tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21672372352486453112024-03-24T00:10:30.316-07:00Gary Nava, luthier; Instrument ArchiveThis is an ongoing project; an archive of the many instruments that I have built over the years.
If you have a photo, video clip or sound recording of your “Nava” and would like to have it included here, please let me know.
Thanks for looking and be sure to come back- there’s bound to be something else to see!
Cheers Gary
Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-8254267379464275822024-03-23T09:54:00.000-07:002024-03-23T09:54:28.918-07:00Electric Mandolins (emandos)<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 5px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I've always enjoyed making the occasional solid bodied instrument; I like the sculptural process of shaping a large solid piece of wood by hand. So, it's only natural that I find myself building e-mandos. An electric, solid body mandolin offers a robust alternative to an acoustic instrument for the gigging musician or an interesting variation for the player who wants a different voice.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">There are many possible designs and here you can see some of mine, including 4 and 8 string octave mandolin variants.</span></div>
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natural resonance of the emando and you can see its internal construction (and
other details of how I built this emando) in a series of </span><span color="windowtext" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOEb1dYICJrYcdSIk8jrvp8N_Dx9xOCoN" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">YouTube
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line-height: 15.6933px;">The chambered body is designed to enhance the natural resonance of the emando and you can see its internal construction (and other details of how I built this emando) in a series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOEb1dYICJrb9vDzNB1Dg6u-RjVMkM1Ec" target="_blank">videos </a></span><span color="windowtext" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_TViWo98xQiq-fADfb9kkqITuBT24lUl8SC2HTKiVd1PJMDmy584cILuzc1ERfoLwtpWm0tv0FaiXKCayRbhf42hJ-xCNyNJqP4VBPggkqtH0yimJJaNW1z389PlFghrc-jccYnKgdelA4QF7lTAdAQguKod7pr22Bp7VVLhNZ6vMQPTuQaBjCNm1ms/s1500/front%20view.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_TViWo98xQiq-fADfb9kkqITuBT24lUl8SC2HTKiVd1PJMDmy584cILuzc1ERfoLwtpWm0tv0FaiXKCayRbhf42hJ-xCNyNJqP4VBPggkqtH0yimJJaNW1z389PlFghrc-jccYnKgdelA4QF7lTAdAQguKod7pr22Bp7VVLhNZ6vMQPTuQaBjCNm1ms/w400-h225/front%20view.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 3.75pt 7.5pt 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">My
“Standard” mandolins were first introduced in 2011. The intention being, to focus
on the features that influence its sound and playability. It has a simple,
elegance which depends only on the instrument’s form and its materials rather
than any unnecessary decoration: everything you see is pure mandolin. The
Japanese word <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibui#:~:text=Shibui%20(%E6%B8%8B%E3%81%84)%20(adjective),not%20just%20art%20or%20fashion." target="_blank">Shibui </a>best describes my approach to its design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 3.75pt 7.5pt 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Below
are all the “Standards” that I have made. One thing that I didn’t anticipate
was, that players who commissioned one, would ask for custom upgrades, this led
to the evolution of my “Standard Plus”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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here they are in chronological order; from July 2011 to now……<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to the end to see my new version. It now has a 360mm scale length and
individual Gotoh mini tuners.</span></p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>Standard
I</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>Standard
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<b style="font-style: italic;">Standard IX </b> (residing in Finland)</div>
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Mahogany and Sitka (with herringbone upgrade)</div>
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English Walnut, back, sides and neck. Bog
