A video of #131

Antonio Cobra from Portugal has made this video of #131 and has kindly allowed me to put it on my blog. Enjoy his lovely playing :-)

#131 finished

So here you have #131. A hibrid that I actually would prefer to call a Flamenca Negra de Concierto.
It is clearly more flamenco than classical, but compared with my purebred flamenco guitars it has a little bit more sustain and harmonics in the trebles. A very powerfull and strong sounding guitar. I hope the owner will make a video soon.

Guitar is ready for French polishing

So here she is, everything sanded to 240 grit and slightly polished with 1500 grit micromesh in order to find imperfections.

ready for bindings

So here is a closeup of the back and sides with the double routing for the bindings and purlings respectively.

ready for the back

Here´s the guitar ready for the back which has been braced and is ready. I have also made the soundport for the guitar.

in the assembly jig.

starting assembly

Here is the neck and the soundboard being glued together.