"VALENTI GUITARS is based in Italy and run by experienced luthier Luigi Valenti.
Valenti Guitars creates one-off custom instruments exlusively under commission. Production is limited to 50 pieces each year. Where nothing but aesthetic perfection is allowed, Valenti Guitars are constructed to be an extension of the musician’s imagination and skills, thanks to uncompromising sound and playability."
This channel has been created to share some demos of the instruments being built, behind the scene processes and to talk about guitars!
Since this guitar is expected to travel the world, have you considered or used carbon fiber reinforcements in the neck? Thank for the response Sir.✌️✌️
I loved the bloopers section! Very organic and refreshing! Really brings out that human connection which sets you apart from countless other builders. Beautiful work and wonderful apprentice <3
I normally reply within 24hrs. Could you please send it again? I am not seeing any unread message in my inbox, maybe there has been a server clitch? Thank you!
@@Andy-mm5ff i actually did reply to your first request! Could you please check your spam folder? Btw, I have just replied you back, thanks for your patience and for getting back to me!
Usually it is a combination of different tools: saw rasps, dedicated type of files, orbital sander, sandpaper. As many jobs in luthiery, it is not super hard to do an "ok" job. Doing it properly requires quite a lot of skill and experience. The risk of fuckups is high, if it is not an expensive guitar, you might give it a try yourself if you're confident enough; otherwise i would suggest asking a luthier in your area 🙂
Love your work and guitars..but: you said "the thicker and the harder the coat the more it will absorb the vibrations of the instrument". This is not true. A soft lacquer (such as nitrocellulose) will absorb the vibrations of the instrument. For example: rubber is soft, metal is hard: which material will give sound and vibrations when you hit it hard with lets say a wooden spoon ? Same for a hard lacquer such as polyurethane or polyester - the harder the finish the better the resonances. An experienced finisher can sand back such a hard coating and buff the guitar until the layer is thinner than a human hair. John Suhr of Suhr Guitars says exactly the same, here (at 6 minutes into the video): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cmJN_ZtP1_4.html
English is not my first language and some things came out not well. You are correct, hard lacquer is better than soft for several reasons. Thick lacquer is not good in any case, because even if the hard component can help in the beginning, after a very small margin becomes decremental as well. What I was referring to was basically a not well put reference to the factory/mass produced instruments which go out with 1.5/2mm of polyester over them. Any of those guitars sounds a lot better after being stripped of all the lacquer and resprayed with a very thin layer. I do use very hard lacquers (just to prove your point) and not nitro, which is a very old and surpassed technology (only good for certain types of jobs). In regards to the sanding: yes, you are also correct, but I prefer spray little, sand little and do other things while I wait for the lacquer to cure and sink rather than spending hours over the sanding table covered by very toxic dust😅.
This is most fantastic!! I’d love to get a guitar with something similar to this. But instead of a dragon, a wizard casting spells. Then the spells could be on the 1st/3rd/5th so on and so forth. That would be soo cool.
So glad you connected with Rick! He's one of my personal favorite players and one of the best I've had the pleasure of performing with! Also thankful to have connected with you! Can't wait to get my hands on a Valenti! Both of those guitars are beautiful!
Here's the story of how I ended up building two guitars for one of the most iconic band ever existed. It has been a blast and I hope you enjoy the video. This will hopefully be the type of format I am going to use from now on, so please let me know if you like it and if you have any suggestion for future content!
Seeing how you are pretty much a one-man-show in all this, it works really well! The videos you pushed out so far feel very organic and personal, exactly like the beautiful instruments you are making. Keep up the amazing work!
