Pablo Requena Carving the neck on a classical guitar 1

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8 жыл бұрын

Pablo Requena Carving the neck on a classical guitar, video 1 of 3.
I carve the neck using a method that allows me to control what type of shape I want for the neck of the guitar. I find that this method is perfect for my students as they find that carving the neck in this way makes it managable and not so difficult.
The other two videos will follow soon.
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@svitjod11 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pablo. Looking forward for Moore of your helpful videos. Much appreciated!

@AlderSMMartins 8 жыл бұрын

Excelente! A forma mais inteligente de o fazer! Parabéns!

@sebuteo 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm preparing to make my 1st classical self-build guitar, and carving the neck was a daunting prospect. Your method gives me the confidence to take the plunge. Many thanks!

@SC-SA 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are gold valids. Thank you very much.

@daveb2182 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pablo this technique has worked very well for me on my builds. Thanks for sharing 🎸🎸🎸

@lawrencetendler2342 8 жыл бұрын

Nice video ,Pablo is a clever guy and master crasftsman.

@attuneu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your mastery in these videos

@Jefferson-ly5qe 6 жыл бұрын

Very clever work! Thanks for the tips

@587cql 7 жыл бұрын

That was brilliant, extremely helpful, thank you!

@jamesfriedman1878 5 жыл бұрын

Greetings Pablo, thanks for sharing your neck carving technique with this marvelous video. The method of creating a 25-30 mm space at the heel and peg head ends, makes it so much easier to carve quickly with less risk of nicking heel or head areas. I really liked your supporting jigs for holding the guitar quite securely on the bench with additional adjustable floor neck support.

@WindmillChef 6 жыл бұрын

Pablo, All your videos are really great. You explain and show in a manner that provides great (and simple) clarity and the camera work is good. I am learning and planning my first guitar build and your videos are among the most helpful. Thank you for posting them.

@redkitekk 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, I hope you enjoy making your guitar.

@halid3052 6 жыл бұрын

Great greeting for you, thanks for the wonderful instructions. You have an fan in Bosnia.

@redkitekk 6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@antoniojosedeoliveiraolive2291 7 жыл бұрын

magnífico trabalho parabéns

@frediheld5649 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you...Sir Will definitely be looking into your On line course!

@rickhogg5856 7 жыл бұрын

this is fantastic very helpful thank very much

@test-gx1ws 7 жыл бұрын

These videos helped me a lot in building a guitar I've started. Whenever I find any difficulty, I turn to the videos and find a solution. The man, of course, is a very good craftsman and I hope that at some point I will approach his level. Thank you very much, greetings from Greece

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, I am glad you found my videos helpful.

@nguyenkhai1 8 жыл бұрын

fantastic! method, thanks for sharing

@DavidLaFerney 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful!

@lucoha 4 жыл бұрын

Maestro, la mejor explicación de cómo tallar el brazo que haya visto! El trabajo queda perfecto. Gracias por compartir!

@redkitekk 4 жыл бұрын

Luis Collazo de nada, me alegro de que te guste.

@sercanpektas27 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Pablo Requena your videos are amazingly helpfull. I've been learning so much by watching your videos. I owe too much you. I appreciate your craftsmanship and someday ı want to becoma a apprentice of you. Greetings from Turkey.

@redkitekk 5 жыл бұрын

Sercan Pektaş thanks for your comments, I am very pleased you find my videos useful.

@Divalcosta 3 жыл бұрын

Very very good👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@beniciodelavega9046 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful worksmanship

@marc988noumea 8 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup, pour cette méthode simple et sure pour réussir cette étape.

@abdallamusico1188 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@gerardoteran7239 3 жыл бұрын

Super video!!!

