About This Course
Welcome to the Robert O’Brien Online Florentine Cutaway Guitar Building Course. This course is meant to be a supplement to his Online Classical and Acoustic Guitar Building Courses. Here Robert shows how to design and build the cutaway portion of a Florentine cutaway guitar. The course was filmed in High Definition and contains over 2 hours of quality video instructions with all the ins and outs of Florentine Cutaway guitar construction.
Learn about:
- Cutaway design
- Heel block design
- Where to cut the side
- How to attach the side to the block
- Bending the cutaway side
- How to glue the sides together at the point
- Kerfing installation
- Soundboard and back bracing design and layout
- Binding the Florentine cutaway
- Carving the neck flush with the cutaway
Please read the FAQ page before beginning. To begin just register/login and purchase the video lessons.
It has never been easier to learn the art of Florentine cutaway guitar construction. Happy Building!
Just got the strings on my first Florentine cutaway ( thanks to Robbie’s video). I’m very pleased with the final outcome. Brian
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×Just got the strings on my first Florentine cutaway ( thanks to Robbie’s video). I’m very pleased with the final outcome. Brian
I love your videos and have purchased your on-line course on building a Florentine Cutaway. It is going well so far! TJ
I recently finished my first Florentine cutaway guitar. Your videos really helped me wrap my head around the concept and feel more comfortable tackling a cutaway guitar. Thanks for the awesome content Mr.O'Brien Judson
Florentine Cutaway Construction
Intro
4:55
Lesson 1:
Design
6:44
Lesson 2:
Bending the side
2:57
Lesson 3:
Heel block layout
6:23
Lesson 4:
Shaping the heel block
5:38
Lesson 5:
Cutting the side
3:06
Lesson 6:
Gluing the block (neck)
6:21
Lesson 7:
Preparing the cutaway block
5:59
Lesson 8:
Gluing the point
4:43
Lesson 9:
Moving forward
2:34
Lesson 10:
Binding channels
3:51
Lesson 11:
Handwork
10:14
Lesson 12:
Binding prep
7:31
Lesson 13:
Installing top bindings
9:14
Lesson 14:
Installing back bindings
13:58
Lesson 15:
Installing side binding
5:58
Lesson 16:
Installing point binding
18:35
Lesson 17:
Neck carving
6:02
Conclusion
4:09