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my first 10strings classical

Post by jeffreyyong » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:30 pm

Hi Folks, just completed my 1st attempt on a 10strings classical. I have always wanted to play one since I first saw N Yepes played one on ages ago.
B&S - Macassar Ebony and the Top is cedar with lattice style bracing. its Fun! especially shaping the over-sized neck.
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by Nick » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:02 am

Beautiful choice of timbers there Jeffery and all glued together in your usual faultless style. You must have big paws to play ten strings, I struggle with six! :oops:
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by demonx » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:24 am

Simply stunning and excellent timber choices, very much to my taste - I'd love to have a play of something like this.

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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by Kamusur » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:58 pm

Well done Jeffrey, plenty of nice things to say about this one. Narcisso was a great musician so its no wonder you were inspired by him. Excellent work.

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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by jeffreyyong » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:26 am

did another new headstock.
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Post by charangohabsburg » Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:44 am

What a beautiful guitar (as always)! Congrats Jeffrey. :cl

The design pattern on second headstock looks absolutely amazing too.
Nick wrote: You must have big paws to play ten strings, I struggle with six! :oops:
When watching the videos of Yepes playing his 10-string guitar you'll see that the four additional bass strings don't get played very often.

In fact the initial idea of Ramírez was to add some sympathetic strings inside the guitar (similarly to a viola d'amore and the hardanger fiddles), but not being able to stop the additional strings from vibrating when they shouldn't sound at all, and not wanting to add a cumbersome mechanism like a "piano's pedal" he first gave it up until he received a phone call from his friend Narciso Yepes to whom he formerly had talked about about this project, and who told him "forget the internal strings, just add four bass strings in this and that tuning pitch".

However, reading what Ramírez wrote about the first few minutes Yepes was playing the brand new 10-string guitar clearly shows that even the master had to struggle "a bit" with the broad fretboard! :lol:
En una reunión íntima, puse esta guitarra en manos de Yepes, que empezó a tantearla, tratando de interpretar alguna obra. Parecía un alumno de primer año, o algo peor. Al rato, levantó sus ojos hacia el cielo. Me temí que iba a soltar una serie de denuestos, pero no. Lo que dijo fue esto: "En qué lío más maravillosos me he metido!".

In an intimate gathering, I put this guitar in the hands of Yepes, who began to explore it, trying to interpret a work. He resembled a first year's student, or a bit worse. After a while he raised his eyes skyward. I was afraid he was going to release a series of insults, but no. What he said was this: "In what a wonderful tangle I have put myself!".
Source: En Torno a la Guitarra, José Ramírez III, 1990 - you may find a better translation in the English version of this book (Things About the Guitar).
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by demonx » Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:29 am

That second headstock looks very classy, I like it!

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Post by kiwigeo » Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:04 pm

Kamusur wrote:Well done Jeffrey, plenty of nice things to say about this one. Narcisso was a great musician so its no wonder you were inspired by him. Excellent work.

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+1

Ive got alot of Ypes's music in my collection. My late classical guitar teacher was a pupil of Ypes so I got a fair bit of exposure to his music and my teacher also played a Matsuoka 10 string which Ypes was playing at the time. Ive always meant to track down what happened to that guitar after my teacher passed away..its something I need to do next time Im back in Christchurch, NZ.
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by Kamusur » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:27 pm

Beautiful headstock Jeffery, and you're a lucky man Martin. Definitely do some detective work and see if his 10'er is still in circulation, cos you just never ever know Martin.

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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by jeffreyyong » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:55 am

Thanks guys!
Here's some more pics. 8)
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by dshaker » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:40 am

Very nice work. One of your headstock inlays is similar to one I recently did, though I have to say yours is more neatly done than mine. I have yet to master neatly and accurately excavating the inlay cavity.
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by Jeremy D » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:19 am

jeffreyyong wrote:Thanks guys!
Here's some more pics. 8)
These are really beautiful. Fantastic work, very inspiring for a relative noob like myself. Thanks for posting.
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by Dave » Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:49 am

Stunning work as usual Jeffrey :)

The head stocks are great!

Thanks for sharing :)

All the best
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by H3ytm@n » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:37 pm

Very nice guitar + elegant inlay work.
What timber have you used for you bindings if you don't mind me asking??
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Post by jeffreyyong » Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:09 pm

Thanks guys! all the black ( dark colour ) stuff you see on the guitars are Malaysian Blackwood.

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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by jeffreyyong » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:54 am

started the finishing stages for the guitars.....
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by kiwigeo » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:03 am

Jeffry, are you using 5 a side tuners or do you chop up 3 a side tuners? A source of your tuners would be much appreciated.
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by jeffreyyong » Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:08 am

Hi MArtin, I've order those single tuners from StewMac by SCHERTLER. there are cheaper than those classical tuners for 10strings.

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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by charangohabsburg » Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:45 am

Hi Jeffrey,

Rubner charges for custom "lengths" per "tuner button" added, so that any of their classical tuners for a 10-string guitar costs 10/6 of a tuner for a 6-string guitar. Well, at least it was like that when I ordered a set of custom tuners for a charango a couple of years ago. Shipping may be more expensive though than what Stewmac charges. You might want to convince them to not only offer the most expensive shipping possible.
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by kiwigeo » Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:38 am

jeffreyyong wrote:Hi MArtin, I've order those single tuners from StewMac by SCHERTLER. there are cheaper than those classical tuners for 10strings.
Thanks Jeffrey
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by simso » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:14 pm

jeffreyyong wrote:started the finishing stages for the guitars.....
Your finishes look very good jeffrey, is that acrylic lacquer
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Re: my first 10strings classical

Post by jeffreyyong » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:04 am

Almost done now..... the finish is PU.
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