Different types of moulds for making classical guitars.
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2016
- In this video I show the different moulds I use to build my guitars.
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Thank you so much from a Kiwi. I'm a no terribly good, hobby luthier, who has enjoyed making a variety of acoustic instruments, mainly for myself and as gifts, for several decades. I'm really impressed with the careful thought, which has gone into, your jigs , methods and processes. Thanks so much for your generosity, in showing us, how you do things.
Thanks Pablo for another great video all the information I was looking for to make a solera, it covers everything I was looking for.
an excellent video, thanks Pablo
Hi Pablo, another great video, thank you for sharing all these details, very clear and straight to the important things.
Thank you for this video. It gave me some new insights.
Very helpful information much appreciated. Thankyou
Pablo, thank you for the great video! Your channel contains actually the best bunch of information on using luthier molds I've ever found. I'm a beginner in guitar making and a decision about types, sizes, angles and other features of solera was very difficult. Now I have answers on almost all my questions.
Thank you Pablo. This is the best instruction I've found concerning the solera /molde. You have saved us hours of expensive trial and error.
So many "tutorials" on the internet, and in print, get lost in the minutiae of how to do basic woodworking, and in so doing, never seem to fully explain the concept and critical design factors of the solera in their entirety.
You just put the whole thing in a perfectly understandable package.
Much appreciated. Thanks again.
I love your Channel mate! Always learn something, great video again, very informative.
great video thankyou for sharing your knowledge
Thank you Pablo, thank you very much again.
As always your video shows in great detail and mainly in an easy and intuitive way of making a solera, which is so difficult to find on the internet with the details and dicass that you without giving us.
Once again, forgive English, I only speak Portuguese.
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Very good man !
muchas gracias por la claridad de cada explicación
Thank you very much, Pablo, for sharing your knowledge so clearly
John Cotter you are very welcome. Just in case you are Interested I have a complete course available on www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com
Another great video from Pablo. Thanks very much. Have you done one in which you show gluing the parts together in the Solera?
Even for me a guitarist this is a very interesting and enjoyable video to watch. My flamenco guitar that you made I think is farely normal but I have a kind of memory of seeing flamenco guitars of yours some years ago where the back was very tapered as it meets the neck; or put another way the sides were significantly less deep higher than the sound hole towards the heel. Anyway thanks for this video.
You are a great teacher infinite patience and exactitude
Thank you
I know this is an old upload but I wanted to say thanks for posting this. Great explanations!
You are welcome!
Pablo, I am most impressed with your presentation ability and your command of the English language. This makes it quite easy to understand what you are trying to achieve with your guitar-building instructions. Your simple, yet effective methods are equally impressive. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge.
Andy Sparks thanks, I really appreciate your comments.
Pablo, do you ever build other types of acoustic guitars such as the Martin body styles? Or just classical styles? I am a beginner and I plan my first build to be a Martin OM.
Andy Sparks, I specialize in classical and flamenco guitars, perhaps one day I will have a go at building a steel string but at the moment it is not my area.
thank you
Thank you very much!!!!!
You are welcome.
I build my first guitar without the assistance of any mold, work ok, but was difficult to keep symmetry to the bouts of the guitar, now I'm building my second guitar and this video's are gold! Thank you very much for the time and the information contained in your videos, priceless!
Fernando Jesus thank you
I wish I had seen this Before I built my first instrument. I ended up building something quite like the solid mould but much less refined. My guitar came out very nice (for a first try) but as with everything, I know I could do better now. However because of my struggles, I do at least understand how and why the moulds you demonstrate work so well.
I would recommend to anyone to watch all of your videos before they start. Priceless information.
David LaFerney thank you, I am very pleased you found my videos helpful.
Thanks so much, your videos are really very very good... i do not speak english but i understand perfectly. Regards !!
Interesting that the neck angle is forward for classical guitars. As an electric guitar builder, I am used to angling the neck back!
Excelent from south america
Sr.Pablo Requena:He visto su video y debo decirle que es .....LO MEJOR QUE HE VISTO HASTA AHORA.Solo lamento que no sea en espagnol,ya que soy argentino y no hablo inglès.Su modo de explicar detalladamente la razòn de cada paso, lo hace magistralmente, un verdadero maestro que ensegna su profesion con toda pasion,al punto tal que hasta una persona con 75 primaveras pueda entender perfectamente.Estoy pensando seriamente en comenzar a fabricar los moldes para hacerle una a un baby vecino. Hace 15 meses hice una de cartòn, para un bambino vecino y le puse encordado y clavijas reales, No sabe la sorpresa cuando sentì que sonaba...Desde Bologna Italia lo saludo, le envio un fuerte apretòn de manos, le auguro un futuro venturoso y gracias por ser como es, de ese modo continuarà siendo feliz. Ah,...si lo explicara en espagnol creo que seria magnifico.ARRIVIDERCI.
