I read that you started the guitar at 43 years old. You are an example for me, your RUclips channel interests me. Because I'm a bit like you. I started the guitar two years ago. And I'm 40 years old. Do you play using tablatures or sheet music scores? I had never played music before. A pure beginner. And it's true that we have a lot of fun if we invest time. We are very similar because I too want to build classical guitars! I dream of it, I'm reading books on manufacturing! You inspire me a lot. If you want, you can watch my channel or I publish all my songs and exercises since I started. And I have already made good progress compared to the first day where I painstakingly played some notes! It is difficult to find RUclips channels of real beginners, with monitoring over time.
Thank you for watching my video and leaving a comment! Yes, it sounds like we share a lot :-). I started my channel to encourage middle age people who are hesitating start learning guitar because they think it's too late as I did. Now I can say it will never be too late (but better start earlier). I think your channel will also encourage those people. I play mostly using tablature because I can't read sheet music scores. (Well, I can, but very very slowly) I've just subscribed your RUclips channel. I watched some of your videos and they inspired me too. Just 2 years?? You are playing much better than I do! Very impressive! I especially liked your most recent video of Yesterday solo. Is the tablature publicly available? If so I would like to practice the same one. I will be making my 2nd classical guitar soon and I am planning to post the progress. Sorry most of the videos in my channel are in Japanese, but I may post those DIY videos in Japanese with English subtitle, or vise-versa.
@@over-40s-guitar Thank you for your subscription to my channel;) Yes, I've been playing for two years. Two years and eight months. So soon 3 years is true! We may have started late, but we have the motivation and patience that the younger guitarists may not have. Thank you for your appreciation on Yesterday! It is a very nice melody to play and it is not too difficult. I think a guitarist who has been playing for two or three years will do just fine;) You can find the tablature on the description of my video, I just added it for you. I want to see you play;) For the construction of your classical guitar will you make a model copy? What plans are you doing with? Friederich, Torres, Bouchet, Romanillos..? For the construction of your do you have books to help you? I would love to see you film the stages of your construction!!
@@guitarchallenge1104 Thank you for sharing the tablature of your "Yesterday" video. I started practicing it from today. Yes, it's not too difficult and I really love the sound! But I do need to practice at least a week or so to be able to play through it. I've played to the end of the coda section but there are several parts that I can't play smoothly. I am trying to figure out the fingering that works best for me. But it's fun! Regarding the construction, I refer to the Ramirez 1966 plan for my first classical guitar, but I did make some customization. (I changed the neck joint to dovetail instead of Spanish Heel. I also added a truss rod., etc.). It sounds relatively good, but not as good as the other classical guitar I own. I made a mistake in the neck angle, and the string action got too high (12th fret height was 5.5mm at 6th string and 4.5mm at 1st string). It was a bit hard to play so I had to make the bridge thinner and the saddle lower. I also made a mistake for the depth of the body. I think those mistakes are affecting to the quality of the sound especially for the high E. But that's okay. The 1st build was for practice. I didn't use good quality materials either. The 2nd or the 3rd build is my real target. I have 2 classical guitar building books and an online course video for the soundboard voicing for classical guitar (from Robert O'brien guitar). The voicing video was very useful and I learned a lot about tapping technique, but still, it's not easy to judge if I should take some more woods from the bracing or not just by tapping. I guess I need to build some more to learn by experiences. Regarding the books, the following two were most useful: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402720602/ www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811806405/ But since I used dovetail joint for the neck, I had to refer to other books for steel string guitar building. I have built 4 acoustic guitars (3 from StewMac kit, and 1 from scratch) in the past, so I had good ideas how to adopt neck joint for classical guitar building. But the neck angle of the classical guitar is opposite compare to the steel string guitar, I had to guess the right angle when carving the dovetail joint, and I made a small mistake. I leaned, so it will not happen again. I am thinking about using the Hauser 1937 plan for the next build. It's a fan bracing very similar to Ramirez 1966 (and also Torres), but much simpler than Ramirez. I might use Robert O'brien's plan available from LMI that was used in his voicing video that is very similar to Hauser 1937 but he made some modifications to make it more responsive to the vibration. I haven't decided the soundboard material yet. I have both Engelmann spruce tone wood and Cedar tone wood in stock now but since the 1st one was Engelmann spruce, I am leaning toward Cedar for the 2nd one now.
