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Building a Soprano Ukulele, part 5: Frets and Neck Shaping
This is the last video I will have for this instrument before I do the finish. In this video, I install the frets. After that, I shape the neck using rasps and scrapers.
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Building a Soprano Ukulele, part 4
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In this video, I brace the back and attach it to the sides. Following that, I prepare the satinwood bindings and get ready to attach them to the body.
Archtop Guitar Building: Closing the Body
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I am currently working on a 7 string, thin bodied, laminated archtop guitar. Before I attached the back, I thought it might be good to show a bit of what is going on inside, including the bracing and some of the structural supports. After editing the video, I realized that I did not talk about one important aspect: the laminated plates tend to warp a bit and if this weren't addressed, could res...
Building a Soprano Ukulele, Part 3
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In this segment I talk a little bit about the soundboard braces, then shape the braces and attach the top to the sides. After that, I use a chisel and sanding board to pare down the sides and create the desired taper in preparation for attaching the back in the next video.
Building a Soprano Ukulele, part 2
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In this, the second segment on building a soprano ukulele, I form the Spanish Heel and Foot, shape the peghead and attach the sides to the neck. I feel that the Spanish Heel provides superior strength and stability compared to a dovetail or mortise and tenon joint. I use it on most of my ukuleles, as well as classical guitars.
Pre War Martin 000-18 Guitar Specs
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We recently undertook a very extensive restoration of a 1927 Martin 000-18 steel string guitar. After it was finally put back together and strung up, we found that it had an incredible voice and dynamic range. Much of this amazing sound is undoubtedly due to the age of the instrument and that fact that it was built by a highly regarded manufacturer. However, I wanted to find out if there was an...
Building a Soprano Ukulele, part 1
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I have started to build a soprano ukulele while waiting for lacquer to dry on several guitars. This uke will have a reclaimed Douglas fir top, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard and Bois de Rose for the back and sides. The construction incorporates a Spanish Heel design, identical to that of a fine classical guitar. This first video introduces the project and shows how I cut the slots for the si...
Small Steel String Guitar, part 12: The Final Chapter
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This is the last video in this series. Here, I polish the soundboard along the edges of the fretboard, clean up and polish the fretboard, refine the nut and saddle, and install a clear plastic pickguard. www.zimnicki.com
Making the Bone Nut and Saddle for a Steel String, Multi-Scale Guitar
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I am finally getting near the end of this project. In this video I rough out the bone nut and saddle and talk a little bit about why I generally prefer bone to other common materials. The nut and saddle are deliberately left a bit tall at this point. I will make the final adjustments to the nut slots and saddle height after the guitar is strung up for a day or two so I can see if there is any s...
Small Steel String Guitar, part 10. Buffing, bridge gluing, and bridge pin fitting
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Continuing with the small bodied steel string guitar building videos I started several months ago, I am nearing completion of the project. As the title of this segment describes it, I show some final sanding and buffing of lacquer on the back of the guitar. Following that, I prepare to glue the bridge to the soundboard. The exact location of the bridge was established in an earlier video, befor...
Nitrocellulose Lacquer Guitar Finishing: Sanding the Tight Spots
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Nitrocellulose Lacquer Guitar Finishing: Sanding the Tight Spots
Changing Strings on Archtop Guitar: Keeping the Ball Ends in the Tailpiece
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Changing Strings on Archtop Guitar: Keeping the Ball Ends in the Tailpiece
1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 7: BAR FRETS
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1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 7: BAR FRETS
1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 6: Building and Installing a New Bridge
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1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 6: Building and Installing a New Bridge
1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 4: Repairing Some Challenging Back Cracks
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1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 4: Repairing Some Challenging Back Cracks
1927Martin Guitar Restoration, part 3: Removing the Neck
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1927Martin Guitar Restoration, part 3: Removing the Neck
1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 2: Fixing a Difficult Soundboard Crack
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1927 Martin Guitar Restoration, part 2: Fixing a Difficult Soundboard Crack
Restoration of a 1927 Martin OOO-18 Guitar
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Restoration of a 1927 Martin OOO-18 Guitar
Small Steel String Guitar, part 9: Spraying a Sunburst Finish with Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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Small Steel String Guitar, part 9: Spraying a Sunburst Finish with Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Small Steel String, part 8: Making a Pin Bridge for a Multi-scale Guitar
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Small Steel String, part 8: Making a Pin Bridge for a Multi-scale Guitar
Building a Small Steel String Guitar, Part 7: Shaping the Neck
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Building a Small Steel String Guitar, Part 7: Shaping the Neck
Building a Small Steel String Guitar, part 6: Attaching the Neck and Fretboard
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Building a Small Steel String Guitar, part 6: Attaching the Neck and Fretboard
Building a Small Steel String Guitar, Part 5: More Neck Work
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Building a Small Steel String Guitar, Part 5: More Neck Work
1937 Gibson L7 Archtop Guitar, part 2
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1937 Gibson L7 Archtop Guitar, part 2
1937 Gibson L7 Archtop Guitar
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1937 Gibson L7 Archtop Guitar
Building a Small Steel String Guitar, Part 4: The Neck
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Building a Small Steel String Guitar, Part 4: The Neck
Building a Small Steel String Guitar Part 3: Binding and Tail Graft
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Building a Small Steel String Guitar Part 3: Binding and Tail Graft
Building a Small Steel String Guitar, part 2: The Soundboard and Back
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Building a Small Steel String Guitar, part 2: The Soundboard and Back
New Steel String Guitar Project. Part 1: Bending the Sides
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New Steel String Guitar Project. Part 1: Bending the Sides
Fylde Cittern Neck Replacement, The Final Chapter
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Fylde Cittern Neck Replacement, The Final Chapter