Found some pictures of my Martin 01, which I made at CMB, Puurs, 1998 – 2000.
The guitar has a beautiful head of walnutroot-veneer.
As it was my first own built acoustic instrument, it took me 2 years to finish it. Body made out of rosewood, cedar top plate, Honduras mahogany neck and fretboard in ebony. Rosette with abalone…
Sitar Scale from this tutorial :
Learn sitar in 15 days, page 27
Get prepared to teach yourself some Hindi.
And this one also has a funny cover…
Learn sitar in 15 days
Learn sitar in 15 days ?
How to learn sitar in 15 days ?
How to learn in 15 days ?
How to learn sitar ?
Here is the “how to make mizrab” section taken from an old “teach yourself sitar” manual in Hindi.
Wie niet waagt, niet wint…!!
Ik ben nog steeds braaf, ik leer nog steeds en doe nog altijd mijn best.
Next step: let it dry for a very very long time, then most probably open it up and glue again…?
Next step is to hollow out the glue joints.
…en then fill out these hollows and the fixing holes with a mixture of plaster, wood-glue and water.
Making the colour matching and polishing should wait for the summer. We need warmth and sunshine…
Another nice picture from the sitar’s inside : “Ali Baba’s Café”
This picture is taken on the soundboard, inside the tumba.
It’s all about this tumba, “… mind the gap …” :
And, when all the pieces are fit together, glued and fixed in the traditional way, you ‘ll get this :
More tumba repair here .
See the recent firewood harvest. The winter may come…
