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So here is the guitar:









Cheers
Benoit

I just finished my 7 strings classical guitar with screwed neck à la Viennoise and a double back à la Scherzer. Nice killing sound... I will post more photos as soon as I can kidnap the guitar from the owner… Anyway here are some picks: http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/98_IMG_1698_1.jpg http:...

I sadly work on a basement... So now after 11 years I look like the guy from the movie "the house by the cemetery"...
Benoit

If you want to try them and not spend too much mooney IBANEZ just have them under licence... They are called the ACS.
Benoit

Dennis:
Yes if it is for a long period like repairs... I can even compleatly remove the cf through the bass arm soundhole.
Benoit
PS: Another off topic: the necks is holded by 2 screws at the body and one at the headstock that adjust the neck angle.

Dear Rick:
Mine have 21 strings all attached to the top... So maybee I prefer to overkill a little



Here is Muriel Anderson playing it at a concert in Gent.
Benoit

http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/98_DSC03217_1.jpg http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/98_DSC03218_1.jpg Here is the last harp guitar inside I did with 2 flying braces: One long from tail to neck-block adjustable in tension by an Allen key and one glued à la Turner. The other side is supported ...

I use a single piece of wood for the entire length of the neck to have a very stiff support for the fingerboard. The "flying part" has 2 graphite reinforcements inside. Usually the wood under the fingerboard is: 10mm at the body join and little less than 5mm at the end. That makes the sound to be so...

Thanks for the info!
Benoit

I just added a topic on flying braces:
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Hello Everyone: Here is a new topic about flying bracings: To start the topic I will do a very short history of them: -To my knowledge the first to use such a thing was Scherzer in the 1850’s. He used a rod of steel from neck-block to tail-block secured by a screw in the tail-block; you could adju...

" I have decided to build using a suspended bracing system, with structural braces running from the neck block to the tail block, basically keeping the guitar top from imploding. " Dear Dennis: Can you explain? I personaly use a 10mm Graphite rod from tail to neck block. About in the middle of the b...

Thanks for the help.
Benoit

I have something for you too: This guy is saling a Mike doolin copy on ebay.de BUT with a glued neck: http://cgi.ebay.de/WESTERNGITARRE-GRACE-C2F-SY-VOLL-MASSIV-KOA-FICHTE_W0QQitemZ200227945859QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2385QQcmdZViewItem When I sended him an email to ask him about, he rudely send me to hel...

I know a maker who as on his site a Viennese bolted neck system "under licence"
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Benoit

This is an original document from a German compagny with the bolted mechanism for sale. Almoust all makers used the exact same system from 1850's to 1940's.
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Benoit

Hello again: "So in your system the string pull is used to pull the neck up into the desired plane, while the adjusting / attaching bolt is used to adjust the amount of pitch that the neck is allowed to move?" Dear Allen: Yes the string pull keeps the neck from moving. Even on a classical guitar you...

Hello all: I'm a guitar maker from Belgium. I have been using a very simple neck bolt in my last guitars: The neck has a 1cm deep neck pocket with the size of the neck to hide the gape between the neck heel and the body. The neck wood rest against a 1mm thick ebony veneer at the top (to prevent to b...