very very nice work, I fancy building something similar one day. B

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot to me. Your videos gave me the confidence/inspiration to take this on as a project, and now I've already got two more builds in the works!

That looks great! I dig the nylon string idea, I have been wanting to do one for a while myself.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm digging it too! I will say that the neck is a little chunkier at the headstock/nut than I would normally prefer b/c its a full classical guitar nut size (~52 mm) and has a truss rod. I was afraid to go any thinner at the nut out of fear of carving into the truss rod channel, and that volute probably doesn't help with the chunkiness. That said, it's strong, I'm not the least bit afraid that the neck is weak, it looks good, and it still plays great.

The spalted tiger maple top is simply stunning. Its cool that you found some figured walnut to match the back. Beautiful instrument.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What's even more amazing is that I got all of this wood from a local furniture maker's cutoffs.

Beautiful Piece Of Guitar Art!!! Keep Building Brother... Can You Say Luthier!!! Rock Steady Bro...

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Just got the materials to start my next build! ... now I just have to decide what to build 😀

Finally a talented luthier who's also a guitar virtuoso!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Not sure I'd say virtuoso, but I do like to play on occasion. 😀 These days I like building instruments even more than playing them!

I didn't get to see this during the build-off, glad it came up in my feed.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for checking it out!

What a beautiful build, nice job! The wood choices are excellent.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Your LP-style build looks gorgeous too

That's the coolest maple fretboard I've ever seen!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!. It's from the same piece as the guitar top, but with the grain pattern in a different orientation. My hope was that the neck and body would look nice together, but not be exactly the same.

@doknox

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice it definitely worked. Very nice

Congratulations! Beautiful instrument! And very tasteful playing. Definitely a favorite and hopefully a winner!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

PVD Guitars thanks!

Well done. What an awesome nylon string hybrid. Very unique and great sound

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Nathan McLauchlan thank you!

Lovely and different. Sounds really nice and you can play.

Wonderful design! I'm a first time viewer.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

That's a gorgeous guitar! well done!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful guitar! Great idea, well accomplished.

What an excellent piece of work, Andrew! Well done!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

That is exceptional. Well done, the build, the tone..

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

DUDE! You Win the unofficial. That is amazing.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@fiedel

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice The nylon-sound really makes your build stick out for me. Also I fell in love with that it looks even cleaner than the most barebone concert guitar. I now desperately want to own a Zen-Ukulele following your patterns here :)

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

@@fiedel thanks!

just stunning front and back!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

mojo65 thank you!

Having just sat and looked at every entry you are certainly in my top 5. Hopefully ben will shortlist you too.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a huge compliment. Thank you! Short list would be amazing, but I'm not going to hold my breath. 😀

A very fine instrument. Congratulations

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Whoo Hoo! Well Done! I did a nylon string piezo LP a few years ago. Yours turned out much better than mine. Much Respect! Cheers!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m sure you’re not giving yourself enough credit. 😉

Awesome build - and great process video. Loved it.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

That is just next level! Wow

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Below Average Bass Builder thank you!

Looks good and like the shape and the chamfer helps the overall appearance helping it all blend into each other and the acoustic headstock on it too just gives it that acoustic guitar appearance Sounds good too Well done on your guitar

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! (I’m slightly biased, of course.)

@Rab_Knox

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice wouldn't expect you to be anything else ... lol

Beautiful Guitar 🎸 I love me a good hybrid classical Aloha from Hawaii🤘🤘🤘

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Aloha from MD, and thank you!

Congrats, very inspired guitar build !

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

It's beautiful. Great work!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Beautiful. Score!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Beautiful guitar, well done!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Nance thanks!

Simply Gorgeous

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Welcome to the Build-Off! Love the splated maple, looking good! 👍

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

ER Webster thanks!

Really nice looking, amazing job

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great!!!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice guitar and playing!!!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Cool guitar man!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful work & a great idea--electric nylon string. Well done.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it!

Nice!

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very interesting sound - great playing too. Congrats.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Nice job👍

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

awesome

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Superb.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Fen31 thank you!

