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RE: my new francisco navarro! (in reply to VietFlamenco)
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I ordered a Student-2 Flamenco model recently. Anyone know the style this guitar was built in? Both Ron Hudson and Tom Nunez don't specify what model it is on their site. Here is a link.
They are all Santos Hernandez designs, apart from the Reyes model.
RE: my new francisco navarro! (in reply to at_leo_87)
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i'll probably do a complete makeover and redo my nut, saddle, and buy new tuners. but in the meantime, im just getting used to my guitar the way it is.
Can you make me a nut and saddle also? The tuners I'll order myself I want to upgrade the tuners also, but really don't have a clue about it. Some say around 80 euros you have really good ones, and if the prices get higher its more handmade-twidely bits etc. But they need to be black
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RE: my new francisco navarro! (in reply to CuerdasDulces)
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ORIGINAL: CuerdasDulces You got those for your Yamaha? do they make a difference?
I got them for a more expensive guitar but I wound-up installing them on my Yamaha. They just "looked" right.
I found the original tuning machines on my Yamaha to be just fine. As I mentioned to Anthony, ensuring that the grooves in your nut are properly cut and smoothed is probably as important as the tuning machines. I replaced the nut of my Yamaha with bone and had done the grooves quite nicely for all but the 4th string. This one still "catches" but all the others are smooth.
The seller, taisamlu, will usually take a Best-Offer of $10 (67% of his offer price). He might take less but I don't haggle too much with him anymore. I've ordered from him several times already.
The saddles are about 80mm wide and 3mm thick. These will (with sanding) fit most classical and flamenco guitars. I discovered that a few guitars use 84mm width saddles that are 3.3mm thick. For those, I have to carve from blanks.
The nuts are 52mm wide. These will work with guitars that have 53mm-54mm widths but there will be gaps on both sides which you might not find visually-pleasing.
I always need to do fitting work with these bone nuts and saddles for the guitars that I set-up. They may need to be sanded narrower, the saddles will need to be sanded lower, the nut grooves may require lowering and smoothing. It's still a lot less work (and less bone-dust) than starting with a blank.
The nuts will produce a string-spacing of 44.3mm (outside of low-E to outside of high-E). The string grooves in the nuts are equally-spaced. Many luthiers use equal spacing but some use smaller spacing in the trebles and wider spacing in the basses.
My saddles are always shaped to suit a guitar's nuances. This can take trial-and-error (like "Oops! The 5th string should be higher at the saddle!"). It's good to have lots of inexpensive nuts and saddles handy.
RE: my new francisco navarro! (in reply to orsonw)
The best price I found for Fustero Tuners was from Ron Fernandez Music in Irvine, California - near Los Angeles. He was great to deal with and does like to talk aboaut guitars and such. He has been selling, repairing and making instruments for a long time.
RE: my new francisco navarro! (in reply to at_leo_87)
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you also need a space suit to protect you from the horrible smell of bone.
You are completely tight about that...what do you recommend for powertools to make your own nuts and bridges, apart from the nut files?
This is how my FN looks at the moment, but would also like to create black nut with a whithe waving design in it. I really love the black rollers, an it is gonna stay without soundport.
Perhaps you also noticed that the sound is really dependend on the humidity level (sometimes to much to my liking)
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RE: my new francisco navarro! (in reply to orsonw)
nice white golpeadors!
i also really like the look of the wavy nut. i've seen it done to saddles too.
my guitars always sound better somewhere else besides my house for some reason. i played it at a beach at a wedding the other day and it sounded fantastic. lots of projection and clarity even though it was outdoors.
if the saddle is way too large, i wear some heavy duty gloves and hold up against a power belt sander. the heavy duty gloves is important for this.
then for final fit and shaping, just a flat surface and good quality 100-150 grit sandpaper.
probably a good idea to wear a mask when doing this....
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