Synchronicity .... the phenomenon as well as the album! Today I was re-listening to the Police album for the first time in years, then later I decided I want to make a cutaway, I watch this, and you're singing along to that album. ... Synchronicity!
Nice. I've been working on fretted instruments for over 30 years. Never thought of doing a cutaway like that . . . nor turning a classical into a Selmer style jazz guitar. Cheers!
Great minds think alike. I'd cutting my traditional classic guitar to cutaway guitar few months ago. But my guitar made from laminate, so it's hard to remove the binding. Anyway it's now complete perfectly.
Midway through my conversion based upon your video. I originally was hoping I could do it without cutting the piece entirely off - I.e. bend it, but figured out that, even should that be possible, it was beyond my tools/skill set.
Very nice work!! The ONLY thing I would have done is put binding on the last side of it where you said you would stain it. Other than that it awesome!! And I really admire the stones it took to just dive into such a project!! Well done!!
Great job, great video. You make it look so damn easy. Did the piece you cut out really bend like that with just heat and water? A little more detail/description of that part would be much appreciated. Thank you and keep uploading videos.
Great video. Given me the confidence to cut into an old Yamaha basher I have. Personally don't like the shape of your cut out but I understand it's the easiest way. Think I'll try for a less aggressive cut off even so.
I LOVE this! Many thanks. I cant wait to do this for a 70s era Cortley made in Japan aquired for $15. As my street busque "money maker" with good tone this modification will be very useful indeed. Cheers!
I've been wanting to add a cutaway to my Classical Guitar for years. I imagined doing exactly what you did, but wasn't sure if the cutout section could be use to seal the gap. Nice trick flattening it out and then re-bending it in the opposite direction. I like that you were able to do it with a minimum of tools. I've been also considering doing a "half cutaway" like the guitar in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J7cZHa6PVG4.html That type of cutaway could work for my purposes, but I don't think the cutout piece could be used to fill the gap left by the half cutaway. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks
@@PeterSesselmann Yeah, that's what I suspected. I really enjoyed watching your video and how you kept everything simple and doable. It's given me some good ideas how I might be able to do some test mockups and proceed. Thanks
Hi Peter, I wonder of your great job! I actually convert a classical guitar to fretless and maybe I’m gonna try to make this cutaway, but before that I’ve to glazing the fretless board. A question, I saw a lot of tutorial using super glue to polish the board, do you think it will be done also with shellac?
Super glue or CA glue is a bugger to work with the smell and the way it acts is very awkward.. I would steer away from using that. Shellac on the other hand is very nice to work with… you could also use a 2 part polyurethane….
Thanks for posting this! I’m thinking about doing this to my acoustic It’ll prob take me a week or two though. 4:56 did u get that wood from the same place you cut off the guitar?
A classical guitar generally is not constructed in such a manner as to handle the increased tension of steel strings long-term. If you want to take a cheapo $100 guitar and experiment no harm done, but absolutely do not string up a nice classical with steel strings.
Geez! A professional classical guitarist can play to the last fret with advanced techniques without the cutaway. Just buy a cutaway! By the way, do that to your Martin!
