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Flamenco 15 ~ Back n' bizness!
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RE: Flamenco 15 ~ Back n' bizness! (in reply to Ramón)
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Great head design Ramón, simple and effective. I love the bookmatched tapeta: this seems to be quite rare (though my 1972 Melero has it). The wood is really beautiful, especially with pegs. Sean
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Date Sep. 9 2006 18:20:15
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Ramón
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RE: Flamenco 15 ~ Back n' bizness! (in reply to Ramón)
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Thanks Sean! I wanted to keep the design a bit more simple and elegant. I saw a peghead that had 'little going on', and I thought it just looked right. Don't care for the real elaborate designs, generally. Juan Martin had/has a peghead like that. Where I got the idea for 'simple', and I like pegs because the headstock doesn't flare out so much as with machines. The headplate wood is the macassar ebony. Guy in Oregon sells that stuff, along with bindings, and he picked me out a winner! Although ebony's LOTS of fun to bend and stuff! Gary: Never did, and now can't take any final measurements on the neck (strings), but I think I was around 21/22mm at the 1 and like 23-24 at the 9th. Something like that, but when I came down to it, it was just what 'felt right', not about acheiving a predetermined thickness. I used Bob Hein's templates a bit, too, as his necks get lots of kudos for feel, shape, and 'speed'... But necks are WAAAY harder than it would seem! A lot going on there! So here's a few pics of the neck, one with a barr chord to get a feel of it. Ramon
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Date Sep. 9 2006 23:15:00
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Ramón
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RE: Flamenco 15 ~ Back n' bizness! (in reply to Ramón)
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Hi Andrew, Something I did passover in my comments. I forgot to compensate at the nut, but ended up adding 1 (or 2mm?) when I set the bridge. Tom at La Falseta said this would work - thanks Tom - as I was a bit like "uh ohhhh"... Like you, I haven't ever seen any 'pull' that would take away the 655 scale to 654 or 653, but I did it the way it's 'supposed to be', and whatever the hell I did, it DID come out right. Just let another guy play it tonight at a Monday dance class. He owns an early 70's Conde, and he looks at me with his mouth hung open, and says; "...this is REALLY nice!" Just follow the plans. That's what Tom told me, and you'll get a great guitar.
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Date Nov. 21 2006 5:13:10
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