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First flamenco guitar of the new year. I hope everyone is holding up OK in 2021.
The client requested this rosette and purfling design that I had already used on a classical guitar. On this one I decided to also run the purfling around the heel. This guitar has a very lightweight Cedar top, only 127 grams fully braced! I couldn't believe it because the stiffness held up perfectly fine while thicknessing. 160 grams is more typical for me. It's about 2.1-2.2 mm thick. It's a really responsive and well-balanced guitar, and of course, it's only been played for less than an hour.
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A shame you only played for a bit, would have been nice to hear a little more variety. Guessing is best not to play a clients new guitar too much least you golpy a dent hear or there.
The clean quality of your woodwork is always inspiring and gives me something higher to aim for as I build.
Do you find your sound bars need to be much different with a spruce top verses the cedder?
HR
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I prefer my flamenco guitar spicy, doesn't have to be fast, should have some meat on the bones, can be raw or well done, as long as it doesn't sound like it's turning green on an elevator floor.
Wow Andy, really Nice! I always love your rosettes and your craftsmanship is on point! I love that purfling too. Guitar sounds good it has that cedar sound.
Outstanding/beautiful axe man!!! Really nice sound too!!! What is total weight of guitar? Whats the action at 12th fret bass side and action at bridge bass side?
Thanks for all the kind words. Forgot to mention the woods in the rosette and purfling are Bubinga and Spanish Cedar, with Maple veneer lines. Oh and the purfling is super easy to make since it's not all veneers - definitely a plus :)
@ernandez I actually use pretty different bracing for Spruce and Cedar. My "main" bracing pattern has the fan braces parallel under the bridge, which works great for Spruce, but for Cedar I've found it makes for a sound that transitions from "sound" to "noise" a little too quickly when played with a heavy hand. So I use this pattern on Cedar, and the occasional Spruce guitar where I want a slightly rounder tone (not that it can't still have a down and dirty flamenco sound - it certainly can).
@mt1007 The total weight feels pretty normal for my negras (actually haven't weighed it yet but I will). In between a blanca and a classical guitar. Bass action at the 12th fret is 3.0 mm and string height at bridge is 8 mm.
Tom, I would do that for you in a heartbeat, but unfortunately the guitar is all packed and ready to be picked up by FedEx tomorrow. Sorry if my toque was unsatisfying
As always beautiful guitar and impeccable build. If I happened upon a pot of money I would be giving you a call.
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Ah well, there was a fantastic passion there, in my case anyway. I discovered flamenco very early on. It grips you in a way that you can't get away - Paco Pena
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