{"id":4844,"date":"2024-05-23T10:36:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/?page_id=4844"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:20:44","slug":"027-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/?page_id=4844","title":{"rendered":"027 Parlour left"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serial Number 027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Left Handed Parlour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Started on May 16, 2024: completed on June 24, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had to happen eventually that I would build a left handed Parlour guitar. It will be good that when this guitar is done, left handed players will have the availability to try all three different sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just recently, I had brought one of my Parlour guitars to one of the local luthiers in Thunder Bay to evulate. He said that it sounded pretty good and even compared it to a Parlour guitar that he owned. They actually sounded quite similar when played one after another which was a good sign. I was told that I needed to work on the finish which was something I already knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Parlour has Canarywood for the back and sides – a new set of tonewoods that I had recently purchased. It has a good visual appeal – it is mostly a yellow colour with thin streaks of orange and red. I have seen it many times and finally decided to purchase a set to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A set of Engelmann Spruce was chosen for the soundboard. It is always hard to chose Engelmann for a soundboard as it is more for a player with a lighter touch. Without a person to specifically build a guitar for, it is always just easier to use Sitka or Adirondack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From what I did have in stock, I went with the Turkish Walnut piece with the Bloodwood laminated into it. I actually wanted to use Ash for some reason but maybe using Ash would keep the guitar too light coloured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With having the neck wood chosen, Marblewood quickly popped into mind for the fingerboard tonewood. I used a piece of Canarywood for the headstock veneer and a piece of Wenge for the heel cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SPECS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body<\/strong> Parlour, left handed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scale <\/strong>24.9\u2033<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top<\/strong> Engelmann Spruce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back<\/strong> Canarywood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sides<\/strong> Canarywood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neck<\/strong> Turkish Walnut\/Bloodwood <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fingerboard<\/strong> Marblewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridge<\/strong> Rosewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuning Machines<\/strong> Gotoh 381<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strings<\/strong> Ernie Ball Phosphor Bronze 2146<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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