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In-depth 15-hour 4-DVD set

Archtop Guitar Making With Frank Finocchio

Here's an outstanding opportunity to view the step-by-step creation of a fine archtop jazz guitar. In this impressive 4-DVD set, veteran luthier Frank Finocchio demonstrates the tooling and techniques that produce his renowned instruments. Highlights include top and back carving procedures, by machine and by hand, plus Frank's alternate method for steam-forming and joining solid arched plates, without carving.

Frank Finocchio has been making fine guitars for over 25 years. A well-known instructor in the art of lutherie, he has also produced the comprehensive DVD set Acoustic Guitar Making for steel-string guitar.

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Archtop Guitar Making With Frank Finocchio
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Contents in brief:

Disc 1 (3 hrs 17 min)
Introduction
Joining and carving a top plate
Steam-bending and joining arched plates
Making the body mold
Bending and trimming the sides
Making and gluing the blocks

Disc 2 (3 hrs 56 min)
Installing kerfed linings
Installing side reinforcement strips
Gluing the back to the sides
Drilling the endpin hole
Cutting the f-holes
Making, fitting and gluing the top braces
Gluing the top to the rim
Routing and gluing body bindings
Creating the top and back recurve

Disc 3 (3 hrs 55 min)
Scraping the bindings
Making the neck and the neck extension
Installing the truss rod
Adding side dots and gluing the fingerboard
Shaping the neck
Cutting the body mortise and fitting the neck
Drilling the pegholes
Adding the heelcap
Gluing and bolting the neck to the body

Disc 4 (3 hrs 56 min)
Fretting the fingerboard
Fitting the nut to the neck
Inlaying the headstock
Making and fitting an ebony archtop bridge
Installing the tuning machines
Making and installing an ebony tailpiece
Slotting the nut
Stringing and setup
Making and installing an ebony fingerrest
Making and installing an ebony truss rod cover

Musical interludes by jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank DiBussolo, playing Finocchio archtop guitars.

4 DVD set, 15 hours

These DVDs are not "region-specific," and are intended for worldwide use.


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