A Blonde Guitar - Making a Copy of the FE 19 Guitar by Antonio Torres: The Fretboard
The left hand should always approach the fretboard in a position that allows each finger equal access to every string... Pepe Romero, La Guitarra: A Comprehensive Study of Classical Guitar Technique and Guide to Performing , 2012 Back at the workbench... Final shaping of the ebony fret board for "Amparo". I want the width at the nut to be 52mm and at the 12th fret 62mm, I don't know who established this relationship, but the fretboards on all the historic guitars, whose measured drawings that I have studied, are like that. After planing down this fretboard, I discovered that I need to flatten the sole of my No. 7 jointer! It's fine to use until I do, I just have to be very careful about setting the blade and using it. The fretboard held in place with some brass brads so I can mark the sound hole location. Then I carefully cut the half moon out with a coping saw, ebony is brittle wood and I don't want to chip it! This is Macassar ebony that I pur