Edible flamenco guitar

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Graham_B

Posts: 283
Joined: Jul. 10 2007
From: Leigh, Lancashire, UK

Edible flamenco guitar

I thought you might like to see this.

Yesterday was Louis_B’s 13th birthday so his mum decided to make a special cake in the shape of a ‘playable’ flamenco guitar.

Her task was to bake and decorate the cake.
My task was to make a neck, bridge and base assembly to enable strings to be tensioned.

We used his Manuel Rodriguez C3F as a template so it’s a rather large cake!

The result:
- It didn’t play as well as a more ‘traditional’ flamenco guitar – golpes were VERY messy!
- The action was far too high – more like a classical.
- The sound was not particularly loud – maybe it needed a sound port?
- The icing is thinner than the C3F finish.
- Maybe the world’s first 12 hole bridge to be used on a cake?
- Much, much tastier than the timber version.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 9 2010 4:32:47

Ron.M

Posts: 7051
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: Edible flamenco guitar (in reply to Graham_B)

HaHaHa! Graham,

That's really cool!

You should have posted this under the "losing weight" thread!

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 9 2010 4:54:27

TAKITAKATA

Posts: 70
Joined: Jun. 20 2009

RE: Edible flamenco guitar (in reply to Graham_B)

Brilliant !!!

Happy Birthday Louis

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 9 2010 5:16:39

TAKITAKATA

Posts: 70
Joined: Jun. 20 2009

RE: Edible flamenco guitar (in reply to Graham_B)

Who said learing Flamenco guitar was a piece of cake !

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 10 2010 15:27:45

at_leo_87

Posts: 3055
Joined: Aug. 30 2008
From: Boston, MA, U.S.A

RE: Edible flamenco guitar (in reply to Graham_B)

that's one of the coolest things i've ever seen. is the bridge and neck made out of wood?

happy birthday louis!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 10 2010 15:38:36

Graham_B

Posts: 283
Joined: Jul. 10 2007
From: Leigh, Lancashire, UK

RE: Edible flamenco guitar (in reply to at_leo_87)

quote:

is the bridge and neck made out of wood?

The bridge is made from 2 mahogany French window offcuts glued together. I mounted it on a wooden block screwed to the base board so I could tension the strings. Finished with a drop of olive oil

The neck is made out of a piece of pine from an old bed.
I built it as accurately as I could so it has a scarf jointed head, ply head veneer from my cajon build, Spanish heel, old tuners from Louis' C3F.
Again finished with a drop of olive oil
Strings by D'Addario

Cake luthiery at its best and cheapest!!!

Seriously though, I enjoyed fabricating the the neck and bridge so much I'm very tempted to try a real build.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 11 2010 0:34:53

KMMI77

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Joined: Jul. 26 2009
From: The land down under

RE: Edible flamenco guitar (in reply to Graham_B)

Cool cake!! This will make a nice memory for your son. Maybe you could make him a real real guitar for next year although that will be hard to top the year after.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 11 2010 1:05:31