Tom Blackshear -> RE: Anybody ever seen this in a flamenco guitar? (Apr. 19 2010 11:40:26)
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ORIGINAL: aarongreen Sorry about that. I agree, its best to stick with your way of doing things if it works for you. Certainly a thick board up to the 19th is great, I prefer to thin mine out on my blancas though to keep it lighter, that and I don't have as much up angle on my necks to allow for a real thick board. I agree that there will always be some compensations in building guitars and that there will be several ways to do it :-) I used to build with a tapered board before 1984 but changed it due to Pepe Romero's request to Tim Micklaucic at GSI, that I build a Rodriguez style board, which was the same thickness for his playing purposes, at that time. The tapered board worked for me too, but I saw some advantage in several areas of building and playing technique by switching to a even thickness fret board. Then I viewed the 2003 Reyes flamenco, (Up Close); like the Miguel Rodriguez style, and this confirmed to me the idea that Flamenco guitars are traditionally OK with it. I've seen plenty of even boards on many other guitars over the years but it didn't sink in until I put it together with the Rodriguez and the Reyes styles. I will say one thing, tapered boards are a lot easier to build, imo. There aren't all these other facets/measurements/building techniques to worry about :-)
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