Me imagino que sea por razones económicas
I love and really appreciate these videos! Can you tell me this: How thick is the cork on your largest solera there? Thank you!
Greg Robinson the cork is 6 mm thick.
Also just in case you are interested I have just launched a guitar making course that you can find on www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com
Hello Pablo, another excellent and very informative video. Thank you. Please can you tell me at what point, exactly, on the solera/mould, does the angle of the neck have to start? Presumably, the neck section of the crucifix frame, on which the solera sits, will need to be planed/machined to reflect the angle? Regards Rick
The slope start at the point where the 12th fret would be, right at the point where the neck meets the body of the guitar.
I cut the slope from the front of the solera, not on the frame that supports it.
Saludos Pablo. ¿Tienes videos para hispanoparlantes también? Hablo inglés perfectamente, pero tengo familiares que no hablan o entienden inglés que podrían beneficiarse de sus instrucciones. Quién sabe si hasta les interesarían sus clases ... Gracias de antemano. Sus videos son muy interesantes e intuitivos. I've been watching them for quite a while now, and are helping me in building my first Spanish guitar. But, it would be nice to be able to share your inspirational videos with family that are really in need to "reinvent" themselves as far as doing something for earning money with all this pandemic issues that are going on... You would probably be helping a lot of people in our native Spanish language. Please, give it some consideration. I will be your number one ambassador for Latinos. Greetings from Athens, GA.
Dear Mr Requena, thank you for your excellent videos. I am self-learning to build guitars. I have a question regarding the depth of the sides of the moulds. The tools I have now only allow me to make and finish the sides of depth around 70mm. If I want to build a classical guitar with sides 100mm and over, is it a problem because the sides of the mould are too low? Thanks.
No problem, 70mm is fine.
Hello Pablo!
I`m curious, is the dome on the solera domed like a circle, or is it domed straight from the lower bout to the neck?
The upper bout is flat and the dome is located mainly on the lower bout.
Just in case you are interested I have available for sale a video on my website where I teach how to make the solera from scratch. You can find it together with the rest of the course on www.onlineguitarmakingcourse.com
Hola Pablo sus vudeos so muy buenos ,donde puedo comprar planos para fabricar una guitarra torres.
try www.lmii.com/products/kit-wizard/plans/roy-courtnall-plans
Hola Pablo, is mdf OK for sides of the mold??
MDF is fine
Pablo I'm really interested in building a classical guitar for myself. I've read Classical Guitar Construction by Irving Sloane and Guitar Making, Tradition and Technology by William Cumpiano and Jonathan Natelson but I really like your approach to building a classical guitar. I'm wondering if I could obtain a set of plans on the method you use to construca a classical guitar. Thanks for your videos and help.
David E Miller
Gail Miller. Hi David, at the moment I am working on a video series explaining and showing the hole process, from beginning to end, no step skipped, and I am hoping that it will be available for sale towards the end of the summer, in the meantime, if you don’t want to wait that long I would recommend the book by Roy Courtnall Making máster guitars.
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Thanks Pablo, I'm about to try building a Solera mould. For a flamenco guitar mould, what do you think will be optimal dome radius/depth, and consequently neck angle or relief (ramp in the solera) in order to achieve a nice low action. I'm sure it also depends on bridge height. I currently own a Felipe Conde flamenco guitar and the action is pretty high and I can't further lower the action at the saddle, too bad for an expensive flamenco guitar, it feels mole classical with its current action, want to avoid this. Thanks for openly sharing all your knowledge in CZcams !
Hi Fabian, I use a 25 feet radius for the dome on the soundboard, and for the neck angle I set a 1.5 mm drop on the part of the mould that supports the neck, I think all of this is explained in the video.
Thanks again Pablo ! I was curious how it differs between a flamenco and a classical guitar. Flamencos have the strings at the bridge closer to the soundboard.
@@FabianRomano1 the mould is exactly the same for both classical and flamenco guitars, the different set up is achieved once the guitar is assembled.
Do you sell these forms?
Gilmar Marques no, i don’t, sorry.
señor pablo no tienes videos en español
No sueñes economicamente es menos rentable el da cursos
Thank you Pablo. This is the best instruction I've found concerning the solera /molde. You have saved us hours of expensive trial and error.
So many "tutorials" on the internet, and in print, get lost in the minutiae of how to do basic woodworking, and in so doing, never seem to fully explain the concept and critical design factors of the solera in their entirety.
You just put the whole thing in a perfectly understandable package.
Much appreciated. Thanks again.