@@over-40s-guitar It is true that the fingerings are not marked on the tablature. I have the right fingerings, do you want me to write them to you on the score? are Ramirez plans free? it may interest me;) You made some mistakes because you wanted to change some things. And it's good to have tried, it's great to try to create, to be original. Thanks for the references of the books. I read Roy Courtnall's manual, it's very well done. Did you need a lot of tools? is it expensive in tools? Don't have pictures of your workshop? And photos of your guitars on a website maybe? Since you're Japanese, you may be able to help me. Do you know where I can find this score: 久石 譲 (Hisaishi Joe) - もののけ姫 (Princesse Mononoké) Because for me in France, it is very very expensive to bring a partion from Japan. I found it in this book: 楽しいギターソロ アニメ主題歌ベスト/スタジオジブリ作品集 (楽しいギター・ソロ) wouldn't you have a solution for me? even paid if necessary.
@@guitarchallenge1104 I think I will be able to figure out the fingering by looking at your video closely so that's okay. Right now I am trying to find the best fingering for me as a part of practice. But thank you for your kind offer anyway. Ramirez plans are not free but there are many plans available from multiple vendors. I got it from LMI (a California based guitar materials supplier) and I am sure you can get it in France too. And thank you for the book reference. That's one of the books I wanted to have but I haven't because it's a bit expensive. But I found it's on sale on Amazon today! So I ordered one for me. TO make a guitar from scratch, you will need to have (or rent) many power tools (or hand tools) to cut or thin down or shape woods, glues, finishing materials, and a lot of sand papers and clamps! But if you are starting from a kit, then most of the wood parts are pre-shaped to some extent so you will not need that many tools. But still, you will need to invest for a minimum set of tools (saws, hammer, clamps, measures, rulers, sand papers, wood glue, a files and a nipper for cutting fret wires). I don't have a web site for my DIY guitars but I will make one in the future. I've already selected the main wood materials for my next DIY classical guitar (I have some photos but unfortunately I can't upload photos in the RUclips comment... I live in the US so it's not easy for me to get Japanese books. I buy Japanese books when I go to Japan a couple of times in a year, but due to COVID-19 I don't think I have a chance this year. It looks like the book is no longer published. Only the used books are available from Amazon.co.jp, but I think Amazon Japan is holding oversea shipping now. I do love Ghibli anime and also Joe Hisaishi's music! I have a solo guitar score book of his songs and one of the Princess Mononoke's song is in there. It's not the theme of the movie, but one of the main songs used there. I haven't even opened that book, haha. Thank you for reminding me. I will listen to the CDs came with the book and see if there is any songs I like and fit my playing skills. The name of the book is: GG547 ギターソロ曲集 久石譲 模範演奏CD&タブ譜付き 楽譜 (Published in 2013) www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4874715478/ I also found newer solo guitar score collection of Joe Hisaishi which includes the theme of Princess Mononoke as well as the same song I mentioned above: TAB譜付スコア 久石譲/ソロ・ギター・コレクションズ［エムカード付］ (日本語) 楽譜 (Published in 2018) www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4865712089
Are you the guitar player on this video? I did not understand Japanese. You started playing the guitar at the age of 40, right? And how old are you now? How long have you been building guitars? Are you a carpenter? I'm interested in your channel, I subscribe even if I don't speak Japanese :)
Thank you for watching this video! I’m not the guy on the left (He is a famous Japanese singer-songwriter, Gen Hoshino). The guy who play the DIY guitar on the right at the end of the video is me. I started playing guitar when I was 43, and that was about 6 years ago. I built my first acoustic guitar 3 years ago and I have made 4 acoustic guitars plus one classical guitar (this one). No I’m not a carpenter. I’m a software engineer in biotech. I have no musical instrument experiences in the past so I thought it’s may be too late to start playing a guitar in the middle age, but I gave it a shot. After 6 years I found I will not be able to play like a pro nor a skilled player, but I’m having so much fun playing and making guitars. I’m confident that I found a life’s work :-)
I read that you started the guitar at 43 years old.
