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Old 06-14-2016, 05:03 AM
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Hi all,

My name is Enzo and I live in Italy. I build guitars as a hobby and this is my last one.

It's an acoustic guitar I built for a friend of mine, it has a floating neck, double sides, symmetrical braces, B-Band A6T with UST+AST amplifier.


I hope you like it.

Specification:

Scale: 25.5"mm
Nut: 47mm
Strings distance at bridge: 56mm
Action XII fret: 2.2mm-1.5mm
B&S: Indian Rosewood + ebony
Top: Val di Fiemme spruce
Neck: honduras mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood radius compound 12"-20"
Schertler tuners

Other info:

Somogyi style bridge
Symmetrical braces
Double sides
Solid lining
Inlayed frets (CNC)
Inlayed Rosette (Morse Code of the name AUGUSTO)
Piezo B-Band AST + UST
Preamplifier B-Band A6T
Carbon fiber floating neck reinforced
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Enzo

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very nice!
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I like it. Elegant !
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Old 06-14-2016, 06:59 AM
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Thank you so much!!!

Here a simple recording 2 days after the first strings! Only guitar and microphone, no effects!

(I'm not the perfomer, the performer is my friend Augusto Ausanio I built the guitar to)



Ciao,
Enzo

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Smile Very nice indeed

I am intrigued by the floating neck! Frees up more top to make tone. And kind of like a classical elevated fretboard.

Very pretty and clean appearance!

Sounds good too!! Way to go...

Cheers.

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That's really very nice. I love that end graph design and I love that cutout shape too. How's the sound? Do you notice any tonal qualities with that sort of Thomas Humphrey elevated design?


Oh and... How in the world is that truss cover attached? Another very nice design I like it a lot.
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really nice work with interesting details and stunning solutions in some details like the negative neckangle...
really well done

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The guitar looks and sounds beautiful Enzo…Nice Job !
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Very nice! McPherson employs what I think they refer to as a cantilever neck similar to yours. I wish more guitar makers would do that.
But I'm wondering, does there need to be a larger radius going from heel to neck (photos 8,9 and 10). I hope I'm saying that right. Perhaps some other luthiers could weigh in on that.
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I am intrigued by the floating neck! Frees up more top to make tone. And kind of like a classical elevated fretboard.

Very pretty and clean appearance!

Sounds good too!! Way to go...

Cheers.

Paul
Thank you Paul,

Enzo
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That's really very nice. I love that end graph design and I love that cutout shape too. How's the sound? Do you notice any tonal qualities with that sort of Thomas Humphrey elevated design?


Oh and... How in the world is that truss cover attached? Another very nice design I like it a lot.
Thank you so much...

Actually wrt the Humphrey guitars, mine has the neck/fretboard floating like archtops or violins, so it's elevated, but floating too.

I think the floating neck gives frees the top to vibrate a little more, but I think the elevated fingerboard gives an easy way to access to the frets from neck joint to the sound hole.

The tross rod cover is magnetic

Enzo
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really nice work with interesting details and stunning solutions in some details like the negative neckangle...
really well done
Thank you so much

Enzo

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The guitar looks and sounds beautiful Enzo…Nice Job !
Thank you so much

Enzo
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Very nice! McPherson employs what I think they refer to as a cantilever neck similar to yours. I wish more guitar makers would do that.
But I'm wondering, does there need to be a larger radius going from heel to neck (photos 8,9 and 10). I hope I'm saying that right. Perhaps some other luthiers could weigh in on that.
Thank you so much Nailpicker.

Actually the top radius is 30' as usual, I rotated the top using the bridge as pivot and gives to the sound box a wedge profile as you can see from the following picture



Enzo
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This is a shot of the bridge and the brass pins




Ciao,
Enzo

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