Beautiful work Fillippo!
I love the turtle soundport and the inside shot is great!
You sure this is your first?
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Joe
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| Author: | Dave Stewart [ Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:16 am ] |
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Lovely Filippo....very "rich". |
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| Author: | Zach Ehley [ Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:27 am ] |
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Looks great. 1, 01, 001, 0001...all depends on how many you plan to make. |
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| Author: | Darryl Young [ Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:55 am ] |
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Excellent!!! Outstanding job Flippo. I like how you were being creative on even your first build. That is a great looking piece of EIR.......almost looks like cocobolo. Those slotted headstocks are growing on me! Thanks for sharing. |
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| Author: | Joe Sustaire [ Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:10 pm ] |
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Beautiful work Fillippo! I love the turtle soundport and the inside shot is great! You sure this is your first? Joe |
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| Author: | Dennis Leahy [ Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:35 pm ] |
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Wooo hooo, she's a beauty, Filippo! Sound clips! Sound clips! Sound clips! Dennis |
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| Author: | Sondre [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:34 am ] |
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Wow, that's one very fine looking guitar! The soundport is so cool! How did you do it? |
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| Author: | Barry Daniels [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:59 am ] |
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The guitar looks great, but sorry to say the turtle inlay looks like it was rushed and the freehand soundports just look sloppy to my eye. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:40 am ] |
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I view the turtle and the sound port as an artistic interlude, with intended unevenness. Great job, Filippo! ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations")
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| Author: | Barry Daniels [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:54 am ] |
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I guess I am used to smooth curves and shapes, even on inlay. The two sound ports are lumpy and do not flow. But that may have been intentional. I guess my thought is that since the soundports have an actual function, that they would look more shapely. |
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| Author: | MRS [ Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:13 am ] |
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Of course its 001. If it was 01 that would mean your only going to build 98 more and call it quits. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:24 am ] |
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Hi Filippo and congrats on the completion of your very first guitar - nice job!!! The finish looks excellent from here and the overall impression that I am receiving is that you did a beautiful job. Since you are asking for constructive comments the one thing that I did notice that concerns me is the height of the saddle. It may be the pictures and perspective but in the one picture that clearly shows the saddle it looks fairly high to me which can lead to a split bridge in time. On my first I under set the neck and had a saddle that was too low. If the saddle is indeed high on this guitar but the action is fine it could be indicative of an over set neck. Then again, as mentioned, it could just be the camera angle etc. making the saddle look high to me. Congrats!! |
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| Author: | Jake Archer [ Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:38 pm ] |
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Wow... what a great instrument! I'm anxious to see your future builds! |
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| Author: | Ken Franklin [ Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:37 am ] |
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That's a great looking first guitar, Filippo. Sure there are things you will do differently, but the overall work is very good. If you are looking for constructive criticism I'll agree that the sound port is a little lumpy looking and that the saddle looks a little high. Do your final set up and see where it falls. You might be just fine. As long as the top stays together you'll never have to do a neck reset this way. It's always better to be too high than too low. The other thing I see as a place to work on might be the heel cap. I can see the look you are going for but the fit could be better and it appears that it's flush with the back. That may have been your intention. I don't know. Anyway, good job! How does it sound to you? |
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| Author: | Ken Franklin [ Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:42 pm ] |
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I see what you mean about the ramps. From the photos it's hard to tell whether they are touching or just close. On your next you can make the ramps longer, change the peghead angle or move the tuners back and get some relief. On classicals it's not as much of a problem because the rollers are bigger. I always do a trial run with the nut and tuners in before I finish to make sure the strings clear the ramp and the slots. It looks like your 3rd and 4th strings are close to the slot edges. That is more of a problem with classicals since there are usually more windings than steel strings. |
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| Author: | Ken Franklin [ Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:46 pm ] |
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I forgot to add that doing a lot of fixes that are cosmetic won't help so much in developing tighter tolerances, but building more guitars will. So I'd move on unless you have a functional problem. |
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| Author: | Mark A Thorpe [ Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:42 pm ] |
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I like the tortise shell openings they look natural to me, a tortise shell isn't symetrical. Good job. What kind of finish did you apply? |
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