{"id":8722,"date":"2026-03-13T09:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/?page_id=8722"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:30:57","slug":"051-rib-cage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monkeyguitars.ca\/?page_id=8722","title":{"rendered":"051 gill ported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serial Number 051<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Orchestra Model Modern – gill ported<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Started on March 13, 2026, completed on May 01, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of this guitar was just from thoughts of having the soundboard not on the guitar. Some boutique builders show pictures of their bracing as it fits into their kerfing\/lining strips without the soundboard on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I already know that this guitar is probably not going to sound good at all with what I have in mind at the moment. I guess this could be more of a “fun” project to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An unknown set of back and sides have been pulled out for this project. From what I researched and found online for images, it looks like Teak but I am not certain it really is. The side panels have what kind of looks like crescent moon patterns going through it. I might cut into those and let it run along both sides. Visually, I think it will look cool…how it will sound…who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One thing I have been thinking about is that I had Jess Horricks try out the last right handed modern classical build and he was having issues strumming with the moon sound hole being at the lower side of the guitar (in the playing position). Moving it to the upper side should fix that issue and allow the player to hear the guitar more. Maybe if I can make a sound hole and sound port integration from that…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the constant amount of customer work that has been coming in recently, I have had less time to work on the guitar build. Not saying it is a bad thing but it has made me forget to add material to make an arm bevel on the guitar. I have been told a few times that I need to make a checklist on what to do and I think I am at a point where I really need one. This wouldn’t be the first time that I have forgotten to do something in a build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did consider to just bevel the area and add a strip of wood to cover the bevel – pretty the same idea that I did with the last guitar but I did have material underneath for the bevel itself. I gave it more thought and didn’t want it to be a situation where it would have been a whole mess just to do something that should be simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I finally managed to finish the body and started to French polish it, it was time to start thinking of a neck. I actually did want something on that matched the body wood in colour but I don’t have any such wood. I looked at some Black Walnut as that would be the darkest wood I have for necks and then saw the Sapele that I had used for the last guitar build. I felt that the colour contrast might work best with what I am building, especially after putting the first coats of shellac on the body wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I brought in and tried some Gluboost Lac R’ Shot to finish this guitar. It goes on really thin and I can’t even tell if anything is on there or not but I can say that is a good thing for the tone of the guitar. It is why I French polish my guitar bodies; it affects the tone minimally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new pinless bridge design was tried. I saw some pictures of it on the newest issue of Guild of American Luthiers. I don’t know if there is more to just how the bridge is slotted from the pictures I saw but I do wonder about the long term durability of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The guitar didn’t sound as “off” as I thought it might have when I tested it out. I am sure it will sound better after it has been played for a while. With how well this turned out, I can consider having more ports on the guitar for future builds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Body <\/strong>Orchestra Model<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scale<\/strong> 25.34\u2033<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top <\/strong>Spruce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Sides <\/strong>Teak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neck <\/strong> Sapele with White Limba strip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fingerboard<\/strong> Chechen Caribbean Rosewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Strings<\/strong> D\u2019Addario EJ26 Phosphor Bronze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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