just a little bridge

I´m not posting a lot on my blog these days, but I´m still building and the classical cedar top wil be finished very soon.
Here a photo of the bridge :-)

Classical bracing

So here´s my version of the famous Hernandez y Aguado bracing

Bracing a classical guitar

headstocks

I have been preparing wood during the summer. headstocks, necks, plates, and  rosettes.
I have started the assembly of 2 guitars. Here you have the first shot from the workshop.

It is summer

So thats why nothing is happening here. Gardening, repairing house and sailing is what i do the most these days.
When I go back indoors, I will start building again. :-)

Rosette and final thicknessed soundboard

This is the soundboard for a Cedartop classical guitar that I am buiding at the moment.

Just thinking

So I bought this poster with dimensions on the backside from thestrad.com.
Its a Jacob Stainer violin from 1679. A Baroque Violin
Maybe this autum/winter I will start building a baroque violin. The reason I chosed the Stainer is:
* The only violin made by "the old masters" that I have tried was a Stainer and it was the sweatest little thing I have tried. Very good for everything pre-romantic era and for fiddling. Being Jazz or folk.
*Its the only poster of a true baroque violin out there. All the others have been converted.

I will not make a 100% coupy, mainly because wood is always different and what Stainer used may have had a different density or stiffnes than what I will use. but I will try to respect the original as much as possible. It has a very nice neckangle. Not totally flat and stil very baroque. The back is extremely thin. Less than 1,5mm in many places. and I have a feeling that I should go somewhere close to that to get the real elegant Stainer feel. We´ll see what happens. :-)