HemeolaMan -> RE: Recomended Book (Jan. 28 2009 20:46:24)
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well, firstly welcome to the foro! secondly, you wont find books on building flamenco guitars. But, the bogdanovich and the courtnall books are solid gold. they will show you how to build a guitar. That is the key. The differences of a flamenco guitar are slight, but important. If you understand the process of making the guitar you will be easily able3 to incorporate the small differences. You just buy the plan for a flamenco guitar and follow it. As for the actual building, I have found that sometimes I get stuck. When I do my immediate reaction is to jump on the compy and head for the foro. This is generally a bad idea. because most often the response is "use your intuition" because, for the large part, thats how you build a guitar. it isnt rocket science, there is more than one right answer, and if you screw up, hey you learned a new way not to make a guitar! Another really awesome resource is the El Guitarrero video you see the banner ad for at the top of the page. If you watch closely you'll see all sorts of details, like for example, how anders shapes the braces so that they are flared up higher on the end closest to the sound hole. That and his general low key way and calmness will help reassure you that building a guitar is really just about taking some time. Best of luck!
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