4:53 That bracing in the Salz guitar is called "falcate" and was invented by Trevor Gore. Notice that the bracing is symmetrical and none cross the center-line. Requires bending a species that doesn't usually bend all that easily. Usually with carbon fibers added top and bottom with epoxy.
@@TomSandsGuitars Yes, "Contemporary Acoustic Guitar" by Trevor Gore and Gerard Gilet. Two volumes, "Design" and "Build". Design covers the physics of the acoustic guitar. Gore has a PhD in engineering from Cambridge. Build shows their construction techniques. Between the two of them, they say they've built over 2000 acoustic guitars. The books are expensive but the information is incredible, and they are printed in the highest quality with many color photos. The best $200 I've spent for guitar building. I'd provide links, but then RU-vid would delete this comment. You can google "gore guitars". Both of them are in Australia. We discuss the books on the "Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum".
@@sobellfanatic I know what falcate is, it’s a very trendy bracing system at the moment. I’ve toyed with the idea of trying it but not sure I want to head down that rabbit hole. The books are absolutely fascinating but two things give me pause 1) I’ve never heard/played/seen/heard of anyone owning a gore/gilet guitar. 2) in theory, practice and theory are the same, in practice, they’re not. I know some builders use this system and get along with it but I expect this has more to do with their individual skills as luthiers.
That was such a joy! Reminds me of our ol' Healdsburg Guitar Festivals in the early 2000s. When and where the best of the world gathered to share their creations.
An Intriguing guitar design i've seen, was basically two acoustic bodies inside of each other. Its hard to explain but like a smaller body inside of a sort of shell, which means its much louder because there are two bodies and two ways for the sound to project. There is a video i saw of it but i dont remember what corner of youtube i found it in.
Wow - just wow. The look and designs and workmanship on all of these are just magical. AI has not replaced luthiers yet at least! I want to be rich now more than ever so I can own some of these artisans' work, and maybe get the equipment and space to make my own (much simpler) guitar. The skill these builders exhibit is mind blowing.
3:50 well, you whizzed through those. i just posted a video about the 1969 epiphone texan i acquired last year about how it was converted to being fretless, then had the frets replaced (really badly) and how it's now playable again, if a little tattered. i had seen a fretless guitar before, but just the one.
Oh my I remember being impressed some years with the guy in France making beautiful Gibson re creations but it would seem he’s now doing stuff that is far out in a good way.
Wenge - aka Horribly Splintery B*****dwood Looks beautiful though. I have a guitar under construction with a neck featuring figured maple purpleheart and wenge with a very individual scarf joint design. Looks great but some real challenge to get it together. Some of these designs are really getting the brain cells firing. I think we are living through a golden age of guitar innovation.
It's very interesting to me that despite the primary objective of any musical instrument is how it sounds and plays, the appearance is held in such high regard despite that having absolutely nothing to do with how the instrument sounds or plays. Don't get me wrong, this applies to myself as well. I love pretty things too. I just find it interesting.
I think how we perceive the look and feel of an object informs how’s we appreciate its function/quality. If I were to do offer a blind test with the same guitar but each time it was played a weight was added or removed from the headstock or body, I wonder how that would affect how the sound was perceived… 🤔
If that fretless bit of the fingerboard that goes over the regular frets is detachable that's really cool. It's cool to begin with, but the idea of being able to just clip on an accessory to make some or all of a regular fretboard into a fretless instrument is really inspiring. I don't think that you could change it in the middle of a gig, but it's a really cool idea that would make fretless instruments much more accessible, as well as permitting the use of modes that fall outside of 12tet (for instance, you could authentically recreate melodies and chord voicings from Arab musical traditions that are currently not available on western instruments)
I don't doubt the high quality of craftsmanship that went into these guitars, but many of them are too unorthodox. I liked the first one the best, the black one. I know, I'm boring, I like the same old stuff. Some of these guitars remind me of those "futuristic concept cars" they were building in the 50s.
I know there are vastly experienced builders here , ....help ! How do I remove scorch marks from mahogany sides ? That out of the way , some beautiful instruments there . Peace ✌.
outstanding work, really makes me ashamed of how proud I am of my parts caster, also how is everybody in this community a senior designer, audio engineer, and virtuoso instrumentalist. You people disgust me.
this was a great video that makes me want to build acoustic guitars - and i neither play acoustic guitar or listen to music that really ever has acoustic guitars. incredible works of art here
The bracing on the Salz is called Falcate and is designed by Trevor Gore and comes from his books Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build. If you're making videos like this, I feel like you should know that.
I'm going to have to report this as porn. Guitar porn - hide the children! That last one from Jacky Walraet is absolutely amazing; I think my heart may have stopped there for a moment.
