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Product Description The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar by one of the most talented luthiers of the twentieth century. Benedetto walks the reader through all aspects of construction through to marketing your finished work. Includes a list of suppliers to acquire all the tools and materials listed; a list of serial numbers for Benedetto guitars; full-color plates featuring the author's models; photos from the author's personal scrapbook of players who endorse his guitars; and fold-out templates for construction.

8-1/2' x 11'. • Hardcover • Author: Robert Benedetto • ISBN 009 • 8.5' x 11' • 276 pages.

With the neck and body in one guitar-like object at last, it comes time to start finishing up - which means constructing and detailing the little bits (truss rod covers, fingerguard/pickup assemblies, tailpieces, bridges) and wood finishing. Regarding the finishing: I don't have a spray booth, but I decided to do a traditional full-gloss lacquer finish for these guitars. Final fitting. You can see the veneer piece I added on the left side of the neck joint, which was then filed down. To get a perfect fit between the part of the neck that rests on the top of the body, I reinforced a bit of carbon paper and slid it through the tightened joint repeatedly to find high spots, which I snicked away with a sharp 1/2' chisel. A high spot from the carbon paper. Quake 2 Full Download For Windows Xp.

This was an early round of fitting - eventually most of the surface area was fairly evenly covered with carbon spots, after about the fifteenth iteration of slipping in the carbon paper and snicking off the high spots. Getting ready for the big moment. Once the necks were in place, I leveled, dressed and polished the frets. I was pleased to see a really straight neck on both guitars, needling very little removal of metal from the fret crowns. Fitting the nuts. I removed the veneer and binding right down to the maple.

To get the best fit, I dirtied up the bottom of the nut with soft lead from a carpenter's pencil, then wiggled it back and forth in its slot, again snicking off the high spots, this time with an 1/8' chisel. Finished nut fit. Left a lot of bone there for stringing later. In the white, ready for finishing. I waited to set the frets until after I rough fit the necks to the body, and also did all the final shaping and smoothing before I set any frets.

I made an error in judgment right from the start here, which gave me a genuine klong (that's a medical term for a rush of shit to the heart). I had to scramble to get back on track, but everything turned out fine.

Flush-cut fret nippers, home made. I took two seldom-used wire cutters and ground their faces halfway through the 'blades.' The smaller one on the left wasn't robust enough to cut the fret wire at all, but the other one worked fine. Saved about $30 with this, I think. First, I made a complete set of frets for both guitars, without bending the wire to any radius, undercutting for the binding and some overlap to trim.