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59 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

3.5 kg body and neck but without pickups and tuners and bridge which will add another 0.5 kg, totalling to roughly 4 kg. A wooden Tele is about 3 - 3.6 kg but a Les Paul 4 - 5.5 kg. Yours is in the PRS weight range so I'd say the weight is acceptable.

thank-you

It's about 3.5 kgs according to my analogue scales

I will put on the scales and see what happens. My wife says the scales are always wrong as she never weighs that much

On 7/10/2021 at 5:43 PM, Bizman62 said:

I thought Aluminium is lightweight! The wooden centre block must be too massive?

I've definitely under-engineered the wooden element. I will be braver for mk2 

Test fit. This thing is heavy. I might need a weigh bridge..

Neck shaped and headstock plate attached. Need to design a trust rod cover. I’ll probably make this out of Aluminium…

Finally bonded the back and started rounding over the edges. Going to go through the grits, currently at 180

On 6/24/2021 at 11:33 PM, Workingman said:

I am very slowly restoring a Pfishner (sp?) aluminum upright bass.  Unlike the Alcoa ones this one has a real wood neck, bracing, etc.  Your approach looks similler, perhaps more conservative, so it should work.

Would love to see some pictures of that

A little more progress made this week. Just looking at it and it scratches 

Thanks, the greensand was too damp and molten aluminium shot up, hit the ceiling and ran off the top of my PPE and ran down my neck and burnt my back

Back to the build - here is a closer shot. Wish I were braver with my cutting, lot's of filing to do

Hi all,

It's been a very long time since I've done anything post-worthy (and this is a stretch)

Originally, I built a furnace with the aspiration of casting aluminium guitars however after a small accident and a skin graft, I've been banned from playing with anything too dangerous.

So here is the concept, Aluminium sides/top with a wooden centre block. Possible with some etchings too.

Apologises for the bad pictures and my terrible lawn

More to follow in the coming weeks

I don't have any experience with stringing classical guitars, but you should check out this Link. Maybe you did something wrong, it's always good to be informed.

thanks Daniel, it's not completely different to what I did. I probably need more practice and a heck more patience

I've just changed my strings on my classical and I really regret doing it.

Firstly I kept b*llsing it up

Secondly, now they are on they are talking "forever" to stretch in

Thirdly, they sould really tinny

why did I do it

I just wanted to share my pain...sorry

I've been looking for a new nylon strung acoustic. I always assumed that a classical guitar was the same as a Flamenco/Spanish but on some of the websites I've been looking on, they sell both Flamenco and Classicals.

Does anyone know that the main differences between types of guitars?

many thanks..

Steve

The Flaminco is a little smaller than a classical. Both are fingerstyle instruments, one is just a little more punchy(smaller body tends to give this responce).

Peace,Rich

Thanks Rich, I've just found this link also

http://www.musicfolk.com/docs/Features/Fea...calFlamenco.htm

I think the Flamenco is more what I am after

I've been looking for a new nylon strung acoustic. I always assumed that a classical guitar was the same as a Flamenco/Spanish but on some of the websites I've been looking on, they sell both Flamenco and Classicals.

Does anyone know that the main differences between types of guitars?

many thanks..

Steve

hello all,

I'm interested in obtaining some plans/drawings for a jaguar type guitar.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks in advance