Flamingrae -> RE: New build Completed (Feb. 25 2012 1:58:46)
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id I understand you right, you made a peghead negra out of a dreadnought kit or what. Thats a different attitude to life. Ha! Well, the way things happened I was on the look out for materials, and I put a bid on ebay for some unfinished projects. The main lot was for a couple of unfinished guitars, both dreadnought patterns. One was in mahogany and the other in rosewood. Along with this was a bunch of bindings and other wood, mainly strutting but other useful bits too. I gathered from the seller that the original maker had given up on what he was doing so I figured that I had an open book to do what I wanted to. I pieced together enough of the original package to do what I thought would make a good instrument and then set about dismembering most of what I had bought. I dont know how the original maker did it but the ribs were bent at about 4mm thick and so there was plenty of material to loose. I had to get rid of all the linings and straighten everything. The back was good but the front needed re-jointing. I know that most advice is to go with a pattern until you find "logic" in what you are doing but I wanted to try something new and as I had no real emotional attachment with the package, I thought lets try and see what happens....... The top was thinned from 1.9 on the bass to 2.1 on the treble. This was a change for me as I've done even all over before - and I added a bridge support too, but that is standard on this pattern. I'm still trying to find a style and I guessed that this might not be to everyones taste in terms of decoration etc. but when you have an open book, why not try and see what happens. The next one will be more experimental re. the rosette and I'm going for a blanca with some 2nd grade cypress but good quality spruce. It's nice to hear you say about the trebles...even after a few hours they are improving. Thanks for your comments, I nearly put pics up of the first one just to check the difference. As they say, "mucha mierda" and catch you at a later stage.
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