@PedroLopez-sx1zw 7 жыл бұрын

Muitíssimo obrigado por compartilhar estes fantásticos videos. Pouco Luthiers se dispõem a compartilhar seus métodos de produção de uma guitarra passa a passo porque esse é um segredo que cada qual guarda a sete chaves. Por isso tiro o chapéu a este senhor Pablo Requena. Ja agora, como seria possível obter uma guitarra feita por este Luthier? Alguém sabe? Obrigado antecipadamente

@alkssmith 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@alchemist1111 6 жыл бұрын

Pablo, these videos are great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill in such a considerate and meaningful way.

@liamchristian2661 2 жыл бұрын

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@liamchristian2661 2 жыл бұрын

@Malakai James I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im trying it out atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@liamchristian2661 2 жыл бұрын

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@malakaijames2853 2 жыл бұрын

@Liam Christian Glad I could help :D

@GuitarraLisboa1977 8 жыл бұрын

Magnifico... muito obrigado pela partilha

@stuarthoughtonsh 7 жыл бұрын

GuitarraLisboa1977

@71pieromat 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@walterrider9600 8 жыл бұрын

thank you

@ellyguitarchic5069 8 жыл бұрын

q maravilla!

@eduardocamargo3069 3 жыл бұрын

Mui bueno!

@AB-rs8uw 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your skill in this very informative video, I'd like to ask which method do you use to sharpen your chisels and plane. Regards from England. Andrew.

@Pickledpepperpicka 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great and informative video. What brand and grain of rasp do you use for neck shping work? Thanks again for all the effort you put in to making such helpful videos

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

Pickledpepperpicka the rasp I use is the one in this link. www.dictum.com/en/tools/woodworking-metalworking/rasps-files/hand-cut-rasps/704721/herdim-precision-rasp-cabinet-cut-4-cut-lenght-200-mm

@loganangus3138 4 жыл бұрын

Pablo, I love your videos and I've purchased some of your online lesson. They're unbelievably well done. You mention using a spokeshave for part of the carving. Would you recommend a flat spokeshave? Or a convex one?

@redkitekk 4 жыл бұрын

Logan Angus thanks for the feedback. I use a flat spokeshave but you could also use a curved one if that is what you have. If you don’t have one and you are thinking of buying one I would recommend the flat one.

@ProfileP246 4 жыл бұрын

That's a great technique! what's the rasp you're using there?

@johnk9762 3 жыл бұрын

That's a nice saw.

@bighank99 3 жыл бұрын

I love your tutorials Pablo. Do you bring down neck thickness to exact figure and neck width exactly to fingerboard width before cutting the neck curve profile? Or do you leave a bit extra thickness/width for final sanding?

@redkitekk 3 жыл бұрын

I bring it pretty much to the final dimension, when I do the shaping I don’t remove any material of the center line of the neck or the width. Once the shape is done I remove scratches with different grades of sandpaper. Just in case you are interested I have a complete course available on www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com

@bighank99 3 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk Thanks Pablo. I will look with great interest at your course web page.

@thebigswede1736 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial. I noticed the shape of the neck profile is somewhat asymmetrical. is that correct? Is the thicker side for the low string or the high string? Thank again for this video.

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

No, I try to make the neck as symmetrical as possible, perhaps the video shows the image a bit distorted.

@massnb 7 жыл бұрын

That seems like a great method. What are the thicknesses and widths at the nut and 9th fret for which your measurements work? how much do you have to change them for differently dimensioned necks? Thank you.

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, the widths are 52 at the nut and 62 at the 12th fret, and the thickness at the nut is 21.5 mm and the 9th fret 23.5.

@costantinoproietti7578 4 жыл бұрын

Maestro, could you kindly confirm if when start carving, the neck thickness has just been reduced to the right final measures 21.5 and 23.5?

@madasabo Жыл бұрын

Hola Pablo, sería muy Útil que aclares si las medidas de referencia que indicas en los cortes a la altura del traste 1 y 9 respectivamente, Incluyen el espesor del diapasón, o si sólo es contemplando el cedro del mango. Gracias

@redkitekk Жыл бұрын

Es incluyendo el diapasón

@FraserChute 7 жыл бұрын

How do you approach the fingerboard itself? do you leave it at 90 degrees as it is first glued on or do you round it with the curve of the neck as you are carving the neck? Thanks again for the great videos.

