Carving my guitar neck to 1944 Martin 000-28 shape for easy fretting 6th string with my thumb

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Never Too Old To Learn Guitar

Never Too Old To Learn Guitar

3 жыл бұрын

(NOTE: The spoken voice of this video is Japanese but English caption is available)
Is it easy for you to fret 6th string bass note with your thumb by wrapping over the neck? No, it's not easy for me at all. I guess there are two reasons. One is due to the shape of my thumb, and another reason is my DIY acoustic guitar neck is thick (or fat?). So when I am practicing a new song with a TAB score, I sometimes encounter a moment:
"Oh, this part of the TAB score is assuming thumb fretting..."
then my choices are:
a) Try to use other finger to play that note
b) Arrange that part differently and edit the TAB
c) Give up playing that song
In most cases, I chose c), give up.
But I recently found an article that says 1944 Martin 000-28 neck is ideal for thumb fretting of 6th string. Actually 3 of my DIY acoustic guitars are based on Martin OM size guitar body, so I decided to carve one of those Martin OM copies to the shape of 1944 Martin 000-28, known as Modified Low Oval neck shape.
I used StewMac's neck template (see below) to check the shape of the neck during carving, and I used a scraper to shave the finished neck.
How the feeling of the neck changed?
Was I able to fret 6th string with my thumb?
Please see the video!
StewMac Acoustic Guitar Neck Templates:
www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools...
Guitar information:
Make: My 4th DIY acoustic guitar
Size: OM
Soundboard: Sitka Spruce
Back and Side: Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Indian Rosewood
Bridge: Ebony
Binding: Ebony with Maple
Tail piece: Maple
Nut and Saddle: Bone

Пікірлер: 8
@toshsqeez
@toshsqeez 3 жыл бұрын
初めまして! 僕は20年ほど前に、セミオーダーしたストラトのネックがやはり気に入らなくて、クラプトンタイプのVタイプのネックがバッカスにあるときいて ネックだけそれと替えたのですが、 それでも気に入らなくて、厚みを削ると音に影響あると思って、強めのVになるように自分で削りました(笑) 何も道具なかったので、ハサミ✂️を このアイコンのように広げて固定して ガシガシ削り、理想のVにしました、 ネックの厚み自体は変えてないので 横だけ肉を落としても、音はいいかんしに残りました(笑) スチューマックは、様々な工具あって良いですよね!動画見てもあのダンは 多くの大御所からも信頼されてて 安心ですね!
@TheSnowyWhiteCat
@TheSnowyWhiteCat Жыл бұрын
私もFをグリップで完全には握り込めません。どれだけ親指第一関節の皮をむいたことか。24:20まで拝見して、同じテンプレート買ってやってみようと思いました!仕上げもとてもきれいですね!親指で押さえられるようになったというところがとてもうらやましいです!真似させてください!ありがとうございます!!
@maoryan
@maoryan 3 жыл бұрын
動画を見ている限りでは削る前と比べて 高音弦の音質がよりクリアになった感じに聞こえるのですが音質の変化って 実際どうなんでしょうか? あとニャンコヘッドが個性的ですごく良いです!
@maxitab7090
@maxitab7090 3 жыл бұрын
Hey my friend, your video is very interesting. I like it! I hope your guitar will be better now ;)
@user-gn2vz9rt7v
@user-gn2vz9rt7v 3 жыл бұрын
初めましてクラシックギターを始めて2週間です何もわからないで入札で3本落としました画面のマーチンと同じギターをつくりたいのですがどの様にすれば材料が入手できるでしょうか?ざっとで良いです教えてください宜しくお願いします。
@over-40s-guitar
@over-40s-guitar 3 жыл бұрын
木工のスキルと道具がどれだけあるかによりますが、ギター作るのは結構大変です。まだ余りよく分からないなら買った方が絶対に良いと思いますが、それでも作りたいならキットから始めると良いと思います。米国のStewMacという会社のacoustic guitar kitがお勧めですが、日本国内にも確かアコギのキットを出してる会社があったと思います。ちょっと調べてみますね。
@over-40s-guitar
@over-40s-guitar 3 жыл бұрын
例えばこんなのです。 amzn.to/3kNoPyp StewMacのキットに比べると材質的に音の良さはあまり期待できませんが、難易度もStewMacキットよりもやさし目(それでも難しいと思いますが)で、良い練習にはなると思います。 Amazonの購入者コメントを読んでみると参考になると思いますよ。
@user-fc2cl6cn7z
@user-fc2cl6cn7z Жыл бұрын
ガットもフォークも、ネックが““ねっ苦““フレットの打ち込みが下手・バリが有る・本体作ってから、フレット打ち込む酷いやり方!こんな変なギター弾きたくなりますか???!!!。
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