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I recently completed my third flamenco blanca. I had been waiting around to film a flamenco player but alas with the virus you get me.

Flamenco Blanca
Top: sitka spruce
back and sides: spanish cypress
bindings: Hawaiian Koa
Neck: spanish cedar ebony fret board
Bridge: Rocklite
peghead veneer: Brazilian Rosewood.
Tuners: Wittner Finetune Flamenco
5 fan brace pattern.
Top traditional french polish
everything else is sprayed post cat Royal Lac.

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Looks great, John. Sounds great too!


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Nice job, John!

Glad you are healthy and have plenty of time to get going on #4. Hope to be able to stop by and give it a go after we get through Jay Inslee's 'stay at home order', issued a few minutes ago.

Cheers, M

Wow!! Very nice.

Very cool John . very tastefully done !!

I'm curious about your choice of Rocklite for the bridge.

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Thanks all for the kind comments.



I had a blank that I have been wanting to try. It is a sustainable wood product. It has grain direction like a real wood blank. I have already used Rocklite fretboards and bindings. I have found that they act a lot like wood when bending, shaping, sanding and finishing.
On this guitar I wanted the look of ebony, but not the mass. It is a lot lighter than Ebony and the product has a good tap tone. I did not commit until after I made the bridge and was happy with what I had. If the product proves consistent I can chose between ebony or rosewood without an acoustic difference.

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Very nice John. Can you say more about the tuners? Are they just pegs or is there a mechanism?

Thanks, these are geared Wittner Flamengo tuning pegs. The gear ratio is 8.5 to 1. The string part turns in the same direction that the peg is turned but only faster so they are very natural to use. They can be replacements for most pegs as they have a slightly larger diameter with the same 30 to 1 taper. There are other brands out there. I hit on these the first time and liked them so they are the only ones I tried.

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A one piece carved neck? No joints. A scarf joint is easy, but the v joint on my baroque is a lot of fuss. Yes, I did say that. I saw that the old Vihuelas had a one piece neck too. I like the idea.

Looks and sounds great. Red trebles? I've seen red basses before.

I never thought much about tuning pegs before, just making violins. But I put steel strings on my 5 string, and they are touchier to tune, and I'm not a fan of those fine tuners on the tailpiece. My guitar stay pretty much in tune. We'll see about the baroque.

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Why be normal?

Thanks,
The neck has a scarf joint and and stacked heel. I placed the joint start right under the nut location so that it worked well with volute by tapering the fret board face until it lines up. In the next picture you can see the line that I will taper to.



Here you can see the stack from the heel block

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