Thanks Pablo, i know all about buying wood and it ain't cheap, that's a fair expenditure you've made my friend. Where i live i can buy figured maple in 12 foot lengths and when i get it i cut it all up to dimensions and store it on the sticks just as you do.
Thanks for a lovely video! I am sure you don't want to say but I wonder at the total cost [transported] of those three boxes! For Australia, I think the transport costs would be prohibitive so perhaps your Portuguese supplier is not for me. We are lucky in Australia however, to have the 'next big thing' in guitar wood, Tasmanian Blackwood [Acacia melanoxylon]. Its main claim to fame is that it is [apparently] a relative of Hawaiian Koa. Thus big US guitar manufacturers are buying it by the container load. Happily, my little city has a supplier so I can just drive down the road and get some as quite a reasonable price.
Definitely encouraged me to 'buy wood and make guitars' Great video Pablo. Would you consider doing one showing how you cut/prepare your struts and harmonic Bars? I bought a block of spruce like that and am a little unsure of how to proceed. perhaps you could combine it with how to prep, reinforcement rod, back wedge/strip etc. I find there's not a great deal of info out there on how to prepare all these little bits and pieces.....only if you have time of course.☺️
hi pablo, heres a dificult question, doyou how did the milled the wood like you did with the maple in the video(cutting big blocks to the dimensions of back and sides) before elecrticity? thanks
me parece super interesantes tus vídeos la pena es que yo no se ingles y me pierdo bastante si pudieras subtitular aunque sea básicamente seria genial gracias de todas maneras
Hi Pablo I've heard recently that madinters timber isn't dried properly. I have just finished a flamenco with their wood and now worry it won't be stable. I built the guitar straight away. Should I have stored it first? Thanks
Hi Dave, I have visited Madinter many times and I have seen how they dry the wood before they put it up for sale and I think it is great, however it is always a good idea to keep the wood in your workshop for a couple of months at least, and longer depending on the density of the wood, before you use it. Also, the best way to know how dry the timber is to store it in your workshop for as long as you can, that way you know that it is properly dry. In regards to your guitar, don't worry too much, just try to keep the guitar in an room where the humidity is similar to what you had in your workshop when you built it and don't allow the humidity to be too low, if after a few months of making the guitar you haven't got any cracks is because it is going to be OK.
