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I just finished a modified version of a flamenco negra for Carlos Rodriguez. He will most likely put it up on You Tube to demonstrate it sometime in the near future.
It was a chore, for sure, since I had to follow his explanation with certain measurements I was not familiar with.
He wanted a strong bass and a higher frequency treble, with a vowel tone in the middle register, so that the guitar would have good projection, and then, to top it off, he wanted volume with a low action.
I sure hope he likes it, as I spent 6 months on this puppy.
I was so sick I almost threw up on the guitar at one time :-)
But I'm happy with it in-spite of needing new glasses to do a better French polish.
I have no idea if he will like it but I hope so. Oh yeah, I didn't use salt, and I haven't used salt for quite some time, mostly just polishing fan braces with 400 to 600 sand paper.
The articulation and timber of the instrument has become pretty valid with very little adjustment, and the microscopic sanding is to bring up the tonal nuance.
This is still an enigma, as it's a search every time I do it.
I haven't learned how to put pictures up of this list yet.
Maybe I can help, Tom. When you're writing in the little window like I am right now, down below the text box it says Click here to upload! and to the right of that is a box to check to Embed picture in post. Check the box and click on the Click here to upload! Now you get another window, even smaller, with four places to select a file to upload. Click on the Browse button to the right of one of the blank spaces (where the file name will eventually reside). If you have a digital photo somewhere on your computer this will enable you to locate it by browsing your files and click on it. Then you click Open and the file name and location will appear in the space. Then load 3 more photos the same way if you want to and finally click the OK button at the bottom of the little box. You may run into a snag if your photo's file size is too big. You have to reduce it to at most 1024 KB with some kind of photo editing software first.
Do you use this extra nodal bars in your voicing or just sanding the braces?
I actually used one small bar to stiffen a Mexico guitar in its bass but just once, since normally I fine tune the fan braces to get added nuance to the tone. This technique adds several different aspect to a guitar's voice and articulation, etc.
Its nice. I like it. Especially the two little titties on the top.
Anders, I'm building a replica of the 1977 Miguel Rodriguez classical guitar for a player in Austria, and I should have said I'm building a new guitar with a older head design of a Spanish master.
To me it looks like 2 mirrored "en profile" pictures of a (animated) cartoon/action figure enjoying a well deserved rest. Can't put my finger on it exactly but somehow feels like a mixture between the blond studd from s1ingle and mr. Incredible.
It's Reyes' headstock from the 1960's I think. In the mean time the hormones have made the breasts larger. The side rolls are really called "back fats".
Actually, it is a replica of the Miguel Rodriguez style that I build for those who want a near bench copy for classical guitar music. Only with a few slight modifications to strengthen its power and performance.
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