You are an example for me, your RUclips channel interests me.
Because I'm a bit like you. I started the guitar two years ago. And I'm 40 years old.
Do you play using tablatures or sheet music scores?
I had never played music before. A pure beginner.
And it's true that we have a lot of fun if we invest time.
We are very similar because I too want to build classical guitars! I dream of it, I'm reading books on manufacturing!
You inspire me a lot.
If you want, you can watch my channel or I publish all my songs and exercises since I started. And I have already made good progress compared to the first day where I painstakingly played some notes!
It is difficult to find RUclips channels of real beginners, with monitoring over time.
Thank you for watching my video and leaving a comment! Yes, it sounds like we share a lot :-). I started my channel to encourage middle age people who are hesitating start learning guitar because they think it's too late as I did. Now I can say it will never be too late (but better start earlier). I think your channel will also encourage those people.
I play mostly using tablature because I can't read sheet music scores. (Well, I can, but very very slowly)
I've just subscribed your RUclips channel. I watched some of your videos and they inspired me too. Just 2 years?? You are playing much better than I do! Very impressive!
I especially liked your most recent video of Yesterday solo. Is the tablature publicly available? If so I would like to practice the same one.
I will be making my 2nd classical guitar soon and I am planning to post the progress. Sorry most of the videos in my channel are in Japanese, but I may post those DIY videos in Japanese with English subtitle, or vise-versa.
@@over-40s-guitar Thank you for your subscription to my channel;)
Yes, I've been playing for two years. Two years and eight months. So soon 3 years is true!
We may have started late, but we have the motivation and patience that the younger guitarists may not have.
Thank you for your appreciation on Yesterday! It is a very nice melody to play and it is not too difficult. I think a guitarist who has been playing for two or three years will do just fine;)
You can find the tablature on the description of my video, I just added it for you.
I want to see you play;)
For the construction of your classical guitar will you make a model copy? What plans are you doing with?
Friederich, Torres, Bouchet, Romanillos..?
For the construction of your do you have books to help you?
I would love to see you film the stages of your construction!!
@@guitarchallenge1104 Thank you for sharing the tablature of your "Yesterday" video. I started practicing it from today. Yes, it's not too difficult and I really love the sound! But I do need to practice at least a week or so to be able to play through it. I've played to the end of the coda section but there are several parts that I can't play smoothly. I am trying to figure out the fingering that works best for me. But it's fun!
Regarding the construction, I refer to the Ramirez 1966 plan for my first classical guitar, but I did make some customization. (I changed the neck joint to dovetail instead of Spanish Heel. I also added a truss rod., etc.). It sounds relatively good, but not as good as the other classical guitar I own. I made a mistake in the neck angle, and the string action got too high (12th fret height was 5.5mm at 6th string and 4.5mm at 1st string). It was a bit hard to play so I had to make the bridge thinner and the saddle lower. I also made a mistake for the depth of the body. I think those mistakes are affecting to the quality of the sound especially for the high E. But that's okay. The 1st build was for practice. I didn't use good quality materials either. The 2nd or the 3rd build is my real target.
I have 2 classical guitar building books and an online course video for the soundboard voicing for classical guitar (from Robert O'brien guitar). The voicing video was very useful and I learned a lot about tapping technique, but still, it's not easy to judge if I should take some more woods from the bracing or not just by tapping. I guess I need to build some more to learn by experiences.
Regarding the books, the following two were most useful:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402720602/
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811806405/
But since I used dovetail joint for the neck, I had to refer to other books for steel string guitar building. I have built 4 acoustic guitars (3 from StewMac kit, and 1 from scratch) in the past, so I had good ideas how to adopt neck joint for classical guitar building. But the neck angle of the classical guitar is opposite compare to the steel string guitar, I had to guess the right angle when carving the dovetail joint, and I made a small mistake. I leaned, so it will not happen again.
I am thinking about using the Hauser 1937 plan for the next build. It's a fan bracing very similar to Ramirez 1966 (and also Torres), but much simpler than Ramirez. I might use Robert O'brien's plan available from LMI that was used in his voicing video that is very similar to Hauser 1937 but he made some modifications to make it more responsive to the vibration. I haven't decided the soundboard material yet. I have both Engelmann spruce tone wood and Cedar tone wood in stock now but since the 1st one was Engelmann spruce, I am leaning toward Cedar for the 2nd one now.
