Ryosuke Kobayashi OM RF Brazilian RW Snakewood Fingerboard and Bridge

[Ryo Kobayashi]

[LaFaro]

wonderful woods perfectly arranged to become a beautiful guitar... congrats to the prospektive owner..I'm curious about the raised fingerboard..

[LouieAtienza]

Originally Posted by Ryo Kobayashi

So you actually wrote that backwards, as to see it right when looked at with a mirror? Nice...

[Scallywag]

Originally Posted by LouieAtienza

So you actually wrote that backwards, as to see it right when looked at with a mirror? Nice...

Seriously, what thoughtful, clever little detail. Love it!

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by LaFaro

wonderful woods perfectly arranged to become a beautiful guitar... congrats to the prospektive owner..I'm curious about the raised fingerboard..

Thanks for your kind words.
I'll post the raised fingerboard section as well.
Stay tuned

[dbintegrity]

Beautiful work Ryo !
I love Sergei's guitars and he has a great eye for detail and by the looks of your work, you have a great eye for detail and good hands as well !
Dan

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by dbintegrity

Beautiful work Ryo !
I love Sergei's guitars and he has a great eye for detail and by the looks of your work, you have a great eye for detail and good hands as well !
Dan

Thanks Dan.
What a great mentor Sergei is...
I owe so many things to him and his family.

[jeastman]

Beautiful work. You embody that aesthetic I love so much about Japanese art where simple is never boring and subtle is beautiful. I only wish I could comment on the sound of your instruments as well!

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by jeastman

Beautiful work. You embody that aesthetic I love so much about Japanese art where simple is never boring and subtle is beautiful. I only wish I could comment on the sound of your instruments as well!

Thank you Jamin-san.
I always think about "well organized, not too much" designs so that my customers never get tired of the guitar.

Ryo

[Ryo Kobayashi]

End trim and binding jobs.








Making the raised fingerboard neck.









A close-up view of the raised section.

The whole neck looks dirty since this photo was taken just after pore filling...
Anyways the neck is pretty much done.

[LaFaro]

The neck looks really fine... what kind of woods did you use?
The last pic is suggestive of a negative neckangle too or is this only the objective of the camera?

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by LaFaro

The neck looks really fine... what kind of woods did you use?
The last pic is suggestive of a negative neckangle too or is this only the objective of the camera?

Thank you.
I used spanish cedar and pear wood.
Good point. Yes, it is negative.
The major purpose of raised fingerboard is making the neck angle negative to convert the X axis moment at the bridge to Y axis moment.
A little bit better access to the high frets is only a by-product.

(Sorry about my poor English... It's hard to explain it... Anyways the reason why I do raised fingerboard is for the tone.)

Ryo

[LaFaro]

My English is even poorer but I get your point I know about it, because Miss Maple is built in a similar way ... and I join every time playing this guitar...( I'm not, if you've seen it...)

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by LaFaro

My English is even poorer but I get your point I know about it, because Miss Maple is built in a similar way ... and I join every time playing this guitar...( I'm not, if you've seen it...)

Cool! Miss Maple looks gorgeous!
I like the the brace pattern and the classical guitar taste looking.
Very nice.

I'm posting more photos. Stay in tune!

[justonwo]

That kerfing jig for your table saw is clever. Great looking work!