Anders Eliasson -> RE: What is your favorite purfling system? (May 2 2012 16:38:01)
|
On blancas witout a dark heel cap, I like when you put at dark contrast veneer between the back and the heel. Just like Sean has done. To El Polaco: On a first guitar, my advice will be to do it simple. Better a well done simple purfling (on a blanca, no purfling) than a not so well made complicated purfling scheme. I make what I call windowed purling on both blancas and negras. You have photos of both things. My blancas and Deteresas negra. Its a lot more complicated to do it well on a blanca than on a negra. Mostly because the purfling is one layer thinner. Even though the difference is only 0,6mm, the negra purfling is a lot stiffer and easyer to handle and cut in 45 degrees. Besides, on a negra, you can glue it on seperately using superglue. Thats not a good idea on pale wood like cypress, because it may discolor the guitar
|
|
|
|