classical disaster recovered :D

[Ken Hundley]

Nice! Can't wait to see how this one turns out!

[Tony_in_NYC]

It is cool to watch a classical go together like this. If I ever build a classical or a flamenco, it will not have a Spanish foot neck block. I am too lazy!
Keep the pictures coming! She is looking good!

[johnnparchem]

The one big pain with the spanish heel is you have to do the binding channel behind the neck on the back by hand. Same as in the front but you only have to go far enough to get under the fret board. But I am not mucking around getting the heel to fit the rim of the guitar or setting the neck angle.

[Tony_in_NYC]

Touche' John.

[tippie53]

I hate spanish heels they are not kind in future repair efforts or resets.

[johnnparchem]

I hate spanish heels they are not kind in future repair efforts or resets.

They are traditional for classical and I am a traditional kind of guy. I would not put one a steel string guitar, I know some do. Now classical guitars are being made with bolt on necks and truss rods. At some point that is the way I will make them. The classical guitar players are more traditional than steel string players (not as bad as violin players). My classical guitar instructor was shocked that I put a single dot on the side of the seventh fret. It was like I made a rock and roll guitar.

[tippie53]

I have seen them done both ways. The heel is just a repairman's nightmare. I understand the traditionalists attitude.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Looks really nice John, you go great work. I will build a classical too, but I am really thinking to stay with a bolt on neck myself.
We shall see, that is down the road a bit.

Kevin

[johnnparchem]

I learned two things cutting the binding channel on the back of my classical guitar.
1, Why Ken puts the wings on his binding router attachment and what happens if the router tips forward on a base without them.
2, How much I like multiline purflings, learned after I carefully cut the rest of the channel to the depth of my messed up area.
Luckily this is a guitar for me. :)

It is funny I have made 3 guitars with the base that came with the colt (I put shims under the plate in the back to match the radius) without a problem. First time with my fancy tool ...

Actually maybe a third thing.

3, why lots of luthiers like the binding jigs that hold the router square.

The top went fine. Live and learn

[johnnparchem]

I put my extra wide back purfling on, count them 5 thin lines of prufling. I think it came out OK. I admit it is a bit funky but does not look like the disaster it looked like when my router tilted.