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The bridge plate is actually angled to match the bridge. I think the angle the photo is taken from doesn't really show it.
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I thought that might be it. Thanks for chiming in.
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Getting there I guess! |
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Man-o-maneschevitz....me likey!
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Trouble is I'm now thinking of the next commission !!!
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Correct number of guitars = x + 1.
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That's new one on me Larry,but it has a certain ring of truth about it!
Actually, it is watching your small body builds that is partially responsible for my further thoughts ... |
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Carry on! (p.s. I love all of Adrian's work...and I wish we lived on the same continent!)
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You're always welcome!
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Where x is the number of guitars you currently own
Lovely work Adrian... and I know your guitars sound fantastic too.
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Guys, please express the equation correctly!
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A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings… |
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This is dead sexy, coming together nicely!
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Am I correct in thinking that this guitar has a Spanish heel neck joint?
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Adrian on another forum said "The heel is indeed slotted in the style of a classical guitar, although the slots are angled to accommodate the angles at which the sides meet it. ..... I always use the Spanish heel on steel string guitars: I think it gives a great structural integrity because the guitar body is built around the neck/soundboard whose angles and alignments are already set by the workboard or solera. I continue the top surface of the neck right up to the soundhole brace so that the fingerboard is sitting on the same piece of wood from end to end. This is great for stability as well as resonance. A neck reset can still be performed by freeing the back from the heel, adjusting the neck angle and re-gluing. This would involve ungluing the back binding in that area and cutting the rebate deeper. I think the advantages to structural integrity outweigh the possible future inconvenience of a neck reset decades down the line. The whole concept of building the neck and body separately and then joining them at the end of the process seems to derive largely from the American steel string tradition which comes from a mass production standpoint where these methods make a lot of sense for production reasons. I know this approach also existed in Europe before the American steel string phenomenon and is universal in violin making, but I think the impetus in modern steel string hand building came largely from people looking at the construction of old Martins and such." |
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We are getting close now. The guitar is at the french polishing stage. Neither of us is a particular fan of guitar bling but Adrian really does let the woods shine through!
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