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- The purfling is the inlay which runs around the edge of the top and bottom plate. It is usually a "sandwich" of three sheets of wood glued together. Other materials such as hardened paper are also used today as the cheapest options but these should generally be avoided.
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May 19, 2023 · On most violins, 'purfling' is a thin laminate inlaid into the top-plate and and often bottom plate of the violin. Although often seen as simply part of the design, purfling acts as an important 'stop-break' that can help protect the plates from potential damage.
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- Making Your Own Guitar Purfling Part 2
When preparing to make a new set of wood purflings for my guitar, the first thing I do is decide on the materials I want to use to get the look I have in mind. The sizes and wood choices are largely determined by my master plan that was laid out during the design process I go through for each new guitar. You can learn all about my design process an...
Wood veneers for purflings can be purchased pre-cut and thicknessed, and pre-dyed veneers are available in many different woods and colors. You can choose from a variety of colors and thicknesses. Just be sure to buy plain un-backed veneer. I know many wood supply stores also sell to furniture makers and many of their veneers will have some sort of...
I most often make my own wood veneers for the lighter accent stripe in my purfling designs. I spend the extra time on this for a variety of reasons, but overall I just like the kind of control over the look that it gives me. As an example, one thing I love is to add some subtle flash to the purfling by cutting the wood for the lighter colored strip...
There are also different types of wood fiber products that can be a useful tool in making guitar purflings. Most of the time if you buy a pre-made purflings like these BWB strips, then you are using a fiber product already for the black veneers. I first learned about this from Bob Benedettoin his book “Making An Archtop Guitar” where he talks about...
I like to keep my veneer layups fairly simple. I don’t usually do more than a stack of 4 just so it will bend well and be flexible enough to work with, and not look overly busy. I also like to keep my veneer thickness accurate to stay within my rules I set for myself, making sure the veneers are a multiple of my master dimension for this design, fo...
In the next part of this series I’ll be getting into how I prepare the veneers for accurate gluing and how I make choices on the woods I use and why I like to cut and make my own veneers to control the grain direction and shimmer effect for each guitar design. To View Part 2 of this series Click Here
Feb 24, 2024 · Purfling refers to the decorative inlays along the edges of an acoustic guitar’s top, back, and sometimes sides. While visually striking, purfling serves an important structural purpose in guitar-making.
The purfling is the three-ply strip of black-white-black that runs around the edge of the top and back of your instrument. As with so much of the violin, it serves a dual role: practical and aesthetic. Practically, it helps keep your instrument together—literally.
Purflings are the decorative inlays highlighting the edges on the faces and backs of most stringed instruments. Since the first violins were made in the 16th Century, purflings have been consistently a key component of the aesthetic of violins, violas and cellos.
Purfling is an inlay placed a few millimetres from the edge of the top or back of a stringed instrument. It usually consists of three thin strips of 0.5 mm each inlaid next to each other. The outer two strips are dark, most frequently made of ebony, and the inner one is lighter, usually maple.
Oct 15, 2021 · Guitar purfling tutorial. Learn a simple system for creating beautiful Instagram-worthy side purfling miter joint details on your guitars.
