Scottish Luthier Michael Ritchie ~ Making a Rosette for a Guitar.

#rosette #ritchieguitar #luthier
Scottish Luthier Michael Ritchie makes and fits a Rosette to the soundboard of a classical guitar. This is the second in a series of short films about various aspects of Luthiery featuring Michael - filmed and directed by Scottish Classical Guitarist Matthew McAllister.
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[@efrainrodriguez9550]

my name is E. Rodriguez, learn to love Flamenco Music in the Military in the 70s , I was born in NYC & learned Spanish from parents & English in School. I went to Spain last year, visited Madrid & Barcelona in 1990.I enjoyed a lot there.

[@galleryofguitar]

Cool, nice to meet you! 👍

[@agwbcfjc2]

Awesome skills, maestro. Thank you for sharing.

[@galleryofguitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@ryancummings8436]

This was so wonderful to see. Thank you for documenting this!

[@galleryofguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it Ryan!

[@harrynocos3378]

Wow.. Beautiful.. Thumbs up..

[@galleryofguitar]

Glad you like it Harry.

[@JuanMedina-tn4iy]

Pure art!!!

[@galleryofguitar]

Absolutely!

[@lesterarbusto3535]

If you weren't such a great guitarist you could be a pro filmmaker. Congratulations.

[@robinmarwick1982]

Thanks Michael this is a really helpful video

[@galleryofguitar]

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching Robin. 👍

[@schmaved]

This is great Michael, keep em coming!

[@livindadrm]

Interesting and well done video. Love the Barrios Julia Florida in the background... very slowly working on myself currently.

[@hdzhenkov]

Great work.

[@davidisaacavilaferreira2101]

Muy bueno su video, hermoso trabajo, saludos desde Lebu Chile

[@antoniogonzagadasilvanetog2023]

Obrigado pela aula mestre, grande abraço, parabéns pelo trabalho.

[@galleryofguitar]

Gracias.

[@pankya5184]

ottimo lavoro !

[@walterrider9600]

thank you

[@galleryofguitar]

Glad you enjoyed the video Walter. 😀

[@petervanrensburg4171]

Great video, thank you for showing, as I am new to this what glue did you use, Thank you kindly

[@galleryofguitar]

Michael Ritchie, the Jamie Oliver of TV Luthiers!

[@apiletal]

Realmente precioso el trabajo. Un diseño en el centro de la Roseta, más grueso de los habituales, pero no por ellos menos elegante. El resalte de ese blanco con el resto de detalles es muy interesante.

[@ritchieguitars]

Gracias, mantangalo simple es mi lema ;)

[@lesterarbusto3535]

I'd love to see a video of how you sharpen your scraper!

[@ryankaul8620]

clamp in a vice, get a bastard file and give it a few passes then clean off any burrs. its also a great way to open up your palm.

[@litoboy5]

great

[@ksychess]

Lindo trabalho

[@galleryofguitar]

Glad you enjoyed the video. 👍

[@rwagh]

looking so smart

[@ejvandijk]

@JustWonderingHowToDo: If you take a good look at the video you'll notice that he put a piece of waxpaper underneith the perspex mould. The glue doesn't stick to the waxpaper.

[@ritchieguitars]

There's no wax paper, glue doesn't stick to perspex.

[@electricragtime]

nice job

[@galleryofguitar]

Glad you like it. 😀

[@psgouros]

So, how do you get the rosette out of the Perspex mold?

[@ritchieguitars]

It just lifts out, these glues don't adhere to plastic

[@johngrant5749]

My thought too. Do you wait for the glue to dry or take it out wet?

[@ritchieguitars]

@@johngrant5749 wait until it dries, if you take it out wet it will fall apart.

[@Dhammawitt]

I need a piece of acrylic like that for a rosette I'm doing, would rather channel that out rather than going directly into a soundboard. Where did you get a thick piece like that?

[@ritchieguitars]

Ebay

[@TheHaithamradhi]

Can u explain more about the plastic mold!

[@ritchieguitars]

It is just a piece of perspex with a channel the same size as the rosette channel in the top routed into it.

[@edwinbond5995]

Any chance you could shed some insight on making the type of tiles shown at 6:54?

[@ritchieguitars]

They are just cut from a stick of maple shaped to fit

[@juliojimenezsalazar7248]

Hola le escribo desde España me podría ayudar con el tipo de fresa q usa para hacer el hueco a la roseta

[@ritchieguitars]

Uno de Espana, marca Virutex.

[@elielgoncalveslouro9684]

Cara, tinha uma nescesidade dessa, de agregar e perder tanto tempo na beirada da roseta e na cava dela, sendo que a escala vai tampar tudo depois !

[@rjlchristie]

5:09 Wouldn't it be easier to square up the corners of the channel. Two or three careful chisel cuts each to corner and it's done. I like the simplicity of the rosette's design.

[@ritchieguitars]

I don't think so but whatever you prefer.

[@MrGuitarWhisperer]

So if HHG with water distorts it, then why doesn't PVA with water in it distort it?

[@MrGuitarWhisperer]

Eric Williams So why doesn't AR with water tend to distort it?

[@MrGuitarWhisperer]

Eric Williams Exactly. It doesn't make sense. The only glues that I know of that don't introduce moisture into the wood are CA, polyurethane glues, and the 2 part epoxies. Nice rosette though, and he routed the slot perfectly for a nice tight-looking invisible fit. I guess that's all that matters.

[@kevinakimou9811]

Yellow glue is usually AR (aliphatic resin): it dries harder (less elastic) than PVA and is better acoustically. It contains some water, but dries quickly and won't penetrate the wood much. It is hard to separate after a couple of minutes and sets hard after a few hours. Some makers use cynoacrylic (superglue) for assembling single pieces in the rose, but personally I wouldn't try that for gluing the finished rose to the soundboard. Some apply cyanoacrylic to the rosette surface AFTER it is already inserted, I think to fill up pores in the wood before scraping or spraying.

[@ritchieguitars]

@@thibaultjaberg4658 Couldn't have put it better myself. I sometimes do use hide glue for this but make sure the top and crucially the rosette channel bottom is thicker at the time of inlay.

[@telosfd]

What is the glue?

[@user-zw7wv5yb8u]

What is it that you boil the pipeline.

[@user-zw7wv5yb8u]

What glue