Thanks for sharing your process!

@zimnickiguitars311

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Harder to build a classical guitar or flat top, i.e. steps, technique, requirements, etc? obviously the neck/body joint process is different. Always wondered why you carve the neck after you join it to the body...certainly makes you have to concentrate harder on each pull! Must be an interesting reason you don't do the heavy neck shaping work before you join it. These videos are always fascinating...the enormous amount of past knowhow and experience you apply to each guitar is utterly evident...not to mention just about every tool you use was purchased from Zimnicki Custom Tool Works, Inc.

@zimnickiguitars311

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Spanish heel is more difficult than the neck joint on a flattop. Slotted pegheads are certainly more work than a solid peghead. Slotted pegheads on a flattop are more difficult than on a classical because they are more narrow and I cannot get my wide fingers into them. I like to keep the neck pretty square until after the fretboard is on and the frets are installed. I see two advantages: first this gives me a wide surface for clamping when I attach the fretboard (although I generally use huge rubber bands instead of clamps these days.) Second, by leaving extra mass on the neck there is more inertia when I hammer in the frets, so I think the frets seat in the slots better. I have gotten used to carving the neck at the end, so to me it seems like the natural order. That high tech blue board was a closet shelf30 years ago. I use it regularly both for aligning center seams and as a barrier to contain wood chips to one side of my bench when routing. Thanks for your comments, Brad.

When you glued the sides to the heel you had pieces of wood under the sides, one at about the waist and some at the tail, is this for creating a degree of drop, or so to say neck angle? Those pieces of wood looked to be about 1/8” thick.

@zimnickiguitars311

2 жыл бұрын

Those pieces represent the thickness of the soundboard. The neck and soundboard are on the same plane, so those sticks keep the sides about 0.10" below the neck. Then when the soundboard goes on, it will be on the same plane as the neck so the fretboard can be attached. Thanks for asking.

Hi, what is the neck angel of the classical guitar?

@zimnickiguitars311

2 жыл бұрын

The is virtually no angle at all. The neck is straight in line with the soundboard. After the 1/4" thick fretboard and frets are installed, a straight edge ends up being about 5.5 to 6 mm above the soundboard at the bridge location.