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Fretless guitar headstock Adaptation of "stick" by a modern one.

This is the first of many articles that go up so that you are discovering the possibilities of the violin. I hope as much as we enjoy performing them. The workshop

many do custom work and the customer. Today we will show you briefly the adaptation of a flamenco guitar headstock "stick" to a more reliable modern headstock. The sockets 'stick' are the most mass advantage, and therefore the sound body, old beauty, but is against stability and tuning accuracy.

Clavijero already marked for operation

The instrument in question is a copy of 1998 built handmade by Francisco Marquez Celis, Juan Miguel property Cabral for all known as "Coyote, excellent musician and endearing as they come, which will have a lot of care here in our (and yours) workshop.
This is a very delicate process, and carries great responsibility. In this operation must have the aesthetic and functional, because despite being a practical change has to be very nice!.
In a completely handmade, having decided, measure, mark, remove the excess wood to own gaps between the new socket, the workshop is filled with the fragrant scent of cedar and bitter ( cedrela). Then come into play chisels, knives, and finally sanded to shape and re-varnishing blade, this time and to our delight with shellac and crankpin, ancient technique of painting which goes hand in polishing (because even though we are very modern, the old is what's hot!). The result is the following:

View profile. Note the choice of
headstock with ebony pieces to suit the client.

Ea! New guitar and detuning smooth live.