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Michael Collins Building the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar 10 DVD Set
Arts & Entertainment
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6013
160.00
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Default Manufacturer
Michael Collins Building the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar 10 DVD Set
Arts & Entertainment
michael-collins-building-selmer
6013
160.00
DjangoBooks.com
https://www.djangobooks.com/Item/michael-collins-building-selmer
This is a 10 DVD set showing how to build the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar. Filmed in Canada at Michael Collins guitar shop, Mike starts with a pile of wood and ends up with a beautiful gypsy jazz guitar. An experienced gypsy jazz guitar builder, Mike carefully explains and demonstrates every step of the building process and you get to see the finished guitar played by gypsy jazz guitarist David Dunlap of Canada. The DVD set compliments Mike's book on "How to build the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar."
There is a total
of 14 hours worth of instruction with menu buttons and chapters for
each of the following segments: 1. Molds and
patterns...How to build them 2. Laminating
the sides and back...Using the vacuum bag system 3. Making the
braces...How to design and shape 4. Making the
soundboard...Thinning, joining and making the pattern 5. Cutting the
rosette channel...How to use the right tool 6. Inlaying
the rosette...Fitting and gluing 7. Scraping
the inlays...Using the cabinet scraper 8. Gluing the
back and sides...Gluing and using the Go_bar deck 9. Assembling
the sides...Gluing and fitting with the mold 10. Fitting
and gluing the top braces...Carving and using the Go-Bar deck 11. Fitting
and gluing the liners...Laminating solid liners, bending and gluing 12. Fitting
and gluing the back....Alignment, gluing and clamping 13. Building
the neck...From start to finish 14. Fitting
and gluing the top....Alignment, gluing and clamping 15. Building
the fretboard....Slot cutting, installing frets and fretboard
profile 16. Installing
the bindings...Routing, installation and tools 17. Gluing the
neck...Joint, tooling and assembly 18. Making the
bridge...Patterns, tooling and carving 19. Installing
the tuners....Miller type 20. Making the
nut...Carving and slotting the bone 21. Final
set-up...Fret leveling, height adjustment and fret crowning 22. Final
sanding and staining...Top, sides and back 23. Final
finishing...French polishing, spraying lacquer and buffing Michael
follows the original Selmer plans and explains in detail how they where
made in the 30's.
Each section mixes the latest techniques with old world luthier skills
to provide the broadest explanation of how to build this style of
guitar.
Building a Selmer Maccaferri Guitar details the step-by-step construction of the laminated European style Jazz guitar, made famous by the great gypsy jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt. 288 p. 247 Pages.