@@over-40s-guitar
It is true that the fingerings are not marked on the tablature.
I have the right fingerings, do you want me to write them to you on the score?
are Ramirez plans free? it may interest me;)
You made some mistakes because you wanted to change some things. And it's good to have tried, it's great to try to create, to be original.
Thanks for the references of the books. I read Roy Courtnall's manual, it's very well done.
Did you need a lot of tools? is it expensive in tools?
Don't have pictures of your workshop? And photos of your guitars on a website maybe?
Since you're Japanese, you may be able to help me.
Do you know where I can find this score:
久石 譲 (Hisaishi Joe) - もののけ姫 (Princesse Mononoké)
Because for me in France, it is very very expensive to bring a partion from Japan.
I found it in this book:
楽しいギターソロ アニメ主題歌ベスト/スタジオジブリ作品集 (楽しいギター・ソロ)
wouldn't you have a solution for me? even paid if necessary.
@@guitarchallenge1104 I think I will be able to figure out the fingering by looking at your video closely so that's okay. Right now I am trying to find the best fingering for me as a part of practice. But thank you for your kind offer anyway.
Ramirez plans are not free but there are many plans available from multiple vendors. I got it from LMI (a California based guitar materials supplier) and I am sure you can get it in France too. And thank you for the book reference. That's one of the books I wanted to have but I haven't because it's a bit expensive. But I found it's on sale on Amazon today! So I ordered one for me.
TO make a guitar from scratch, you will need to have (or rent) many power tools (or hand tools) to cut or thin down or shape woods, glues, finishing materials, and a lot of sand papers and clamps! But if you are starting from a kit, then most of the wood parts are pre-shaped to some extent so you will not need that many tools. But still, you will need to invest for a minimum set of tools (saws, hammer, clamps, measures, rulers, sand papers, wood glue, a files and a nipper for cutting fret wires). I don't have a web site for my DIY guitars but I will make one in the future. I've already selected the main wood materials for my next DIY classical guitar (I have some photos but unfortunately I can't upload photos in the RUclips comment...
I live in the US so it's not easy for me to get Japanese books. I buy Japanese books when I go to Japan a couple of times in a year, but due to COVID-19 I don't think I have a chance this year. It looks like the book is no longer published. Only the used books are available from Amazon.co.jp, but I think Amazon Japan is holding oversea shipping now.
I do love Ghibli anime and also Joe Hisaishi's music! I have a solo guitar score book of his songs and one of the Princess Mononoke's song is in there. It's not the theme of the movie, but one of the main songs used there. I haven't even opened that book, haha. Thank you for reminding me. I will listen to the CDs came with the book and see if there is any songs I like and fit my playing skills. The name of the book is:
GG547 ギターソロ曲集 久石譲 模範演奏CD&タブ譜付き 楽譜 (Published in 2013)
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4874715478/
I also found newer solo guitar score collection of Joe Hisaishi which includes the theme of Princess Mononoke as well as the same song I mentioned above:
TAB譜付スコア 久石譲/ソロ・ギター・コレクションズ［エムカード付］ (日本語) 楽譜 (Published in 2018)
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4865712089
Are you the guitar player on this video? I did not understand Japanese.
You started playing the guitar at the age of 40, right?
And how old are you now?
How long have you been building guitars? Are you a carpenter?
I'm interested in your channel, I subscribe even if I don't speak Japanese :)
Thank you for watching this video! I’m not the guy on the left (He is a famous Japanese singer-songwriter, Gen Hoshino). The guy who play the DIY guitar on the right at the end of the video is me. I started playing guitar when I was 43, and that was about 6 years ago. I built my first acoustic guitar 3 years ago and I have made 4 acoustic guitars plus one classical guitar (this one). No I’m not a carpenter. I’m a software engineer in biotech. I have no musical instrument experiences in the past so I thought it’s may be too late to start playing a guitar in the middle age, but I gave it a shot. After 6 years I found I will not be able to play like a pro nor a skilled player, but I’m having so much fun playing and making guitars. I’m confident that I found a life’s work :-)