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Joined: Jun. 14 2006
From: Quebec City, Canada
RE: Making first guitar - Progress (in reply to DoctorX2k2)
Update :
Here are 2 shots... no backshots yet as the neck isn't entirely finished... I sanded through it and I'll refinish it soon. Mid-term exams won't allow me to work any faster . I haven't done any "Buzz chasing" work so sound clips will follow in the next weeks.
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RE: Making first guitar - Progress (in reply to Francisco)
Looks and sounds great, Doc. I was looking at the serviced kits at LMII, and couldn't find the scale and nut width of the guitar. Is this something that can be manipulated during the build? Or are the kits sold in a standard size? Also, what resources did you use to research the building process? Thanks
Ramón
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Someone played my #1 at a dance class the other night, and as I walked across the room, I cannot believe what a cannon it is! Almost as loud as the guitar that's amp'd!
Hey Ramón, was there a particular technique you used to achieve this? Did you use one of those LMII kits too?
Posts: 211
Joined: Jun. 14 2006
From: Quebec City, Canada
RE: Making first guitar - Progress (in reply to Francisco)
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ORIGINAL: samwise
Looks and sounds great, Doc. I was looking at the serviced kits at LMII, and couldn't find the scale and nut width of the guitar. Is this something that can be manipulated during the build? Or are the kits sold in a standard size? Also, what resources did you use to research the building process? Thanks
For the scale, you can actually customize kits to fit your needs. Mine was a 650mm 19 frets serviced fingerboard. They come very large and you have to tape them down to the width and thickness you want. Same thing for the nuts.
I mostly used Cumpiano's book because he uses mostly hand tools and the OLF forums. I still built a guitar mold even though Cumpiano's doesn't use them... but I had no choice with prebent sides.
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Joined: Feb. 23 2005
From: La Jolla, Ca
RE: Making first guitar - Progress (in reply to Francisco)
Hola Samwise, y todo...
Since it was my first guitar, I have no idea of whys and hows ...It just is what it is, you know? I was talking to a German friend who played the guitar, who is sponsored by Robert Ruck, and he and I laughed together when I said that if I did this again, #2 and 3 would probably come out WORSE than #1, then #4 would be better.... Who knows?!
I built completely from 'lumber' from LMII and others. Kevin Murray has a nice selection of woods, too, for those considering:
So no, no kit. However, the luthier where I built my guitar, built his very first guitar from LMII's 'kit'. It's probably the 'driest' and most 'Spanish' sounding of his guitars.....Monterey Cypress, Engelmann top. For the money, there's no way to beat it. And other than 'macheeen toooners', I might try one sometime.
So it looks like I'm going to build again, too. Getting set up. A few people have been asking, so I think I'm going to build 2 more at once to make sure I have to process down in my mind, take more pics, keep a journal as I work with notes, sketches, etc... So I can look back to each step, compare, double check...
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. I haven't done any "Buzz chasing" work so sound clips will follow in the next weeks. 
...It just is what it is, you know? I was talking to a German friend who played the guitar, who is sponsored by Robert Ruck, and he and I laughed together when I said that if I did this again, #2 and 3 would probably come out WORSE than #1, then #4 would be better.... Who knows?! 
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