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RobF -> RE: Lining/peones used by Reyes (Dec. 12 2018 16:58:07)
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Yeah, 4mm seems to be a reasonable estimate. The example shown also doesn’t have any back purfling.
There are a couple of things about that guitar that are curious. The heel cap does not appear to be original, along with about 3mm of the heel itself. The replacement would have been done after the back was mounted, IMO, but quite possibly could have been done by Reyes during the build. The description says the guitar is unaltered and original, so one can only assume this was the case. Who knows? They probably confirmed this with Reyes.
The other thing I find curious is the statement that Reyes intentionally planed back bow into the neck with the intent to make the instrument more percussive. Say what?? Don’t do that, lol.
At least to my opinion, and no disrespect is intended to anyone, the only reason a maker would intentionally plane back bow into a fingerboard is if they were concerned that the neck wasn’t as stiff as they would like and were trying to compensate in advance for the possibility of excessive relief. Another reason for its occurrence could be as simple as getting a shipment of fretwire with a slightly larger tang than expected and inadvertently compression fretting back bow into the neck while fretting. In other words, a mistake. I can’t see why any qualified maker such as a Reyes or Barbero would ever incorporate back bow as design intent.
Regardless, just don’t do it, nobody’s going to give you a free pass if you show them a guitar with back bow and try to pass it off as “this is how the Old Masters did it....”.
We should do a thread listing some of the things guitar players, shop owners, and luthiers say about guitar making with “True”, “Maybe”, “Bunk”, “Total Bunk”, “Mythos”, Marketing”, and “Unexpurgated BS” columns. The checkmarks in the “True” column might feel a little lonely, lol.
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