first question. The big hoses are part of my dust collection system.

My solera does have a ramp to angle the neck, to 3 mm at 320 mm from the 12th fret. Moreover, it is hollowed out up to about a centimeter from the edges, below the lower harmonic bar, rather than dished to a spherical section (or whatever you would call that).

Traditionally the heel is made from a stack of pieces which are each about the same thickness as the neck piece, but I often use a single block for the heel. It is rare for a neck and heel block to be all one piece and I have never done it; it would waste a lot of wood to cut it out.

It takes about 125 hours to build one and then sometimes that much in addition to finish (varnish) if I am unlucky. This one was varnished with spar (marine) varnish, but lately I have been French polishing which takes about 25 hours.

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Ethan Deutsch
www.edluthier.com
www.facebook.com/ethandeutschguitars
www.youtube.com/marioamayaflamenco
I always have flamenco guitars available for sale.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 16:50:07