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buliding a flamenco guitar- where to start?!?!
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r0bbie
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From: Holland
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RE: buliding a flamenco guitar- wher... (in reply to Haithamflamenco)
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Hi Haithamflamenco, This is a difficult question because do you want a GOOD flamenco or just a guitar that maybe looks like one and perheaps has the sound of a flamenco? It takes a master to build a realy good flamenco and usualy there best guitar is not the first they build. It might take ten guitars to even grasp the basics. Then the tools, I think you need at least some chissels 1 plane and some clamps. and even if you go for the cheapest tools you might end up spending 500 euro's for the tools alone. Then the wood, if you would produce a perfect guitar on the first try (against all odds) then it is wise to use the better wood and that will cost you say 300 euro. Then the books, I have two books, one from William Cumpiano and the other from Roy Courtnall and both are fine to start with but there is verry litlle about building a flamenco (If I had to advice I would say, go for Courtnall). They just lack the exact differences between a classical and a flamenco. In short, you spend about 1000 euro and you still have nothing, except for some tools and a pile of wood. Building a flamenco that does justice to your playing when you dont have experience is like buying a lottery ticket and hope you win. If you dont expect to build a perfect guitar at the first try then it is a lot of fun to start building. Then, on the second guitar you build you know where you screwed up on the first and it will be better, and still, there are new screw-ups. Each guitar will be better till you make a perfect one and I think that will take a long time. Its just the question if you would go this far to get a good flamenco guitar. Just my 2 cents :-)
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Date Jul. 20 2007 17:02:46
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Haithamflamenco
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From: Bahrain
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RE: buliding a flamenco guitar- wher... (in reply to Haithamflamenco)
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thanks robbie, i just have one qustion more, after finishing the construction of the guitar, what is the steps to start painting it, for the blancas, yellow, orange or red?? will i have a white maple guitar, very thin lequre, matt, problem of this finish is it make sounds when it contact with the clouths, so its a problem when u recorder with it when u play in studios, so how can i painted ?!?! what is the procedure to do that??
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Date Jul. 21 2007 5:46:31
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Haitham Nowadays humity is not a problem: you can buy cheap dehumidifiers which will maintain a workshop at any point you choose. We have exactly the same problem in Cadiz. Remember that wood needs time to aclimatise: leave it for a year in the correct humidity before working it. Mi compañero Rafael Lopez (he learned with José Romanillos) offers a course in Cadiz in August. Suerte Sean
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Date Jul. 23 2007 14:31:43
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Haithamflamenco
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RE: buliding a flamenco guitar- wher... (in reply to Haithamflamenco)
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but if you add things up, flight, your stay there, the masterclass itself I think you need at least 4000 euro. I would take a shortcut and buy a great guitar from a great builder for that money if I was only intrested in a good guitar. hi robbie, i dont know why i refused to pay 4000 euros for a guitar but i am will to spend it on learning how to build it, its the joy of building the guitar, its the moment when u tie up the strings and u cant wait untill u hear the sound, its exatly when u drag racing, which i is used to, u can buy ready drag race car and race with it and u may win, but its much joy when u build the car and u modified it build the engine,build the tube chassis etccc... its like setting a project then a plan to build then the result, its like invention and discovery, i just love those feelings, oleeeee
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Date Jul. 24 2007 13:18:09
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Haithamflamenco
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hi roddies, thanks , i am going to do that, yesterday i went to " oud" luthier in my town "isa town", he make hande made "oud", i asked him alot of qustion about woods, finishing,binding etcc. he shows me alot of wood typw he have like, oak, walnut, indian rose wood,spruce,ceder, ebony and alot of african wood that he dont no there name in english, he show me a very strange african wood " red color, so most easist woor for me to get is the indian rose wood, cause we have plenty here in bahrain , they use it to build old tradtional furniture, and also indian is not to far from bahrain " 2 hours by plane", then the rest of wood can be found from egypet, so now i know where i can get the wood from, now i only need the skill which is the most important thing, by the way, one year ago i built a cajon, and its so perfect, i will post a subject about it, haitham
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Date Jul. 28 2007 6:40:41
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