http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/ Guitar Luthiers Network - for guitar luthiers and guitar luthier wannabes Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:31:04 GMT tymlaird57 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/182 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/182 Electric Guitars and amps for sale These are instruments I'm not using, and all work perfectly, and are in good to perfect shape. I just find that my Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:20:36 GMT Marco Emilio Fleener http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/181 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/181 Wow! I'm replying to a 2 1/2 year old message. I wonder, are you there? Personally, I'm kind of liking the 7/8th scale of the Yamaha CS40. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:41:37 GMT Marco Emilio Fleener http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/180 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/180 Why don't classical guitars have an arc to the fingerboard? Is it just because of tradition? How might it be better if it did? How might it be worse? THANK Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:31:33 GMT Mark Emilio Fleener http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/179 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/179 Hey, doesn't scale length also affect string gauge needed because of changes in string tension? Also, I noticed you had put up some post about what Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:17:57 GMT Mark Emilio Fleener http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/178 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/178 Yo dude, I don't know nothing, but I once saw that these guys had done some research on how scale lengths affect harmonics... It was a pretty cool article, Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:44:53 GMT adcguitar http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/177 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/177 I only recently got into playing electric guitar and I have two beauties that I enjoy playing, a 2006 Gibson ES 137 and a 1987 Fender Telecaster. However, I Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:10:08 GMT joekhejl http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/176 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/176 ... One thing that isn't standard on a traditional classical guitar but very useful is a cutaway. I had a guitar built for me by luthier Brad Goodman Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:04:57 GMT gmor3n27 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/175 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/175 Cheers everyone!! I'm a guitar fanatic. I've put my guitar playing ambitions on hold until I finish college at which point I wish to start building guitars as Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:17:03 GMT Mark Emilio Fleener http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/174 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/174 ... You know what I've haven't seen any of, is a steel string acoustic with a 2" fingerboard width at nut like is found on classicals. The steel strings are Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:14:32 GMT BlueRocco http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/173 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/173 Nothing to worry about. Any good Luthier should be able to make it look proportionate. The are a lot of smaller scaled Guitars around. One thing I have noticed Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:24:19 GMT Mark Emilio Fleener http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/172 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/172 I was going to hire a luthier to build me a couple of customized acoustic guitars, one nylon and one steel string, and I thought I should educate myself on the Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:39:57 GMT BlueRocco http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/171 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/171 Titebond is basically just PVA that takes a little longer to set up, and is just a little tackier. So, you will do great with what you have. I do however use Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:40:22 GMT numanhas99 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/170 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/170 Titebond seems to be pretty much athe standard glue for building instruments from what i can see from various posts around the web/various groups. My biggest Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:55:09 GMT Carlos Assale http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/169 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/169 "Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht" -Albert Einstein- (Subtle is the Lord, but not malicious) Merry Christmas!!! Happy New Year!!! Carlos Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:41:20 GMT Wren http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/168 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/guitarluthiersnetwork/message/168 Happy Holidays to you all! :-) Wren List Owner