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It's not clickbait, I'm serious. I commute by train 2 hours every day so I decided to build a guitar that takes the bare minimum amount of space, can be put together quickly and does not disturb people around me.
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So I did it: it's not perfect and it's a bit funny-looking and unorthodox, but since I built it, my playing went up from an average of 15 minutes a day to at least 60 minutes a day, and this made me happy
I'm posting this to share my experience and get feedback, but also because I believe for luthiers this could be and interesting build to offer as I'm sure anyone who plays classical guitar and travels a lot would want one of these. If you find this interesting, feel free to take the design if you like, use it as is or perfect it whichever way you want.
The design is very simple and is inspired by other traveler guitars with the addition of supports to enable correct posture for classical playing.
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The body is essentially a plank of wood, carved to house the machine heads. Neck and body are a single piece. For neck measurements I used R. Courtnall's book as a reference. The strings are folded on the back to allow shortening the guitar footprint to about 3 inches over the scale length (650mm). Initially I had the strings slide on a hard maple guide, but the friction of the wound strings was too high (even waxing the guide) so I decided to usehadr maple turned roller guides as you can see in the picture.
I used sapele for the neck and body, ebony (indian) for the fingerboard, cocobolo for bridge, head veneer and the tie block (which is in the head). The arm and leg supports are made out of walnut with cedar shafts to keep the weight at bay. The sapele I used is very heavy and with the hindsight I should have probably used cedar for body and neck.
I used exclusively hand tools with the exception of using the band saw for initial plank shaping and a lathe for the rollers and support shafts.
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I wanted a durable finish so I pore filled with CA (the cheap one in small the red and white tubes from harbor freight tools) and finished with wipe-on poly.
Looks like you did a really great job with this one. Nice design. Your first picture reminds me of an assault weapon, so keep away from gun forums!
Kent wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 14:46 pm Looks like you did a really great job with this one. Nice design. Your first picture reminds me of an assault weapon, so keep away from gun forums! A great accomplishment and it looks like you did your research. Build me one? Thanks Kent! Re the assault weapon, funnily enough, I could not find a musical instrument case that was the right size, so the case is actually a cheap weapon bag. I was super worried using it directly so I ironed on some friendly looking appliques to clarify the content (a hummingbird in the front and a guitar and a violin on the back
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Nice thoughtful design! Congratulations! How is the volume output? Do you have a piezo pickup in there? Have you thought about adding a strap so it can also be played while strolling?
Regarding the maple rollers, I see a steel shaft supporting it. If I were to build one, I would cut a slot on the end of the plank and drop it in. What do you think? Did you insert the steel shaft from a hole drilled on the side?
Paskin wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 15:04 pm Very cool. It looks like you're using a sponge to give the body added depth? Clever. Yep it’s a sponge. There’s a box with a preamp in there and it was digging into my chest. Plus as you say I needed added depth. It could use a bit more in fact
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SteveL123 wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 15:19 pm Nice thoughtful design! Congratulations! How is the volume output? Do you have a piezo pickup in there? Have you thought about adding a strap so it can also be played while strolling? The volume is minimal, with the train noise is not noticeable. There is a piezo pickup under the saddle and a piezo buffer in a wooden box in the back. If it’s a noisy environment I play with headphones. The sound could be nicer, but it’s very bright and highlight every single mistake I make, which is good for practice
SteveL123 wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 15:28 pm Regarding the maple rollers, I see a steel shaft supporting it. If I were to build one, I would cut a slot on the end of the plank and drop it in. What do you think? Did you insert the steel shaft from a hole drilled on the side? Yes there’s a hole on one side. I used a shaft from an old computer printer. I like the idea of the cut at the end of the plank! It would simplify things. The roller are a modification from my first attempt so I did not have quite enough wood left to make also room for the right leg support.
Khayes wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 16:39 pm Beautiful and clever! spanishguitarmusic wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 16:39 pm This is a really good looking guitar for travel. Thank you for sharing the pictures! Thanks! You’re both very kind!
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Mode wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 16:47 pm khayes wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 16:39 pm Beautiful and clever! spanishguitarmusic wrote: ↑Friday 19 April 2019, 16:39 pm This is a really good looking guitar for travel. Thank you for sharing the pictures! Thanks! You’re both very kind! Cheers, M. You're welcome and thanks for the warm reply!
I think I am going build one based on your design. I already have a neck from a smashed folk guitar which I will re-fret and mate to a plank of wood. I would like to make the ear phones wireless though.
I am wondering if this idea will work? Search e - b a y for Bluetooth 4.2 Dual USB Car Charger FM Transmitter MP3 Player 3.1A TFCard AUX
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It is an inexpensive $14 bluetooth device to allow speakerphone use through the car's FM radio/ audio system, thus it has a built in mic. I do not know if this is possible: But if it can pair directly to my bluetooth earset and transmit the mic audio to it, then I can bypass the mic and tap into the mic input and feed the piezo mic into it. Provided I can adjust the levels with a potentionmeter for good distortion free audio, then I am there!
This would require gutting the bluetooth transmitter device which I am comfortable in doing. I contacted an e - b a y seller to ask if pairing to a bluetooth headset to listen to mic audio is possible. Waiting for a reply.
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