![]() In spite of the delicate-seeming nature of any stringed instrument, a guitar is not difficult to make. Finally, the cost is kept down by eliminating the banding and purfling often used to ornament commercial guitars and which have no effect on the musical quality. Without it, your guitar may be fine in the treble or in the bass, but rarely in both. With fan bracing, you get extra strength where the "string loading" The top is braced with special "fan" bracing instead of the simpler symmetrical bracing. In addition, the neck joins the body at the fourteenth fret instead of the twelfth, allowing easier fingering low on the neck. The size provides volume,Īnd the shape at the "waist" lets you string the instrument "heavy" if you wish. Another quality feature is the large-size authentic "folk" shape. Cheap models may use gumwood, birch veneer, etc., usually covered with a heavy coat of finish that is too thick for good sound. The top is fine-grain spruce and the other parts are Honduras mahogany- both "musical grade" woods. WHAT MAKES THIS a good guitar? For one thing, the materials.Join the guitar boom with a quality instrument you can make yourself ![]()
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