20세기 가장 뛰어난 기타 장인들 중의 하나인 Robert Benedetto가 쓴, 어쿠스틱 아치탑 기타의 디자인과 제작에 관한 결정판입니다. 저자는 제작에 관한 모든 점들을 짚어가며 심지어는 완성된 제품의 마케팅까지 언급하고 있습니다.
필요한 도구들과 재료를 공급하는 공급업체들의 리스트와 Benedetto 기타들의 시리얼 넘버, 저자의 모델들이 담긴 컬러 사진들과 그의 기타를 사용하는 연주자들의 사진, 제작에 필요한 템플릿까지 들어있습니다.


- Contents -

Foreword by Thomas A. Van Hoose
Preface by George Gruhn
Ackowledgments
Introduction
Exploded view of an archtop guitar

CHAPTER ONE: Wood Selection
Top plate
Back plate
Sides
Neck

CHAPTER TWO: Making The Body Mold

CHAPTER THREE: Carving The Top And Back Plates
Tap tuning
Carving the top and back plates

CHAPTER FOUR: Cutting The "F" Holes
By hand
With the pin router
A few rules of thumb
Binding the "F" holes
An unbound option
Round / oval hole alternative

CHAPTER FIVE: Bracing The Top Plate

CHAPTER SIX: Bending The Sides

CHAPTER SEVEN: Neckblock And Tailblock

CHAPTER EIGHT: Linings And Side Braces

CHAPTER NINE: Gluing The Back And Top Plates To The Sides

CHAPTER TEN: Cutting The Body Mortise
A routing alternative

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Body Binding
Cutting the rabbet by hand
Cutting the rabbet with a router
Gluing the binding

CHAPTER TWELVE: Scraping The Re-curve

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Making The Neck
Cutting the truss rod groove
7-String Alternative
Cutting the dovetail
Cutting the rabbet for the neck extension
Truss rod installation
Gluing the neck extension
Gluing the headstock ears
Tapering the headstock
The fingerboard stop
Gluing headstock veneers
Cutting the headstock shape
A routing alternative
Drilling the tuning machine holes
Cutting the rabbet for the headstock binding
Binding the headstock
Inlaying the headstock
Cutting the inlay
Cutting the inlay cavity
Making the fingerboard
Another slotting alternative
Inlaying the fingerboard
Tapering the fingerboard
Gluing the fingerboard to the neck
Sanding the fingerboard radius
Binding the fingerboard
Side position dots
Fretting
Shaping the neck

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Fitting The Neck To The Body
Further tuning

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dressing The Frets

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Fitting The Nut

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Finishing
Sanding-preparing for the finish
Spraying equipment
Masking
Natural finish
Sunburst
Honey blonde
Traditional violin color
Rubbing/buffing the finish
Hand rubbing
Machine buffing

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Fittings
Tailpiece
Bridge
Fingerrest or pickguard
Truss rod cover
Tuning machines

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Set-up
String spacing at the nut
String notch marking gauge
E&Q Mari "La Bella" Strings
Amplifying the Guitar
Built-in pickup
Maintenance

CHAPTER TWENTY: Marketing
30th Anniversary Tribute to Robert Benedetto by Randall Kremer, Smithsonian Institution
About the Author by Bill Bush
Benedetto "La Cremona Azzurra"

Appendix
Lutherie Organizations / Publications / Suppliers
Benedetto Models
   Jazz Pickups
   Innovations
   Guitars featured in books, magazines, etc.
   Total instruments and numbering sequence
   Archtop guitar Serial Numbers
   Photographs of endorsers
   Supplemental photographs

Glossary
Index
Arching Templates