Aside from the fact it's gorgeous, it's nice to something different, sometimes we forget the different facets of the guitar world, well done, new sub

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Very attractive looking instrument

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That's a great guitar. Also Kudo's for playing Diablo on it. :-)

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

hah, thanks!

That ticks so many boxes for me. Nice one. The biggest being a solid body nylon strung guitar, something I've been meaning to attempt one day.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Franklyn thanks! In some ways it was easier than a traditional electric guitar (simple electronics), and other ways it was more difficult (no adjustable bridge/intonation). Definitely learned a ton, and I’ve always wanted a guitar like this!

You built a beautiful guitar and unlike some of the guitar builders (though not all) in this challenge, you have some strong chops. I’m sitting here looking at my Córdoba C7-CE, thinking to myself that you’ve probably built the heaviest nylon string guitar in the world?

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, and hah! it's not *that* heavy. It feels like any other electric guitar, just with a wider, classical sized neck. I do wish I had made the chambers even bigger, but that is more for resonance than weight reduction. It's not uncomfortable at all & doesn't feel any heavier than my Strat (and you have to turn it up *really* loud to have any feedback issues). Now, if i hadn't chambered the body, then yes, it would be the heaviest nylon string guitar in the world.

F'in awesome

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

MAN! That is ONE BRILLIANT piece of supreme luthiery. LOVE the sound it gives (and your playing); really unique and stand-out. If you were in the UK, I'd deffo be bidding on that (if it's going to auction). 👍👏👏👏

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Nigel Allen thank you! That is a huge compliment. This is an unofficial entry, so it’s not going to auction, but I appreciate the sentiment!

Fine piece of work. Love stuff that is a bit different.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I wanted to make something that I’ve always wanted, and you can’t buy in a store.

@salmonti9707

3 жыл бұрын

Now build a companion electric steel string rocker, but make it exactly the same shape and same materials.... That would really turn some heads.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

I should. That would be fun. I just finished this one, which shares some materials, but not exactly the same: instagram.com/p/CJJH4pDs37g

@salmonti9707

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice well, then there it is..... NICE WORK

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

​@@salmonti9707 Thanks! I did a build video for that one too, if you're bored: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oX-Cm5dtoqbRaMo.html

Garage/shop whatever. this is a beautiful guitar! Clearly you’ve got some serious woodworking skills. If you hadn’t used every clamp you own we’d have hazed you anyway 😂

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Chad Rector thanks! (I still need more clamps though! 😀)

@arsenicjones9125

3 жыл бұрын

Andrew Trice if your whole garage was full of clamps you’d still find you need more clamps 😂 some tools are just too useful

Silly. That thing is awesome. Love the nylon string sound. Would have loved to have been there when you first pulled the strings tight on your first guitar. What a moment. Tons more good moments to come on that beauty.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Ericjohouse first tune up didn’t sound very good. Action was waaaay too high and intonation was off. Sounds great now, and will sound great when you get your hands on it too!

next time you put frets in, put them in , then wick in thin superglue from the side. really nice looking and sounding guitar. great build, interesting addition of the nylon strings. good vid too. you got a new subscriber.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I did almost exactly that, but I think the CA glue I had was too thin, and it went *everywhere*. I used "super thin" viscosity glue, and was halfway done when I realized it had wicked completely through the fret slots and was accumulating on the opposite side of the neck. Was a real mess, and took quite a bit of acetone and and sanding to get it cleaned up.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

(and I managed to glue my fingers together a few times)

@MrPetrion

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice ha!

