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Today I've just finished final exams I've got very good results with my first guitar in sound and intonation,play-ability is good but the guitar is somehow heavy as I used heavy wood for neck (that was my fault), also I made trusses for the sides (I was afraid that the guitar might break from the string tension). The finish was not very good as someone told me after that that shellac sold in my country is not good as the imported one and I don't know will I be able to find it or no.
Now In my country guitar players go to the factory guitars like Cordoba Alhambra Manuel Rodriguez and Paco Castillo and they like their finish.
So I have to make a guitar that has a better sound with lower price same finish and weight. they don't ever care how the maker suffer to make the guitar, and me as a player I do so.
RE: Should I continue in making guitars? (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco)
You will bankrupt yourself very quickly trying to compete directly with companies like cordoba. You would have to put yourself in a different league, and if there is no market for this league in your area than you may need to consider a different profession.
RE: Should I continue in making guitars? (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco)
I think you should stop thinking so much and build a couple of guitars because you like it. Then later on see what happens. Use decent wood (cedar for the neck!!) and be proud of making something good instead of making crap. Where you live, i can imagine that making good quality guitars and be able to sell them with a profit is VERY complicated, so dont think to much about that for now.
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RE: Should I continue in making guitars? (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco)
Yes keep making guitars, but you should stick to traditional materials; spruce or cedar for the soundboard, cypress or rosewood for the back, cedar for the neck and ebony for the fingerboard.
You are an engineer so you will only have time to make a few guitars, so make the best. Use the best materials and aim for excellent workmanship.
Thats what I try to do myself, but i don't always succeed, of course. I only make a few guitars a year, so each one is special. I have found that its much easier to sell a guitar made from traditional materials, so you should pay the extra to import the right wood, if you can.
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