Members Freeman Keller Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Building for Playability David Freeman Fairly basic information on design and construction to ensure good playability. Centered around neck angle, top and bridge, followed by setup and adjustment. (Interestingly, Freeman builds almost exclusively with Spanish heel, including all his steel strings). 19th Century Lutherie Techniques James Buckland Buckland is both a builder and very fine player of classical guitars build in the traditional method of 19th century Italian guitar makers. Guitars are built on a solera using all hand tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted June 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Fun stuff Pipe Organ Tour Paul Tegels PLU has a beautiful pipe organ and Organ Master Tegels took 12 of us behind the scene, showing the bellows, pipes (including the 32 foot wooden ones that rumble like an earthquake down to the tiny little ones at the limit of human hearing). The triple keyboard, stops (which are mechanically programmable for rapid resetting during a piece), linkage between the stops, keys and valves), and all the other parts of the organ were demonstrated to the appreciative group of instrument builders. The great hall was designed around the organ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Wow...love those old "gut string guitars" Thanks for the excellent report and fine photographs. I can see that being luthier yourself you must have found the conference to be most inspiring. I have no intention of ever building guitars but I do love to look at them and learn more about how they are built. I wish I could attend one sometime. Maybe in a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Wow. What a report. Thanks Freeman, I wish it was closer to me so I could attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crab_Cake Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thanks for going over the seminars, I will most definitely be going next year. Actually I have a quick question for you freeman. I am building a very large workbench in my garage for building/ repairing guitars. How deep do you think it should be? I was thinking somewhere between 2 and 3 feet but in your experience what would be best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Sounds like a great exhibition - pity it happens across the other side of the world from me. Thanks for the photos, Freeman - I would really, really have liked to have been able to play some of those baroque guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodcat Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 great report! wish i could attend such an event...god that archtop harp guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fmw Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Very interesting. Thanks. The highlight photo for me was the hand built archtop. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Swanson Posted June 18, 2008 Members Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks for posting this Freeman! Being at the Convention is a really big treat, I had a great time as I always do. I wanted to remind everyone, this convention only takes place once every two or three years! That makes it even more special. And if anyone would like to learn about the Guild of American Luthiers, please visit the website at www.luth.org and maybe we can all meet up at the next Convention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 18, 2008 Members Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hey Mark, welcome to the forum! I think they need to bring this convention to Chicago. Ellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted June 19, 2008 Members Share Posted June 19, 2008 Very nice......a great read! Thanks Freeman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted June 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 19, 2008 Mark is a very fine builder in his own right and played one of his lovely guitars during the Listening. Welcome to this crazy little group, Mark, and thank you for your great playing at the conference. I'll just add that these are some of the most wonderful people you will ever meet. They hand you an absolutely lovely guitar and encourage you to sit and play. You don't have to be a builder to visit the conference - I think most of the folks on this forum would benefit and enjoy. Highly recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RizinRico Posted June 20, 2008 Members Share Posted June 20, 2008 thanks so much, another in a series of wonderful posts from FK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeverSayDai Posted June 20, 2008 Members Share Posted June 20, 2008 Samilyn - that sounds a really great trip. Freeman - very good write up to go with CC's earlier picture book thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted June 20, 2008 Members Share Posted June 20, 2008 Thank you for the report Freeman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 21, 2008 Members Share Posted June 21, 2008 Yeah, I did a lot of pickin' and grinnin'. And I remember playing the git shown in the photo. It was surprisingly comfy to hold and play, very well set up, and sounded very nice. Weird! It looks like it would be really heavy towards the bout. For some reason it just looks like most of the guitar is concentrated in that spot. Who made that particular oddball? Also, I think I remember CC mentioning a copper-backed guitar, is that it in the background of the lovely picture of Samilyn? Bet that thing leaves a weird smell on your clothes. Ellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark Swanson Posted June 21, 2008 Members Share Posted June 21, 2008 Yes, I played that guitar too and I can agree with Samilyn, it was a good sounding guitar and easy to play. I didn't think it would be as nice as it was before I played it. That is indeed the copper-backed guitar on the table behind Samilyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted July 15, 2008 Members Share Posted July 15, 2008 please remove my photo from your threadthank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted July 16, 2008 Members Share Posted July 16, 2008 Wow Samilyn that guitar looks real good on ya! As for it's odd shape...I think it looks pretty good now that I see how it looks while being played. Boy it must have been fun. Tracy, please remove my photo from your post thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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