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

I glue it on the neck with the edges at 90 degrees and I shape it into the curve of the neck, ebony and cedar as one unit.

@FraserChute 7 жыл бұрын

PabloRequena Thanks for the reply. How do you handle where the neck meets the body in respect of the fingerboard? Do you just gently feather in the curve of the neck/fingerboard? The first one I built I had problems with the sides of the fingerboard as it transitioned from the curved neck to the part over the body.

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

You are right, that area can be tricky, what I do is to start the transition from curve to flat within the space between the 11th and the 12th frets so that from the 12th fret the fingerboard is perpendicular to the soundboard. I hope this makes sense. Pablo

@FraserChute 7 жыл бұрын

it does thank you again

@d.g.7416 4 жыл бұрын

Qué bien suena la escofina........

@jasonbrown5060 7 жыл бұрын

Pablo, can this carving technique be used when building steel string guitars also?

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

Of course, any round shape can be form in this way.

@acampoi 7 жыл бұрын

Hello Pablo, thanks for your job. I have a question, In the first cut and 1st fret you mark 8,5 mm from de top or bottom of the scale? thanks

@redkitekk 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Alonso, in the first cut, the 8,5 mm are taken from the edge of the ebony up towards the cedar.

@redkitekk 6 жыл бұрын

It is 8.5 mm from the edge of the fingerboard up, not from the join between the ebony and the cedar.

@costantinoproietti7578 5 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk Hello. If I understand well the first line is 15 mm (8,5+6,5 (about the fretboard thickness)) from the fretboard upper edge.

@costantinoproietti7578 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I misanderstood the drawing (and I had not read these comments) so I made the first cuts deeper, causing a few problems. Anyway the neck carving trilogy is very useful. Thank you.

@redkitekk 5 жыл бұрын

@@costantinoproietti7578 Sorry I couldn't reply to you on time, the dimensions that you see are always taken from the front face of the fingerboard, taking the cedar and the ebony as one unit, don't take measurements from the join line between the ebony and the cedar.

@cp_guitars 5 жыл бұрын

Pablo, is there a method to use to determine the dimensions for the facets (i.e 13.5 or 16mm from center)? Or have you determined these dimensions through experience?

@redkitekk 5 жыл бұрын

cpage07 there is a method, but it is a little too complicated to be able to explain in a few lines.

@cp_guitars 5 жыл бұрын

PabloRequena thanks for the response. I was going to make my neck a little thicker and didn’t know how the rest of the dimensions would change. Since this is my first build I went ahead and used your thickness and dimensions and actually just finished carving my neck. Using your method it turned out great! Thanks for posting these videos, you are a great instructor, and they are a huge resource for us beginning luthiers.

@costantinoproietti7578 4 жыл бұрын

Maestro, it seems you carve the neck after fretting and before filling the pores and polishing. Do I see well?

@redkitekk 4 жыл бұрын

costantino proietti yes, that’s correct.

@RayBeattie 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am a guitar maker myself. I always went by eye and feel when carving, but decided to go for the more precise approach as you show here. My question is: In your diagrams you show the neck thickness, and then the initial cutting line 8.5 to 9mm. I am guessing that these depths are from the base of the neck line up, minus the fingerboard thickness? it's just that the diagram does not make sense to me with cutting line depths as you do not include the fingerboard depth. (Good work and good videos also, thanks)

@redkitekk 4 жыл бұрын

When you take the dimensions you have to take both cedar and ebony as a unit as them both form the neck, that’s why I don’t show the fingerboard in the diagram as you need to take dimensions from the front edge of the neck which is also the front of the fingerboard. I hope this makes sense.

