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Graham_B -> Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 9 2010 4:32:47)

I thought you might like to see this.

Yesterday was Louis_B’s 13th birthday so his mum decided to make a special cake in the shape of a ‘playable’ flamenco guitar.

Her task was to bake and decorate the cake.
My task was to make a neck, bridge and base assembly to enable strings to be tensioned.

We used his Manuel Rodriguez C3F as a template so it’s a rather large cake!

The result:
- It didn’t play as well as a more ‘traditional’ flamenco guitar – golpes were VERY messy!
- The action was far too high – more like a classical.
- The sound was not particularly loud – maybe it needed a sound port?
- The icing is thinner than the C3F finish.
- Maybe the world’s first 12 hole bridge to be used on a cake?
- Much, much tastier than the timber version.



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Ron.M -> RE: Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 9 2010 4:54:27)

HaHaHa! Graham,

That's really cool!

You should have posted this under the "losing weight" thread! [;)][:D]

cheers,

Ron



TAKITAKATA -> RE: Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 9 2010 5:16:39)

Brilliant !!![:D][:D][:D] Happy Birthday Louis [:D]



TAKITAKATA -> RE: Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 10 2010 15:27:45)

Who said learing Flamenco guitar was a piece of cake ![:)]



at_leo_87 -> RE: Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 10 2010 15:38:36)

that's one of the coolest things i've ever seen. is the bridge and neck made out of wood?

happy birthday louis!



Graham_B -> RE: Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 11 2010 0:34:53)

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is the bridge and neck made out of wood?


The bridge is made from 2 mahogany French window offcuts glued together. I mounted it on a wooden block screwed to the base board so I could tension the strings. Finished with a drop of olive oil

The neck is made out of a piece of pine from an old bed.
I built it as accurately as I could so it has a scarf jointed head, ply head veneer from my cajon build, Spanish heel, old tuners from Louis' C3F.
Again finished with a drop of olive oil
Strings by D'Addario[:D]

Cake luthiery at its best and cheapest!!!

Seriously though, I enjoyed fabricating the the neck and bridge so much I'm very tempted to try a real build.



KMMI77 -> RE: Edible flamenco guitar (Jan. 11 2010 1:05:31)

Cool cake!! This will make a nice memory for your son. Maybe you could make him a real real guitar for next year although that will be hard to top the year after.[:D]



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