My Latest Lattice Guitar

[schrammguitars]

Here is a video of my latest lattice guitar. Hope you enjoy it.



youtu.be/

[Kim]

Beautiful David, both the sound of the guitar and Nemanjar's playing.

Cheers

Kim

[Taffy Evans]

Great sounding guitar, thanks for showing.

[peter.coombe]

Well I have read a lot of stuff about how lattice braced guitars don't have the right sound, but I think you have proved that to be BS. I am no expert, but that guitar sounds great to me.

Peter

[Nick]

I'll agree with Peter, nothing wrong with the tone of this baby at all! I was thinking that the bass was a little underwhelming until he hit the bass notes at around 2.20. Nice rich bass tones, I realised that the piece obviously calls for more middle & upper register stuff so Nemanjar has a soft touch with the bottom end throughout the rest of it. Great work David, you must be very proud to hear your work in the hands of somebody of Nemanjar's calibre & who's fairly conversant with the classics!

[schrammguitars]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I think this one was my best one so far. I made the back and sides a little heavier this time.
Here is a link to the build diary in case you are interested. http://schrammguitars.com/nemanja.html

[J.F. Custom]

Yep.

No doubt about it - that is beautiful in all respects.

One question for you - how are you (assuming it is in the same style as Greg Smallman) attaching your arm rest? I have seen several variations of doing this by different makers over the years (some dowelled, some glued, some double taped etc) and wonder if there is any "norm" or agreed/accepted best method?

Nice to have you drop back by the forum again David.

Jeremy.

[schrammguitars]

Hi Jeremy,
I'm attaching it with Cyanoacrylate(sp?) aka "super glue". There is a 5mm surface under the arm rest. Using a pipette I put the c.a. glue on the arm rest, then flip it over and onto the guitar. Do this slowly and accurately! Once you commit to the position, that is were it goes. Once it is attached I run some c.a. along the joint from the outside edge. If there are any gaps you can do some sanding then add c.a. glue. This acts as a pore fill.

[kiwigeo]

Seems there's also a David Schramm hand building guitars in China....

http://product.madeinchina.com/wholesal ... 5302.shtml

"Our guitar is of high and inexpensive in na , we send the guitar that is the very one picture is showing.
Just contact no matter which kind of items you like and what questions you have ,I will do best to make you satisfied asap.

We use Japan technology,Our control team is responsible for all the guitar inspection, from the selection of the wood to the guitar finish - they inspect every process in line with 's regulations - this guarantees you guitar every time."

[J.F. Custom]

"...this guarantees you guitar every time."

Glad to hear it guarantees you a guitar...

I mean you wouldn't want to order a guitar and get a banana.

Mind you... In this case you might order a guitar and get a lemon.


Thanks David. I just wondered what Greg Smallman was doing or if there was other methods I was unaware of. I had seen some using a double side adhesive so it could be removed if desired - disliked or for finish repair etc. Also I had seen some using two dowels that insert down into holes - assumably with supporting blocks beneath on the sides, again so it is removable if desired. Of course, this latter would leave you with two nice holes in the top should you not want the arm rest...

Jeremy.

[Paul B]

Thank you for sharing that. The guitar sounds fabulous.

[matthew]

David I know little about lattice-braced guitars so forgive my questions if they're like, "well, der" ...

What is the internal frame made of?
How much does one of these guitars weigh compared with a "classic" build?
How does your removable neck design stop the heel from lifting?

Matthew

[schrammguitars]

The internal frame is made of baltic birch or apple 3/4" multi-ply not the cheap hardware store softwood ply.

The weight is about 2 x that of a standard classical guitar.

The neck design is not mine, but based on Greg Smallman's design. The heel floats and hinges on a pivot.
This video explains it:
http://youtu.be/xnjZmPyugUQ

[Bachiano]

Very nice sound David !!!

Quick question.
Do you think it would make sense to add a spring to the retaining bolt to keep positive tension on the neck
or
do you think it is unnecessary?

Thanks
Elman

[schrammguitars]

No need for it. The retaining bolt is only there for when you take the strings off or loosen them so the neck does not fall off the body. The hole in the frame is oval shaped so the bolt can pivot along with the neck. It doesn't tighten down on the frame, in fact the bolt floats and only touches the neck where it is screwed in.

[Bachiano]

No need for it. The retaining bolt is only there for when you take the strings off or loosen them so the neck does not fall off the body. The hole in the frame is oval shaped so the bolt can pivot along with the neck. It doesn't tighten down on the frame, in fact the bolt floats and only touches the neck where it is screwed in.

Oh I see.
Thanks
Elman

[joe breeden]

Great guitar, great sound. One question. The top appears to be glued solid to the Baltic birch plywood frame? Thanks Joe