A Personal Project.
I have been searching for info on guitar building and found what i was looking for at Carson-Crickmore Guitars (Map) so begins my Classical Guitar Building adventure with the extremely talented Phil Crickmore who has a wealth of knowledge producing high quality instruments, just after a few day’s i feel my woodworking skills are improving exponentially with Phil’s teaching methods. Learning new skills, how to correctly use chisels, planning timber to specific tolerances the technique of facet cutting, shaping timber gluing clamping, marking out and measuring for a perfect fit.
Below is some footage of Classical guitar build in progress.
Still shots below more to be uploaded soon.
Classical Guitar Build – Finalé
Finally finished, its been a journey for me that i thoroughly enjoyed, thanks so much to Phil at carson-crickmoreView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 26
Its all coming together now, marking out position for the bridge removing varnish with paint thinners, fitting andView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 25
Continuing on with the bridge, cutting and fitting inlay’s measure out for string hole spacing, fit dowel andView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 24
The process. Started on the Bridge, a unique piece of timber very light and excellent sound transference quality, aView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 23
The process. Final touches of French Polishing, checking neck alignment and preparing neck to be glued onto body,View full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 22
The process. Working on the finish and a nice big scratch on the top to spoil the day, Selected the bridge piece,View full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 21
The process. Checking alignment of heel stock, filling in body and neck with compound, first coats of frenchView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 20
The process. Final touches to heel stock shaping maple veneer to fit rosewood heel stock, sanding down heel stockView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 19
Neck and Fretboard continued… The process. A sneak preview of the neck fitted to guitar body, profiling neckView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 18
Neck and Fretboard continued… The process. Cut fret wire to lengths and place in fret block numbered 01 to 19View full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 17
Neck Fitting continued and Fretboard. The process. Continuing on with the neck fitting tweaking until a perfect fit,View full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 16
Neck Fitting. The process. This is a complex and slow process but rewarding once completed, making small adjustmentsView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 15
Heal. The process. Marking and carving out the heal piece using a coping saw and spoke shave. Back to Menu Back toView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 14
Headstock and tuning pegs. The process. Join headstock plate out of 2 pieces of Indian rosewood, mark shape cut excessView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 13
Building the Neck. The process. Scoring and cutting the block for neck set, marking out heel and headstock Back toView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 12
Setting in the rosewood tail piece and started on the neck, sound box is virtually finished now moving right along. TheView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 11
The bindings, wow that was rather a challenge but very rewarding to see the final result i had always looked at guitarsView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 10
and continuing on, final tweaks to top bracing, preparing top for gluing in mold with clamps applying light evenView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 09
Preparing center post guide for 37″ radius sanding disk to set radius for top and sound box, trimmed neck blockView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 08
Rough sanding the rosette and routing out the sound hole, rounding off the soundboard bracing with facet cuts andView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 07
Cutting out the top marked out with template thicknessing the top and mark out bracing and sound hole, prepare bracingView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 06
Cut and shape the back spruce inserts, final adjustments on the neck block, glue and clamp rosewood back to the sidesView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 05
Setting up the jig for radius sanding of back with 15″ sanding disc, spinning the disc until kerf lining sidesView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 04
Neck block glued in place, cutting strips with the kerfing machine, gluing kerf lining in, chiselling the back bracesView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 03
Back working on the neck block, using a router to follow the radius made by the facet cutting set to the curve of theView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 02
Building the neck block from 3 components, radiusing neck block with some fancy facet cutting, glueing and clampingView full post »
Classical Guitar Build – part 01
The first day selecting the back and sides from stock pile of Indian Rosewood, planning and shapingView full post »