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Andy Culpepper -> More #1 pics (Feb. 3 2010 14:02:33)

It's coming along..everything takes twice as long when you are learning..but at least I haven't absolutely mangled anything yet. I should be playing it in the white without bindings by the end of the week! Woo-hoo!

Here's the box closed up



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Andy Culpepper -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 3 2010 14:03:51)

Edges trimmed and fingerboard ready to go on.



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jstelzer -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 3 2010 16:55:31)

It looks like you have put a lot of effort into this project and your results look pretty darn impressive.

One recommendation .. I suggest that you install the bindings ( at least on the top ) before glueing on the fingerboard.

Old Jim in La Pine



Anders Eliasson -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 0:39:54)

It looks very good, but also a bit massive to me. Are you going to carve the heel some more? Also, how thick is your headstock? The headplae looks thick as well or maybe its just because the holes are very close to the headplate
Remember that on a flamenco its iportant to take away weight from the neck and head.
The box looks very good
I agree with jstelzer Bindings and purfling before the rest.



Andy Culpepper -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 5:08:31)

Thanks for the comments guys, it definitely has been a lot of effort but one of the most fun things I've ever done. I haven't felt this way since I first picked up the guitar [8D]

The heel and the neck are definitely getting carved down more.

Drilling the holes that close to the headplate was a silly mistake caused by having too much jiggery in the way. But the head is a fairly normal thickness.

Too late guys the fingerboard is on [:)]
I'm going to be doing quite a bit of thinning the edges of the top in the lower bout after the thing is strung up in the white so my teacher suggested to do the bindings later even though it will be more difficult...



at_leo_87 -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 7:47:00)

that's so friggen cool! if you ever start putting out a lot of guitars, you can send them to me and i'll break them in free of charge. [:D]



Andy Culpepper -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 14:39:41)

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if you ever start putting out a lot of guitars, you can send them to me and i'll break them in free of charge.


After this one's done, to break it in, I think I'll take a speaker and blast Paco and Camaron into the soundhole at top volume for 72 hours. Thanks for the offer though [:D]



estebanana -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 15:21:16)

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Too late guys the fingerboard is on
I'm going to be doing quite a bit of thinning the edges of the top in the lower bout after the thing is strung up in the white so my teacher suggested to do the bindings later even though it will be more difficult...


well........for next time, when builders speak of tweaking the sound ( or voicing as it's formally called) in the white they usually mean getting it in the general zone and putting the binding on. Then you carve the neck glue on the bridge and finish all the wood working. Then you string it up and sand and scrape the top to voice it.

You'll be fine, but there's something that happens to the top after you put the binding on. When you cut the binding channels around the top it lowers the thump tones of the top. It makes the top go slack. When the bindings get glued on it raises the pitch of the top tap tones again, but maybe not to same pitch they were before the binding channels were cut.

I'm just saying you might want to think about that. When you get experience you can make the judgement call on how thick the top is before binding and you don't have to go through the two things you have to go through next. One taking the fingerboard back off to bind - Two not knowing if the the top will thump the same way after you voice it and then cut the binding channel.

Just saying.



jstelzer -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 18:23:44)

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You'll be fine, but there's something that happens to the top after you put the binding on. When you cut the binding channels around the top it lowers the thump tones of the top. It makes the top go slack. When the bindings get glued on it raises the pitch of the top tap tones again, but maybe not to same pitch they were before the binding channels were cut.



A good example of that is the guitar that I'm just getting ready to finish up. After scraping down the bindings I began tapping and testing the deflection again. The change in tone was so significant that I immediately looked inside to see if I had left a rag in the body. And I have a very poor ear.

Old Jim in La Pine



at_leo_87 -> RE: More #1 pics (Feb. 4 2010 20:54:13)

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After this one's done, to break it in, I think I'll take a speaker and blast Paco and Camaron into the soundhole at top volume for 72 hours. Thanks for the offer though


have it your way [:(]



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