Inspiring Andy. I have enough woods to make two flamenci guitars & 3 electric. But your idea makes me want to make a slimline semiacoustic. Im guessing yoy are a fan of Paco de Lucia. I have a vudeo of him on my channel.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yep, I’ve always loved both classical and flamenco guitar sounds, and really wanted this kind of guitar. If you do make something similar, the one thing I would change for next time is bigger chambers in the body, and maybe reduce that solid strip in the center to almost nothing. I love the sound, but wish it had a bit more low end resonance. Making it more hollow would probably give that extra bit of resonance

@fusion-music

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice Totally agree Andrew. I was thinking standard flamenco bracing and cedar/spruce top, but with the ideas of electric guitar design too. And possibly a contoured top for comfort. Thin bodies always lack something, but there are advantages too. And I like variety of tones in guitars. But I'm also considering steel strung versions with necks that have the flamenco feel. I struggle now with Strat necks. Thanks for the heads up.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

@@fusion-music I've considered putting some "Silk and Steel" strings on this guitar, and it would give be almost exactly what you're describing. You could switch out the strings based on what you want the guitar to sound like. As long as the bracing is strong enough to support the silk & steel strings, then I think it'll work. I *think* the silk & steel strings are higher tension than traditional nylon strings, but much lower than a fully steel string guitar.

Great build and guitar.... You skipped over install of electronics -- can you provide more details on piezo, preamp and how you handled this?

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

It has a generic under-saddle piezo that I hooked up with a Schatten Micro Pre preamp. I only wired it up with a volume pot, but if I were to do it again, I'd take the extra 15 mins and add a tone pot too. Details here: www.schattendesign.com/PDF/MicroPre.pdf. It does impedance matching to match the piezo output to a "normal" electric guitar signal.

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

and thank you!

Just posted another build video at kzread.info/dash/bejne/oX-Cm5dtoqbRaMo.html

What was the pickups you used and or all of the components for the active pickups as well this was a great build I was wanting to do something like this as well 🙏🙏🙏

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

The pickup is one of those generic/inexpensive under saddle pickups that I got from the local guitar store for about $5... nothing fancy. Then I have a Schatten MicroPre active preamp that makes a massive difference in tone/output. If I were to do it again, I would add a tone knob in addition to volume, and I would also make the chambers significantly larger to get more low end resonance. While it sounds great, it is a bit brighter than I normally like, and I compensate by lowering treble on the amp. Here’s the preamp I am using: Schatten Micro-Pre Guitar/Instrument Piezo Buffer Preamp, Single Channel reverb.com/item/4129284-schatten-micro-pre-guitar-instrument-piezo-buffer-preamp-single-channel?

@JeremiahAugustine

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice thank you so much 😊 is that a real scale classical and what size neck blank did you start off with it looks thin and great thanks for answering all my questions 🙏🙏🙏 Aloha from Hawaii🤘🤘

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, it has classical dimensions. 650mm scale length, neck width is 52mm at the nut, and has a standard classical bridge. The neck is a bit on the chunky side b/c of the 52mm width, so keep that in mind - you may want to adjust to your tastes. I don't remember the blank dimensions, but it was pretty big b/c I cut the headstock slope out of the same multi-laminate blank (no scarf joint). You can kind of get a sense of the thickness by looking at the 2nd picture in this post: instagram.com/p/B_On55PBOdW/. I glued on "ears" to get the full headstock width.

Really fantastic guitar👍 what was the preamp you used?

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

David Anderson thanks! It’s a Schatten MicroPre. reverb.com/item/4129284-schatten-micro-pre-guitar-instrument-piezo-buffer-preamp-single-channel

@andersoninstruments

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds great. 👍

Diablo II

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

Carsten Valentin I wondered how long it would take someone to notice!

@carstenvalentina

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice It's Legend!

Andrew, that build is EXTREMELY original. It's beautiful, it's got a lot of personality. I'm really impressed. I think we're sharing another passion: i don't know how you're related to vsc, but you obviously made videos about it. I use it on a daily basis. Please checkout my channel. I'd love to get your feedback on some of my stuff! Cheers, Avi

this didnt make the top 30? BS

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

It did make the top 30. I have no idea what place overall, but I was super excited to be included in the top 30 video (at 22min 30sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZ2Ip6adZKW9qJc.html

@fredgarvin4482

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewTrice my bad. i missed it or forgot about it being listed

@AndrewTrice

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredgarvin4482 no problem!

@fredgarvin4482

3 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to look at this work of art :)