Building an experimental acoustic guitar
by Yaron Naor

Yaron Naor is a luthier from Israel. You can contact him at yaron.naor@sap.com.

The concept

After thinking and researching I have decided to build an experimental acoustic guitar. In order to increase the sound volume by increasing the board vibrating area, I will make the following changes:

Two sound holes - one on the upper side for the player to hear the sound better and one on the bottom side, directed towards the audience.
Floating fret board
No upper bout (water drop style)
New top braces layout (leaf veins style)
New bridge design

To make the guitar more ergonomic while playing, I will make these changes:

Heavy kerfing and no purfling, round over or chamfer on the joint between the top and the sides will reveal the kerfing (emboya wood) will be more comfortable to play

Wood

Back and sides: Black wood
Top: AAAA Caucasian Spruce
Kerfing: Emboya
Braces: Sitka Spruce
Fret board and bridge: Rosewood

Images

The design

Thicknessing the sides

Routing side sound holes

Bending the sides

Applying the kerfing

Listen to a short sound sample played by David Fridman:

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