@RayBeattie 4 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk thank you for your reply, as I was hoping for an answer before I begin cutting here. I understand this is the total thickness of the neck and fingerboard, as shown in your diagram. You show the 8.5 and 9mm distance coming up from the edge of the neck and fingerboard (as a single unit) If I took this litterally, then I would have roughly a 2.5/3mm stop cut line running along the length of the cedral, 'above' the edge of the fingerboard? But as I judge by eye on the video, when you begin cutting, the 8.5-9mm depth looks to be taken from the edge of the cedral as it connects to the fingerboard? Sorry for being a pest. I just want to make sure before I cut. Thanks.

@redkitekk 4 жыл бұрын

Ray the measurements are taken from the front edge as I mentioned before, it might look different on the video but it is the angle of the camera, in any case, if you are not sure try it first in a different piece of wood of the same dimensions to check that it works.

@RayBeattie 4 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk Ok, thank you Pablo. Just finishing here in my workshop in Brussels. I'll come back to it tomorrow morning with an early clean start. Thank you for your time.

@RayBeattie 4 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk I think it was just the dark grain-line on the side of the neck, which I I thought was a pencil line, that was throwing me off. :-)

@hni4053 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Pablo, if a customer would ask for a slightly more D-shape at the 1st fret, after you reducing the height from current 21.5 m.m. to, say, around 19 mil; would you be able to do that with the rest of your set-up unchanged, i.e. w/o introducing a weak spot in the present design? /Hakan

@redkitekk 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Hakan, If you make the neck to be 19 mm in thickness it won't be a problem for the strength. A "D" shape is fine, many players like this type of shape, however, if what you are looking for is for the neck to be more comfortable, making it thiner is not necessarily the answer, many players over the years tell me that a thin neck produces muscle pain in the hand and arm so bare this in mind. Also, just in case you are interested, I have a complete course that you can find on www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com

@hni4053 3 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk You have just explained a debate I've had in my head for decades (Hubert Kappel triggered it once at a class): "why don't everybody choose thin necks that I like so much?". Here's the answer, the occasional issues about so important ergonomy. Easier for amateurs like me, hopefully. Thank you Pablo! /Hakan

@beniciodelavega9046 3 жыл бұрын

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@docdoc 3 жыл бұрын

Pablo, I believe the the first line is 8.5mm from the bottom of the fingerboard! Not the top of it. I almost made this mistake as per your diagram, which doesn't match what you are doing on the neck. I am correct ?

@redkitekk 3 жыл бұрын

The lines you see on the neck a the same as in the diagram, it might look different due to the angle of the camera. If you follow the dimensions in the diagram you will get the right profile. Just in case you are interested I have a complete course where I explain all this things in detail done by a professional film maker with a lot better video quality. You can find it at www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com

@docdoc 3 жыл бұрын

@@redkitekk Thank you so much Paolo. I have made a few guitars already, your videos have been very helpful. I will take a look at your site.

@glahome1 6 жыл бұрын

What kind of file are you using in this video?

@redkitekk 6 жыл бұрын

I use this rasp from Dictum www.dictum.com/en/tools/woodworking-metalworking/rasps-files/hand-cut-rasps/704724/herdim-precision-rasp-cabinet-ultra?ftr=_5__97_1_12_12

@glahome1 6 жыл бұрын

PabloRequena Thank you for the information. Best Regards.

@redkitekk 6 жыл бұрын

no problem

@joebax88 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for chowing me how to chave the chape...

@lidiazimmer4515 7 жыл бұрын

zwei linke hände

@qweasd60 7 жыл бұрын

@frediheld5649 3 жыл бұрын

And no duck tape insight...

@frediheld5649 3 жыл бұрын

By the way...on the screen they give your name as "Pablo Laguna..." sorry I could nt resist...🐸

@redkitekk 3 жыл бұрын

That’s ok, KZfaq obviously doesn’t know how to deal with a Spanish surname. By the way, jut in case you are interested I have a complete course available on www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com