The long awaited shipping day finally came today for my 25th guitar. Generally, I think it turned out pretty well, so I thought that I would share a few pictures of the completed guitar. I learned a lot from this build, and hope to have the opportunity to build another one like it in the future. Next time I will be more realistic in recognizing how much time the fancy inlay work takes!
If you are interested in comparing my guitar with the original, you can see a few pictures here.
Next, I’ll be tidying up my workshop and pulling out materials for 3 more classical guitars that need to be built in short order. One of those guitars will be for me, so I have to say that I am pretty excited!
Very good!
hope you have a video playing this guitar so i
could hear its sound….
all the best
Thanks Monty! Unfortunately I did not have time to record anything on this guitar. Hopefully I’ll manage the building of the next ones better in order to allow for some recording time 🙂
Hi Emily,
I just came across your website and found that you recently built a copy of 1936 Fleta. it looks fantastic!
I love the sound of this small Fleta. I even started off two threads at https://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewforum.php?f=11 to discuss it.
You are the third person I know has been building or built the copy of ’36 Fleta.
I am wondering other than the look, does it have the same bracing system as the original one? I know GSI states that the 1936 Fleta is the structural copy of Torres FE17, but actually it is not.
Thanks,
Leo
Hi Leo, thanks for your comment! I can’t really say if it is a structural copy, because I never saw the original. It is based off of pictures of the Fleta (so aesthetically it is pretty close), and reading about various Torres bracing patterns. I used 5 fans, and did not include the tornavoz that Torres had in the FE17. So it is my take on a picture of a Fleta which was based loosely on Torres… In the end it sounded pretty good, and that was the main goal 🙂
Just to follow up with Leo’s comments above, as the provided link is the general Delcamp’s “Luthier” forum, not specific posts:
1. Small size Fleta
https://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=132688
2. How can such a small guitar produce an enormous volume
https://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=131905&start=90
3. The wonderful musician RobMacKillob’s Jose Antonio Fleta Copy (already sold) and his sweet video clip on this instrument which he claims “sound like a Fleta”
https://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=119385
I really enjoy your work and blogs, keep it up!
David
Thanks David! more coming soon 🙂