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!
I love your videos and have purchased your on-line course on building a Florentine Cutaway. It is going well so far! TJ
Feedback
×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