Making Music - how to make a Guitar
3,771 views · Published 11 July 2009 · 0:53 · Indexed 12 October 2026
Channel: screenshot · 2009 · Howto & Style
At the "National Guitar Awards" in the Netherlands Niels won a Robberts' Guitar. This documentary shows the handmade building of his cut-to-size guitar in Robberts' workshop: a Redwood body with a mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard. Robberts Guitars are handmade in the workshop. So many players, so many opinions, you can clearly see its complexity. Robbert de Vos advises his customers about components and materials and what the effect on custom made guitars will be. Niels van der Steenhoven is nowadays leadguitarist in the band Focus. Making Music is a series of 7 documentaries which take a closer look at the skills and crafts of makers and restorers of musical instruments. Duration 7 x 10 minutes. In this series we meet the baroque guitar maker, the flute maker, the drumkit maker, the fortepiano maker, the guitar maker, the saxophone restorer and the violin maker. Interested? please contact www.faunafilm.nl
