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Old 06-16-2016, 03:27 PM
MC5C MC5C is offline
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I am honing in on the design for my next project. For those who like and play cross-over guitars, I am planning this:

Archtop, fan-braced light build per Benedetto nylon string design.
Nylon string, floating bridge, wood tailpiece.
Top - fully carved Alaskan cedar.
Mahogany or other interesting hardwood back and sides, carved arch.
Neck - possibly cypress,, or mahogany.
1.9" or thereabouts nut width - advice appreciated.
Fretboard - 25.4" classical scale, around a 20" radius or flat - advice appreciated.
Some kind of high end piezio pickup in the saddle, Benedetto uses what I think I will probably use, but advice appreciated.

The guitar is intended to be highly jazz fingerstyle oriented, for performance and recording. The player uses both a Guild traditional steel string archtop and a high end classical guitar. This should merge and meld those ideals.

Ideas appreciated!

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Old 06-16-2016, 04:37 PM
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Sounds very cool! I'm sorry that I have no practical ideas to add, but will be eager to hear about this guitar as you develop the design.


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Old 06-16-2016, 04:42 PM
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An archtop with a wide neck ! You have my vote.
Now I don't know about nylon strings on an archtop fan braced body.
Interesting experiment. Let us know how it goes.

Advices... only you know what neck width and radius your fretting hand prefers.

One thing I notice myself, is that my left hand feels equally at ease with a radiused neck and a non radiused one. Go figure.
And no problem with a 2" neck, even on steel string guitars. But that's me.
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Old 06-16-2016, 04:43 PM
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You already do a fan braced archtop, don't you ? I recall liking how it sounds, from a few youtube clips !
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Old 06-16-2016, 04:47 PM
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Interesting idea. Take a look at www.nylonstringjazzguitar.com
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