26.Semtemper.2003.
This is a big project. January.2002, I decided to build a guitar for myself and I had read many books and trying to learn about constructions, materials, working methods and acoustics. One year later (May.2003) I got a chance to build my own guitar in Liikanen workshop. Liikanen brothers are famous luthier in Finland and well known in European. Please visit their website for further information www.liikanenguitars.com
| Ready!! Finish!! |
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| That's my guitar after polishing. |
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| It¡¦s not easy to choose suitable woods for your guitar. I examined my woods with master Liikanen and we came into same conclusion. The soundboard is Alpine Spruce, sides and back is Santos (Bolivian) Rosewood. The back looks wild ;) |
| There are funny splashes on side woods, but it won¡¦t affect the sound. |
| A stiff and light soundboard for my guitar. This is the best one we found. |
| Just cuted |
| Setting up the rosette is like dealing with hell, now is time to sand my soundboard with this sanding mouse. |
| Is not easy to bend those sides. I spent over 2 hour with that bending iron. |
| Bended and glued. |
| Ready. |
| Grains on this back are quite wild. I hate straight grains because they looks death. |
| The binding is a important part of decorating. |
| Another view. |
| It's glued |
| Scraping blade is a important tool. We must be carefull when we deal with that tool. |
| My hand in action |
| Now is time to brace the back. |
| More braces. |
| The neck is the most difficult part in guitar building. Any wrong strike may destroy it. |
| And we need a lot of sanding papers |
| This is a fretboard, from eben wood, it¡¦s a black and hard wood. I made a little bit difference cutting. Kind of tired with traditional style. |
| Now is time to see if the fretboard fit on my guitar. Yes it does. |
| Another View |
| I cleaned my guitar. It's ready for varnishing. |
| Another View |
| Varnished, and now I need to wait untill my guitar get dry. |
| Another View with a bridge. Next I need to put shellac on my guitar and polish it weeks after weeks. This will be the longest process. I estimated that this process will takes until December. 26.Semtemper.2003. |