Anders Eliasson -> RE: Soundboards: tap-tones, flexing, grain patterns (Feb. 13 2007 8:25:45)
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So, I'm guessing that you personally don't tap tune your guitars? Do you do what Cumpiano talks about-- quench the bell like tones on the soundboard? I do it my way, exactly what this article says. There are no golden "this is easy" rules" I tap, I listen, I take notes I do all I can to make my intuition as awake as possible. Thats the most important thing together with knowing when you are mentaly "there" or not. Some things you have to be in a certain mood (Zen) to do. I´m building the so called natural way just like Cumpiano and this means I dont really believe much in all these tecnical helpers. They can be a help, but they certainly be a huge distraction as well. How many electronic strobe tuners did Stradivarius or Torres have. And you are wrong, I´m not making this sound too easy, but I´m trying to make you build instead of complicating your own life. I wrote: If you can make an even soundboard and back, a square box and a correct neckangle, the guitar will play and sound........ Choose a relatively simple strut system. I will recommend for a first flamenco guitar, 5 braces, bridgepatch and 2 closing struts layed out more "normal" than Barberos plan. Get a good spruce soundboard, German or Engelmann, doesnt matter, make it to around 2,1mm, make sure all braces are more or less same size and weight. Back, cypress (Med, monterrey or CDN) make it around 2,4mm. Sides 2,5mm, thin neck, adjust the neckangle, so that with the fingerboard on, without frets, you can put a long straight edge on the fingerboard and you should have some 2mm between the straightedge and the soundboard where the bridge is going to be. If that sounds too easy to you, go ahead and build....[;)] If you are not sure about your woodworking capacity, work wood instead of reading books about electronics. The old school says to build your jigs and molds before the instrument. Thats a VERY good advice. Its cheap and it´ll show you where you are. Next step, learn to sharpen tools and how to use them.
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