tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858989391440501233.post5967063382464342034..comments2024-03-12T03:20:43.369-07:00Comments on The Lute's Progress,: Because You Asked: Body FretsTravishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149684115949805572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858989391440501233.post-92176770964936029182023-11-15T12:40:03.854-08:002023-11-15T12:40:03.854-08:00Hi, thanks for your question. I can't really c...Hi, thanks for your question. I can't really comment on using a belly scoop in a guitar, since I have no experience in building them. However, I have used some belly scoop in the vihuelas that I have made, and to the best of my recollection the amount of belly scoop has been around 2.5mm. (I don't know right now how long the belly is on my vihuelas, though I think they're fairly short, probably shorter than a guitar belly.) I generally try to keep the scoop a pretty even curve for the whole length of the belly, though in practice it might flatten out a little at both the top and bottom end of the belly. So, on my vihuelas, the bridge is in the scooped area.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149684115949805572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858989391440501233.post-77094331561349702602023-09-10T23:58:59.749-07:002023-09-10T23:58:59.749-07:00Hello, I am making a six course guitar based on a ...Hello, I am making a six course guitar based on a juan pagés 1798 guitar. I am thinking of putting some scoop into the top as well and this is what was recommended to me. Do you have a sense of how much depth from the plane of the top at the deepest point of the curve that the scoop goes? And does it return to normal plane at the bridge? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858989391440501233.post-55879261310895900212018-02-10T12:36:31.186-08:002018-02-10T12:36:31.186-08:00This makes the process easier than saying "me...This makes the process easier than saying "medulla oblongata!!!" (a somewhat obscure Young Frankenstein reference)Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05896139265230289917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858989391440501233.post-32507525880616715672018-02-08T23:02:12.211-08:002018-02-08T23:02:12.211-08:00Thanks, Marcus. I loved Teri Garr, but I married m...Thanks, Marcus. I loved Teri Garr, but I married my Inga (Julia)--she's beautiful, smart, adventurous, and, most importantly, she gets the joke!Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149684115949805572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858989391440501233.post-86131580955220768872018-02-07T22:28:02.209-08:002018-02-07T22:28:02.209-08:00Those wood frets are the worst. But if Inga (Teri ...Those wood frets are the worst. But if Inga (Teri Garr) is your, uh, lab assistant, it probably isn't so bad. Glad to see a post from you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021699202611621213noreply@blogger.com