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A good bunch of finishing work mostly done for this 10 years old cedar/braz (2009). The original finish was french polish for the top and nitro for neck/body. 1) Restoring the top : The cedar top alone was having over 180 dents and scratches. It was like a chicken having picked his dinner over the
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Once the back is assembled and thinned, the addition of the central reinforcement and bars are relatively easy operations. If the relative humidity level in the workshop stay in a fairly narrow range throughout the year, it is possible to measure with some wood the slightest variation into the back once the cross bars glued.
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An evocative title borrowed from photographer Lucien Clergue. A parenthesis here to highlight points of view of the current work and, mainly from the inside, its final appearance.
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Carrying out and installing the linings is a task that requires many different operations and cares. The choice of materials, their dimensions and design play a big part in the overall approach of the instrument’s sound. The possibilities are endless and our personal tastes, those which concern the tone of the instrument above all, must
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Here is another nice step done. Having now the sides fitted into the neck using the traditional Spanish way, the guitar silhouette is now complete and front of me. It’s great to hear the sound resonance knocking all around the outside rim. The next step to strengthen the whole remains to glue in place the
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Valentine’s Day meeting is over … I have to go back to the other side of our world my dear Tail Block … forever … The neck is mostly ready to reach his home at the upper end. I have to work out the heel in a rough manner, and which I personnaly prefer to
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