Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 9: Reinforced Carbon Fiber Neck

If you've ever woken up one morning and found your guitar neck looking like a banana you're not alone. Should you buy a guitar with a carbon fiber-reinforced neck? Maybe...just maybe.

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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 8: Fanned Frets

With the increasing popularity of extended range guitars (guitars with more than 6 strings) luthiers have had to devise a way to retain intonation and playability - enter the 'fanned fret' or 'multi-scale' fretboard. Is it the answer or should we just continue to play guitars with normal frets? Read on to discover more....

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Modern Classical Guitar Design Part 7: Arched Back

The Arched back (braceless) design feature has been around for a while on acoustic guitars but luthiers in the classical guitar realm have only recently started incorporating the design into classical guitars. Find out a little more about the arched back innovation by reading my article.