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Wow, creative design. Love your music, too.

Dave: This info probably comes to you too late to be of use. However, many classical guitar makers, angle the saddle a bit for the sake of intonation. The 1st string can be .5m1m long, and from there on the saddle can angle back up to 3mm for the 6th string. This bit of temperament does make a difference in the guitar playing in tune. This might provide the effect you are looking for regarding a mast.

Grate in lays Dave

Hi Dave - really enjoyed this. It was good to chat on the TH-cam telly on Friday, although our chat didn't get close to this guitar! I love the sense of adventure - as you say "Why Not". The guitar community is fairly conservative - for understandable reasons - price, availability of materials, ease and cost of construction - but one of the liberating aspects of being a non-commercial builder is the fact that we can do what we want. I'll be watching with interest. Cheers.

wow.....just wow!!!! Amazing job!!

Hi Dave, well, whilst I like the design and creativity, as it appeals visually, Im a bit dubious about the practical side of the design. First, using zebrano is not really very practical, esp for a nylon string guitar. Have you tapped it to see how it sounds? How heavy is it? I suspect you may be disappointed with how it sounds, esp with all tge work your putting in to your first build. There's a reason classical guitars usually have either cedar or spruce tops...its the weight versus stiffness. Nylon strings dont produce the vibrations that steel strings do, and thus need a much lighter top. I would have thought you could get a reasonable quality Western Red Cedar top for a fairly small outlay? To get the zebrano to sound okay, you'd probably have to make it extremely thin, thus making it too weak. If you leave it fairly thick, theres a good chance it will sound dead and flat when played. Also, if you put unusual sound holes in the top, its a very good idea to make them fit in around the bracing pattern, not alter the bracing to fit the sound hole. Would be a bummer if the top collapsed the first time you strung it up! Sorry to be so negative, but Im just concerned you might be pretty bummed if tge guitar doesnt work properly after the amount of effort it takes to build it.

like you said, why not have a fanned fret classical guitar it innovative and something new! really digging this build dude!

Couldn't help but hear dolphins talking as you cutout and filed the dolphin silhouette!

Dave, the coloured top is really convincing as the surface of a sea and the dolphins set this off beautifully, well done!

I make my mini chisels by grinding the point off a #11 x-acto blade then put an edge on the end. You can make any width chisel you want. Also, no need to make a handle: use the x-acto blade holder . Cheers and keep the excellent content coming.

A great concept Dave. Have you considered making teardrop shape pockets on the top and filling them with crushed mother of pearl in epoxy resin?

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Best of luck with the build Dave.

Hi Dave - as usual great to see your thinking process in practical experiments - looking forward to seeing things progress. Cheers Terry

So when is ur next video coming out I'm anxiously waiting lol

It looks better without the light streak, just blue.

this is such an awesome project Dave... I will name you my spirit animal... you just go for it... head first... who cares how difficult it may be! Got a lot to learn from you

Great project. For a moment I thought you might use the dolphins as F holes.

make it a burst to quiet down the top

Really cool!

Certainly will stay with this build, great stuff

I can only imagine how much swearing goes on when the camera is off! lol I would be doing the same thing! Kepp doing Dave things and God bless!

Brilliant Dave. Go big or go home!

Absolutely sweet idea

Zebrano takes stains really well, it’ll look great in that colour.

I can’t wait to see what it’s going to look like when done. The wood you’re using for the top is different, for sure. But who knows how it will turn out. Since you perform magic with your builds, I’m sure you will make it look spectacular!

HI Dave .... another interesting and entertaining build. I really enjoy and appreciate all the work you put into making your projects and especially presenting them. Just a couple of thoughts from my end - I often wonder about the characteristics of various woods - e.g. whether some may have a tendency to split more easily than others because they may contain less oils etc., and therefore may not be as suitable as others for instument making. Luthiers often go on about humidity but there must be other factors? I must say it seemed a bit dodgy to use a waterbased glue on top of the 'plastic' super glue when you made your fillet repair - still looks like you may have got away with it. My personal preference for the top of the guitar would be to keep it very simple, even with the dolphin cut outs, but what ever you do will be really great to watch. Keep up the good work. All the best Terry

Thinking outside the box - use black veneer dolphins on the top and put a sound hole on the side top bout. The Helmholtz resonance will be the same as if you had a soundhole in the top and the guitar will be stronger.

Love your honesty mate. Also thanks for reminding me I am not the only hoarder in the world! The wife wants me to delete your channel as she says all it does is "encourage you" :o) Keep up the good work!

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HI DAVE! This was very helpful! Much appreciated! I'm wondering if you ever got around to Hydrogen Peroxiding those yellow keys. . Could you share the instructions so others could take a stab at whitening those ugly stains? Cheers, Mate! Howard

love the choices of wood Dave!

Amazing! When you use the blue tint, I can really see the ocean. It’s going to be awesome!

My triton is now jumping, the brushes already went on it too, not really happy at the quality even though these are raved about I’ll be coming back to this every now and then

Dane YOU CAN DO IT !!!! dolphins are a great idea !

I don't see a problem with doing a traditional round sound hole. Why not cut out a circle from the walnut scrap and place it roughly where the sound hole should be to get an Idea of what it would look like. You could use some lighter color wood for the rosette. By just cutting out a circle of white paper for contrast you could get an idea of what it would look like.

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Well u know Dave I've come to notice something about guitar building and that being when mistakes happen finding creative ways to fix that mistake , and i think ur fix on the zebrano is a good way to fix it,i was just working on my all mahogany guitar this morning and was leveling the sides preparing then for binding and don't u know i sanded through a spot by mistake and ended up making what amounts to a plug and it worked just fine

Beautiful joins on the top and back plates!

Looking forward to another build series.

Nice build. Love the yin/yang color transition.

Nice to see how well you worked it warts and all Good to know im not the only one who goes a stray on the job

I just stumbled upon this video. The love and care you put into fully reimagining your bass is a thing of beautiy. Subscribed.

I don't have any videos yet I'm still figuring out how to shoot videos and editing them, im a novice at the whole video thing so like i said i have to figure it all out but i will have some videos soon,,, thanks so much I've learned a lot from u

I must say Dave after watching pretty much all of ur videos u are an absolutely a brilliant musician and even though I don't know u personally I respect the hell out of u

A great start Dave and some lovely choices of wood. I'm looking forward to the next episode already.

Hey there, Dave. Way to go! I will watch your series and would like to learn about your experiences on the way. Good luck.

So awesome to see u step into my world, that being acoustic building, keep up the fantastic work

Anders made a beuatiful sounding acoustic guitar out of an old pallet that he pulled out of the grass beside his house., but Spruce!

How come no sideways clamping on the back and sides, this time? Did you forget or was there something I missed?