This guitar isn't too pretty in details. I kind of grew weary, and building for myself, the playability and sound matter the most. So not too many close-up pictures this time.
The sound is nice - the fat bottom end comes out convincingly, and yet still the two octave strings give it some upper register jangle - if wanted. With picking hand technique I'm able to determine, whether the octave strings play or not. The guitar is tuned BEAADDF#B, takes easily even lower tunings and still is pretty playable. The chords in open positions sound HUGE. The pretty short scale for a baritone makes it not the loudest of guitars, thou.
Here's the latest pics and a little sound sample
Tässä blogissa selvitetään kuvin ja sanoin, millaista puuhaa on rakentaa akustista kitaraa kotosalla. In this blog I'm telling with words and images how it's like to build an acoustic guitar (or a few) at home.
torstai 17. maaliskuuta 2011
torstai 3. maaliskuuta 2011
Stringing...
... or one could use the verb CABLING in this case. The baritone strings are pretty thick fellas, the low B string being 1.8mm.
The strings are now attached, removed, the neck removed, re-shaped, -sanded and finished and re-angled, strings attached again and still waiting for some tweaking. Anyway, it plays and sounds. Yet is too early to say exactly how.
The strings are now attached, removed, the neck removed, re-shaped, -sanded and finished and re-angled, strings attached again and still waiting for some tweaking. Anyway, it plays and sounds. Yet is too early to say exactly how.
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