Thanks man. I seriously considered building the guitar itself but thought about whether i was planning on actually playing the instrument and when I decided that I wouldn't, then I just disassembled an older instrument and built a new soundboard. Which I am glad I decided to do, because I then learned an immense deal of respect for luthiers after the amount of difficulty I had in finishing this project even from a "half finished" state. I had a neighbor that restores old instruments who was pretty intrigued by this project but I have yet to meet someone who builds instruments from the ground up: I always wanted to get an opinion on whether this concept would be possible to implement in a playable fashion. This means: what type of material would work both as a 2 way mirror and a workable soundboard? How would this type of soundboard affect the acoustic qualities? What amount of internal reinforcements can be built into this type of concept before the sound again becomes affected? Would having a pickup and redesigning it as a semi-acoustic electric sidestep any of the above?
Hey bud, that looks beautiful.. did you build the guitar too?
Thanks man. I seriously considered building the guitar itself but thought about whether i was planning on actually playing the instrument and when I decided that I wouldn't, then I just disassembled an older instrument and built a new soundboard. Which I am glad I decided to do, because I then learned an immense deal of respect for luthiers after the amount of difficulty I had in finishing this project even from a "half finished" state. I had a neighbor that restores old instruments who was pretty intrigued by this project but I have yet to meet someone who builds instruments from the ground up: I always wanted to get an opinion on whether this concept would be possible to implement in a playable fashion. This means: what type of material would work both as a 2 way mirror and a workable soundboard? How would this type of soundboard affect the acoustic qualities? What amount of internal reinforcements can be built into this type of concept before the sound again becomes affected? Would having a pickup and redesigning it as a semi-acoustic electric sidestep any of the above?