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The second Maccaferri guitar project is now finished.
Construction details -
The guitar was built in a similar way to the first Maccaferri, the main difference being the heat bent top.
Full details of the heat bent pliage
construction.
Soundboard - European Spruce, 2.2mm thick .
Sides & back - East Indian Rosewood
Neck - American Walnut, scale length 640mm.
Fingerboard - Ebony
Binding - Rosewood - much easier to heat bend than the ebony bindings used last time.
Finish - French polished with transparent Shellac.
Tuners - Schaller minis, actually a bit heavy at 7 1/2 oz (233 gm), Selmer copies are now available and might be more suitable.
Sound - brighter, louder and more responsive than the first Maccaferri guitar. I am guessing that this is due to the heat bent top making the soundboard stiffer.
However, after experimenting with different bridges it seems this can have a significant effect -
A bridge making contact all along its base sounds mellower.
A bridge with less mass sounds brighter.
There is a tonal difference between ebony and rosewood.
Sound clips of both guitars as a comparison -
Single notes
- Mac 2
Single notes - Mac 1
A bit of both
- Mac 2
A bit of both - Mac 1
Any correspondence on this topic
would be very welcome.
Contact Peter Davies at - pluckandsqueeze@hotmail.com