The importance of a well-built Nut for your guitar. With guitar maker Pablo Requena.
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2023
- The great Spanish guitar maker Pablo Requena explains here in this video how he makes the head Nut on the classical guitar.
Apparently a piece that for many guitarists goes unnoticed but which is of great importance and which directly influences the playability of the instrument, and the avoidance of unwanted noises that annoy us guitarists so much.
As always, it is a process in which we have to pay a lot of attention to build it well and take into account many very important details in order to finally have an ideal set up in our guitars.
This article in Madera Blog:
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Who would have thought such a simple part of the guitar could be so crucial to a good and clear sound? And many thanks for posting this crystal clear explanation - not just showing what the final shape should be, but also how to achieve it, and WHY it needs to be that way!
¡Mi más sincero agradecimiento!
Muchas Gracias!!
Pablo is one of the finest teachers and great for English speaking people. Thanks.
Agree 👍
Have i missed something?? What about the first fret clearance measurements??
👍👍👍👏👏👏🙏Muchas gracias maestro.
Hola! Por fine encuentro un vídeo que hable de este problema. Tenía ya la intuición de que esto era así, pero no tenía claro cuestiones como el punto de inclinación correcto. Un maravilla! Muchas gracias!
Me alegro te haya gustado. Gracias.
Thank you, great content as always, very helpful! Cheers
Thanks! Glad you found it of your interest. Regards from Granada.
The"nut" is an interesting word in english! Best wishes to you and Pablo!
hahahaha... It is! Best wishes to you too.
qué dominio de la fabricación de guitarras y qué dominio del inglés? Una pregunta: también trabajó en Inglaterra como Romanillos? gracias y saludos
Gracias! Sí, Pablo Requena vivió en Inglaterra 20 años. Ahora vive en su ciudad natal Málaga. Un saludo desde Granada.
@@maderaguitarras espero alguna vez hacer un curso con él. Saludos desde La Mancha.
Looks like a good method Pablo. I'll have to try it. I have never used a V shaped file for the nut slots, but your explanation is quite convincing that it may be an improvement over the method where each slot is cut with a particular sized nut file. Do you have an issues with the V-slot system when changing from a nylon E string (.028") to a carbon E string (.024") ? I suppose it's good to know what strings will be used before making the nut. Cheers, Nice camera work, and the drawings help too.
Pablo told me all strings works fine with this method. Talking about the usual strings in the market. No matter the different diameters out there. Carbon or nylon.
@@maderaguitarras Thanks. Ill try it out, keeping in mind that a narrower gauge string should drop a bit lower down into the V shaped slot, than a fatter diameter string, thus making it a little closer to the 1st fret.
Yes, I understand your point. Please if you finally try it out and you find any problem with that narrow gauge string on the V shape slot let us know. Thanks!.
wouldnt the v slot cause string binding at the nut? as it will pinch the string?
@@jovanmagyaya8714 - I'm not a luthier; my background is in instrument engineering. FWIW, in my opinion, the V-shaped slot will hold the nut end of the string immobile, but that will actually help the main length of the string to vibrate freely. If either end of the string is allowed to move around, even a tiny amount, that will drastically damp down the vibrations, blurring the sound, and reducing sustain.
I take Pablo's point about making a round bottomed slot - that, in order for it to work, it must be an *exact* match to the string diameter. Aside from being extremely difficult to make with that degree of accuracy, it would also mean that, if you changed to a different gauge of string, you'd also have to make a new nut - whereas the V-shaped slot can accept such a change. HTH, Jack
Always amazing content! can you make a video of the machien heads? I have a guitar with pegs and honestly I noticed the diference with the pegs, since I started using a guitar with pegs I cant seem to enjoy anymore the guitars with machine heads.... thats quite something, maybe you have a bit more of science to it...
Im still waiting for the action/strings tension guitar video
Thanks Ernesto! What is exactly the difference you see between pegs and machine heads? What you mean? Interesting.
@@maderaguitarras The vibration of the pegs are much higher than a machine head, you can feel the guitar vibrate everywhere, against your chest and your finger tips, I own a concert guitar with machine heads and dont give me this sensation might do to the fact that the strings are pressed into the wood as for the machine heads go into steel and it does not vibrate as much... more robust sound please not this is for flamenco guitars! love your videos btw
Thank you for the information. That's interesting. It's not the first time I've heard that having a head with pegs helps the sound. I remember that the first person who told me this was the Granada guitar maker José López Bellido. Glad you like my videos!! Thanks!! Regards from Granada.
Have you considered getting a guitar with tuners like an electric or western acoustic but designed for nylon strings, So there’s more material left on the headstock
In my case I'm too traditional to do that to my Spanish guitar. I know I would wake up every morning and see what I did with that classical guitar and immediately feel the need to go to a church to redeem my sins. But I know it's a problem I have and it's my fault!!! :)
Que tipo de erramientas recomiendan
Un montón de herramientas de carpintería..