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My Poljakoff S1 - Final pictures
After a full year of anxious waiting Jakob Poljakoff has started building my guitar. Jakob Poljakoff is a luthier from Berlin, Germany, in his thirties and probably one of the youngest independent luthiers in Europe. Jakob has been building guitars for several years, and the expert opinion is that he's working on a lonely high level of construction. Some would have no problem in putting Jakob's guitars on a similar level of construction as for instant guitars made by Kevin Ryan, James Olson and other high priced luthiers.
After having played one of his S-1 models - an experience which took me totally by surprise even though I heard a Poljakoff being played in concert before - I decided to place an order with Jakob in January 2016. It is going to be my first custom built guitar and it will, without wanting to sound dramatic, be my last. Communicating through the past year with the luthier himself to finetune every little detail and personal wish was pure delight. If you would wish to learn more about Jakob Poljakoff's portfolio do check out his website: https://www.poljakoffgitarren.de/english I intend to keep you informed in this thread as to how far we are. This is the first photo I received today: the gluing of the soundboard. As you can imagine I am exited. Last edited by Karel; 04-20-2017 at 04:04 AM. |
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Congrats!
Congrats on the start of your new build--looking forward to seeing it come together!
Care to share any of the specs as we wait to see the progress?
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Thanks for this post. I looked at the builders website and man o' man, he does some impressive detail work. Very unique and well done. I'm a fan, and I can't wait to see what happens with this guitar.
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Wow I love his headstocks and his chip carving elements! Very nice. Looking forward to seeing this build
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His guitars have beautiful lines. I'll be watching this with interest.
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Yup - totally on board for this one.
Would love to hear one...wonder what style of tone he is shooting for. Those chip carving headstocks are amazing... |
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Jakob is a divine guitar-builder and does also real extremely good repair and tuning jobs with the right feeling for sound and look.. he tuned up my Lakewood and created from a good guitar a kind of "tone-monster"... beyond that he a real kind guy with lots and lots of good ideas.. BUT he is not the only young luthier in Germany and Europe working on such a high level there are to mention some other guys and girls.. for example Daniel Stark, Alexander Voss, Christina Kobler, Oliver Klapproth or Wilm Stötzel... who build guitars on a comparable level...
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Last edited by Karel; 02-09-2017 at 10:11 AM. |
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With the following specs: Cedar soundboard, East Indian rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, Jescar gold frets, white pearl side dots, ebony bridge, rosette of two rings of paua abalone with rosewood enclosure, Indian rosewood soundboard binding, paua abalone purfling, Indian rosewood headstock veneer, bone nut and saddle, matt (oil) finished neck, shellack finished soundboard, matt (oil) finished back and sides, Gotoh gold mini 510 tuners, and a K&K pure mini pickup. |
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I know, that you will have a hard time to wait, but anticipation is another kind of joy... and I'm quite sure, that you will enjoy the "result" of the waiting |
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Heeling...
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Jakob thicknessed the ribs yesterday. Today he starts bending them.
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Noble handiwork
Bending and moulding.
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Some further developments
Centerjoined of the back is being glued and the top is almost finished. Jakob Poljakoff got this week a raving review in Grand Guitars.
Last edited by Karel; 03-04-2017 at 03:15 AM. |