Quarantine Classical
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Quarantine Classical
Hello all, I've just joined the forum on the advice of John Hall! Feel free to read my introduction post to learn more about me!
This is a concert classical guitar in Madagascan rosewood and Swiss spruce I built in Granada Spain during the 48 days of lockdown in March and April. I used a modified Bouchet bracing in keeping with modern Granada tradition as established by the maestro Antonio Marin Montero after his correspondence with Bouchet in the 1980's.
https://youtu.be/M_x08XczVg0
This is a concert classical guitar in Madagascan rosewood and Swiss spruce I built in Granada Spain during the 48 days of lockdown in March and April. I used a modified Bouchet bracing in keeping with modern Granada tradition as established by the maestro Antonio Marin Montero after his correspondence with Bouchet in the 1980's.
https://youtu.be/M_x08XczVg0
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Re: Quarantine Classical
very nice are these french polished?
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Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
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Re: Quarantine Classical
Yes! This one was polished by the maestro Antonio Ariza in Granada who polishes my mentor Stephen's guitars as well as most of the other makers in Granada. I wanted to spend my time in Spain building instead of polishingtippie53 wrote:very nice are these french polished?
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You can find more photos of this instrument on Siccas' website!
https://www.siccasguitars.com/shop/guit ... zkin-2020/
https://www.siccasguitars.com/shop/guit ... zkin-2020/
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Re: Quarantine Classical
Due you do a traditional Spanish heel for the neck joint? What about on your steel string builds?
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10 fingers in, 10 fingers out - another good day in the shop
10 fingers in, 10 fingers out - another good day in the shop
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Re: Quarantine Classical
Beautiful guitar, Brian. What scale did you build it to? Do you have a photo of the bracing that you can post here?
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Yes I build in the traditional Spanish method in a solara for my classicals. I use a modified Spanish heel joint with wedges as made famous by Jose Romanillos; a wide tapered slot is cut to accept the side as well a wedge which forces the side perfectly against the heel. The maker whom I apprenticed under used the standard 2mm slot in the heel but I find the wedge method to be a better method for me.rcnewcomb wrote:Due you do a traditional Spanish heel for the neck joint? What about on your steel string builds?
I use a bolt on neck with glued fingerboard extension for my steel strings.
Here's an example of the wedged heel joint I use from Wilson Burnham's blog:
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Thank you! This one is a pretty standard 650mm scale with 52mm nut width.Danl8 wrote:Beautiful guitar, Brian. What scale did you build it to? Do you have a photo of the bracing that you can post here?
Here's the carved fans before gluing the cross struts above and below the sound hole and a photo of the instrument in the solera before the back was glued on
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Is the Bouchet brace glued to the fan? I know some variations just bridge the fan bracing without touching. Thanks for the comments on wedging the sides slots. I have a neck that has been waiting for decades due to a wider kerf than I thought prudent. :-)
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Absolutely gorgeous! I'm a French polisher too. I get into a zen state while polishing. You do really beautiful work.