Ramón -> RE: Flamenco 15 ~ Back n' bizness! (Sep. 9 2006 23:15:00)
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Thanks Sean! I wanted to keep the design a bit more simple and elegant. I saw a peghead that had 'little going on', and I thought it just looked right. Don't care for the real elaborate designs, generally. Juan Martin had/has a peghead like that. Where I got the idea for 'simple', and I like pegs because the headstock doesn't flare out so much as with machines. The headplate wood is the macassar ebony. Guy in Oregon sells that stuff, along with bindings, and he picked me out a winner! Although ebony's LOTS of fun to bend and stuff! Gary: Never did, and now can't take any final measurements on the neck (strings), but I think I was around 21/22mm at the 1 and like 23-24 at the 9th. Something like that, but when I came down to it, it was just what 'felt right', not about acheiving a predetermined thickness. I used Bob Hein's templates a bit, too, as his necks get lots of kudos for feel, shape, and 'speed'... But necks are WAAAY harder than it would seem! A lot going on there! So here's a few pics of the neck, one with a barr chord to get a feel of it. Ramon
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