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With my students, this is a step that I regularly emphasize its importance. The quality of a joint starts with a perfect fit and clean surfaces. Then we can debate (but not fight like some seems ready to!) On which glue to use …
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Here is a useful one and worth to be erected. A third refret in 12 years leaves traces more and more easily on the ebony fingerboard, near the fret slots. Despite the care used to minimize the wood chips when removing older frets, it is necessary to rebuilt the damaged area on the surface. For
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It is very nice to have the opportunity to meet and play 3 guitars built around 12 years ago in a short period since only 2 years between each of them. 2005 Braz-Cedar on left, 2007 Honduran-Cedar on right, and 2009 Braz-Cedar on center. Some finishing touchup and fret work for 2 of them.
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Realized in two degree of tension, the Alchemia Trebles are made using a recently discovered blend with a plastic material derived from sugar- cane.
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This fall I took some time to improve the workshop. Some optimization of space was required, not to mention the huge amount of wood scraps of all kinds to evaluate. On of the wall required adequate cladding, which became a good anchor to build a spacious shelf for storing materials, and which now allowing me
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Following an invitation from the French guitarist Camille Pla, member of the Oxycord quartet, in my turn I presented a series of photos on my personal fb wall. I therefore reproduce this album here, while adding 7 more unpublished photos, which add to this particular moment during the making of the guitar, where the neck
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