Comments - Latest project: the Ovaute. - Early Guitars and Vihuela2024-03-28T10:21:49Zhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2111060%3ABlogPost%3A26299&xn_auth=noUnfortunately I made the neck…tag:earlyguitar.ning.com,2011-09-26:2111060:Comment:269432011-09-26T15:36:42.366ZMark Dayhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/profile/MarkDay
<p>Unfortunately I made the neck to the dimensions of a Renaissance lute in G. I don't have it in front of me to measure, but the scale length would be in the neighborhood of 60cm. I could make a new neck and build a vihuela in E, since guitars are already in E. Bridge placement is very different though in modern guitars vs. lutes. Less information is available about vihuelas, probably owing to the dearth of extant historical instruments to study. When I built my vihuela in G, I placed the…</p>
<p>Unfortunately I made the neck to the dimensions of a Renaissance lute in G. I don't have it in front of me to measure, but the scale length would be in the neighborhood of 60cm. I could make a new neck and build a vihuela in E, since guitars are already in E. Bridge placement is very different though in modern guitars vs. lutes. Less information is available about vihuelas, probably owing to the dearth of extant historical instruments to study. When I built my vihuela in G, I placed the bridge at 60cm from the nut after I had built the neck.</p>
<p>My vihuela is actually built from Scott Tremblay's GAL plan for an 1816 salon guitar, which is what I had originally intended to build. Details of the building of that instrument are available here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.neowallaphoto.com/Woodworking/Lutherie/Lutherie/15470402_RDMQvK#P-1-10" target="_blank">http://www.neowallaphoto.com/Woodworking/Lutherie/Lutherie/15470402_RDMQvK#P-1-10</a></p>
<p> </p> A kind of wild concept maybe…tag:earlyguitar.ning.com,2011-09-07:2111060:Comment:263632011-09-07T05:48:53.134ZWilliam Bustardhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/profile/WilliamBustard
<p>A kind of wild concept maybe more like "Gorilla Luthiery" :-)</p>
<p> I will be interested to see bridge placement and the final scale length. Going by the body length of those guitars I would think it may be quite long. Perhaps a Viheuela may be a good choice or one of the longer scale lutes. Might make a fun instrument. </p>
<p>A kind of wild concept maybe more like "Gorilla Luthiery" :-)</p>
<p> I will be interested to see bridge placement and the final scale length. Going by the body length of those guitars I would think it may be quite long. Perhaps a Viheuela may be a good choice or one of the longer scale lutes. Might make a fun instrument. </p>