Cymro -> RE: Which set of plans? (Nov. 21 2010 7:45:35)
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Thanks for the replies; I've only just read them since we had a few friends round yesterday to help celebrate the day (60 down, 40 to go . . . ) OK, based on your collective experience, I'm sold on the Reyes plans. Maybe I'll try the Barbero at a later date? I agree that it would be helpful to have a teacher on hand, but I'm afraid that's just a wish. None of my friends, relatives or acquaintances are even woodworkers, let alone luthiers. I do have an 18-year-old son of a cousin on the Isle of Man who has built an electric guitar, but that's it . . . ! I'm afraid I will have to rely on what I can find in books - I have Irving Sloane, Donald McLeod (both probably 1960s/70s) John Bogdanovich, Jim Williams and Andrew Allen. The techniques used are fairly universal, (except for the McLeod book which uses a dovetailed neck joint) Some use a solera, some don't; some use a mould, some don't - but they all seem to work out in the end. I originally envisaged building a classical to modify into a flamenco guitar, but at that time I wasn't aware that the flamenco plans were available. The description of some of the techniques can be difficult to visualise from a book, but I find that actually doing the job usually points the way. I already have the wood for my project - the soundboard is Englemann spruce, cypress back and ribs, Spanish cedar for the neck and birdseye bocote for the fingerboard, bridge and head veneers (I may yet change the last two for some very nicely figured morado I have) Does that sound a good combination for the Reyes plans - not necessarily aesthetically, but in terms of tone production? Thanks again to you both for the advice; experience is a thing you can't beat and can't buy!
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