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RE: Building Guitar Number 100.
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Ruphus
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RE: Building Guitar Number 100. (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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Hello Keith, Thank you of reminding me to specify where the string holes should be! Gotta see which Luthier my neighbour consulted. If it is the one in town that I know, the man should have some routine with pegs, as he builds oriental instruments with pegs. Actually I wasn´t very fond of the works / eyeing them rather critically. ( No angle between headstocks and necks, glue excess, sloppy fretwork and setup, etc. - Which seems how it´s done traditionally; at least for mediocre shelf, though. - However, as the repair job with the guitar was done pretty clean and cheap, I shall sniff out the situation once again. Thank you, Ruphus
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Date Sep. 18 2012 10:35:41
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Anders Eliasson
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RE: Building Guitar Number 100. (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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Taking the soundboard down to its (almost) final thickness Soundwise, this is one of the most important steps in making a good guitar and I only do it when I feel good. I have to be tuned in myself in order to tune the soundboard. two of my most important tools are a weight, to weigh the thing and a reference soundboard, which is a soundboard that I know, with a rosette inlayed. That I flex together with the soundboards that I´m working on. Then comparing and weighing I reach the point where I say thats it. The thickness caliper is, of course, also important, but over the years, I´ve learnt not to use it to much, because each piece of wood is different and one piece of spruce ends up with 2,1mm while another ends up with 2,3mm and important... The thin one doesnt have to be the best. Not at all. What is important is to get it right. The thickness caliper I use mostly to make sure the soundboard has and even thickness. First I use a drum sander, then a scraper and a palm sander with a 120 and later 240 grit paper. Its important to leave the soundboard a bit thicker than you want it to be when the guitar has been finished. You have to scrape the bindings and final sand the whole guitar. This you´ll see later on in the process, but its where you devide the good builders and the not so good ones. Its very easy to take to much away especially close the the edges and then.... thats it. You cannot give it back.
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Date Sep. 19 2012 7:40:18
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mrMagenta
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From: Sweden
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RE: Building Guitar Number 100. (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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Very elegant pictures. This guitar will be special, whatever the number. If you choose not to keep it, I hope it will end up with someone who appreciates what has gone into it. During the last year and a half I've been touring with this kids show. Sound engineers and musicians have come up to me countless times asking about my guitar, nr. 73. Its an eye and ear catcher. It feels like I'm getting more compliments for my sound than my playing, which reflects some truth I think. The local luthier (also named Anders), liked it a lot. I will be playing on it for some kids tomorrow, and on sunday. Always makes me feel lucky. I play so little between shows because of the stubborn tendonosis I've got, and my repertoir is deteriorating, but the guitar cheers me up and injects me with new hope everytime. I've said all this before, I'm sure, just needed to voice my appreciation once more. Remember you have a friend in the north.
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Date Sep. 20 2012 10:59:44
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