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Help picking out back and sides for a new negra?
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Shawn Brock
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Joined: Sep. 19 2011
From: Louisville KY
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 RE: Help picking out back and sides ... (in reply to Shawn Brock)
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Thanks guys. Yes, I'll admit that I'm leaning in the direction of the 1st set, if only because Salvador seemed to show a preference toward building with it.
Anders, thank you sir. Your post is spot on with my thoughts. Don't get me wrong, I love to have pictures and updates during a build, but in the end I want 98 percent of the choices to be in the hands of the luthier. I'm glad that Salvador is thoughtful enough to give me a choice, but I almost wish he hadn't in this case. Hell! After all, I'm blind and the prettiness of the back and sides will be lost on me anyhow. In the end we all want a guitar to be visually attractive, but I can honestly say that I buy instruments on sound, not the looks of the wood grain...
Being that I could see pretty well at one time I still like to have a good description of woods, binding, rosettes and the like, but I don't get to hung up on it like some guys do... I have had my wife describe all of his rosettes and bindings, and picked out what I wanted based on my memories of color and patterns. So other than the binding, rosette, scale length, nut width and over all action, I trust the builder to do what he or she sees to be the best choice at the time. After all, your not just paying someone to build you a guitar, you are paying them for what they know. A builder knows what he can get out of each component and can imagine how the guitar should sound in the end. I'm not a builder and can't do that, therefore, I'll pay someone who does know...
By the way, if anyone cares, I'm going ahead with the 660 MM scale. I have been one of the people on here who has upheld the 650, but I'm going to move on up with this one.
Specks:
660 MM scale, 52 MM nut, ebony pegs (he don't have any Planetary pegs), Palo Escrito back and sides, cedar neck with graphite reinforcement, European spruce top, a reddish/ pinkish rosette with roses and green vines, and binding which will match the rosette. I'm debating on a 6 or 12 hole tie block and am open to thoughts. My Castillo blanca has a 6 hole tie block and its working fine, but people seem to love the 12 hole tie blocks...
Choices, choices, choices...
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Date Feb. 11 2012 22:04:15
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Shawn Brock
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From: Louisville KY
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RE: Help picking out back and sides ... (in reply to Shawn Brock)
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Well... I have made the call and am going with the first set for back and sides. Thanks to all of you for weighing in on this. I favored the first set, but wanted to hear the thoughts of others before deciding...
@ Stephen, No sir, no joke... I'm almost as blind as a bat and am pretty happy about it as strange as that may seem... I have found that most things you don't see really aren't worth seeing, well, that's the case at times any how... Say, wouldn't a Georgia On My Mind Model be more like a steal string jumbo? LOL Oh, and don't ever be afraid to just come out and ask with me Man. I'm a "from the hip" kind of guy and never seen a reason to dance around a question.
@ Ethan, I think something may have been lost in the translation but I'm not sure. A friend who speaks Spanish called Salvador for me today. And the friend seemed to think that Salvador was saying that he thought the first set was stiffer, hints that's why he recommended it. I don't know if he can predict the sound of a guitar or not. In fact I don't know that anyone can do that and be correct all or even most of the time. It seems that most of you luthiers have some idea of what a guitar will sound like long before its done though. Lots of people order guitars and ask for some direction to be taken when developing the tone, they may want a little brighter or darker sound, and usually the builder is able to get the job done. At least that is what I have witnessed with a lot of luthier guitars. The abilities for a good maker to handle these requests are the reason lots of us order custom instruments. Salvador has never disappointed me and I don't think he will this time. That's the thing I love about you guys, your all great builders but each have drastically different ways of going about things... As Sean just said, perhaps the first set has a better ring to it, this seems like it would contribute to Salvador's recommendation... After all both backs are at a point where he can tell a little something about the tap tone I would think.
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Date Feb. 12 2012 1:29:00
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