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Indian rosewood, back, sides, fretboard and bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://navaguitars.co.uk/Mandolin%20For%20sale.html" target="_blank">For sale</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NlGubsJikI6tQPDKa2z_SZScebCXmvOn-7m5mNsv2xrI57w4DYqOd-deZYgbbpnqXaAWQ3Jd4UmwCWSjTaFMSN7rLTCy2dBEJqTFeIuTj3K09Ac3pHlHQTIUZ1aGFxkgGAgN2ej6VnGtlDJa_jU3l55pikTtB27ZdRLj-5O2SrojpoUZHIAr424J41U/s1500/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NlGubsJikI6tQPDKa2z_SZScebCXmvOn-7m5mNsv2xrI57w4DYqOd-deZYgbbpnqXaAWQ3Jd4UmwCWSjTaFMSN7rLTCy2dBEJqTFeIuTj3K09Ac3pHlHQTIUZ1aGFxkgGAgN2ej6VnGtlDJa_jU3l55pikTtB27ZdRLj-5O2SrojpoUZHIAr424J41U/w400-h225/1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXM03JJmATpwtern-lF4b-GfrmCF9miuODQ7BaqsE-EJskzmJ4J-1JFWtfSY8IrT7ua9Gq6qW6978MO5tlPbK_an6FUyqRBIeVvNtm9jlhe53ABY-zYC1KP2P-SEYRcl98YhkI5bVk29VgQDALHi5du50CM54S2_eqz7YbVcdVfQJ74DbZfNvbKWGD8U/s1500/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXM03JJmATpwtern-lF4b-GfrmCF9miuODQ7BaqsE-EJskzmJ4J-1JFWtfSY8IrT7ua9Gq6qW6978MO5tlPbK_an6FUyqRBIeVvNtm9jlhe53ABY-zYC1KP2P-SEYRcl98YhkI5bVk29VgQDALHi5du50CM54S2_eqz7YbVcdVfQJ74DbZfNvbKWGD8U/w400-h225/2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></b></div></b></div></div>
Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-51215077125795621422023-03-16T10:49:00.000-07:002023-03-17T09:33:55.614-07:00Electric guitars; eclectic guitars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here are a few more electrics, from the vault, for you. In 2003,
as a bit of fun, I built two matching electric guitars; a bass and a 12-string, both loosely based on Rickenbackers. The
bass, which is a monster, was for me and I still have it. <span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Being a bit of a Deadhead, I
decided to inlay the Grateful Dead’s Steal Your Face logo into the body.</span></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 12 string was far
too heavy so I re-built it in 2007 with a black walnut SG style body which worked so
much better- it was sold on in 2011.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here’s an odd one that I put together in 2004. We were
browsing the West-End guitar shops and I came across a semi-acoustic body,
obviously from a factory and unfinished- 25 quid? Who could resist? Judging from the newspaper that I extracted
from its insides, it was a Hofner body from the 1960s.</span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So I built it into this---.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This too was sold on 2011</span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Another completed in 2004 was this Les Paul style solid with a
carved bird’s eye maple top and neck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> And then there are these two ergonomic electrics which I greatly
enjoyed building. The 7-string was commissioned in 2009 by Latin-Jazz guitarist
Stefano Kalonaris; it has a wide fingerboard as he wanted a classical guitar
style fingerboard.</span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And the 6-string in 2011 by
a local player, Phil, who suffers with back pain. This guitar was specifically designed to allow him to play with a greater degree of comfort.</span></div>
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decided to re-model it and here’s the result.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LnOG6WcmG9oqf0lui3fy35smxP-K8uJy2o5kz13ShGolsJ2q0iAWK6bdZm-RMpVPVWk-dKBRLufnAE7j4Sgsa033gkNBrT7osgtNzu1NAcOZxcY1s6CgPPI1KZunzUoVoI9ofHydsw3MR1ohGIRxWVYYxpMVesbz-kHpbMTqtrpqoQwDERntnffv/s1500/bass%20after1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LnOG6WcmG9oqf0lui3fy35smxP-K8uJy2o5kz13ShGolsJ2q0iAWK6bdZm-RMpVPVWk-dKBRLufnAE7j4Sgsa033gkNBrT7osgtNzu1NAcOZxcY1s6CgPPI1KZunzUoVoI9ofHydsw3MR1ohGIRxWVYYxpMVesbz-kHpbMTqtrpqoQwDERntnffv/w225-h400/bass%20after1.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwMAyy6UVNwt9lyfCUBBra_pF69BCYUCco3faCfz7CMw-qO-aZXuURs5G-k4JY5CpyB5lBRmLm7cHf1w56bn67PYM17dCXVVXS1X6UGGedbANZmA40N-XHyZ1hg4SgTOieDpuo0WrNjBlO0bvvMVu13KSYt4sM4Yao-qbyEL1j8IlgXBvumG6zSCP/s1500/bass%20after2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwMAyy6UVNwt9lyfCUBBra_pF69BCYUCco3faCfz7CMw-qO-aZXuURs5G-k4JY5CpyB5lBRmLm7cHf1w56bn67PYM17dCXVVXS1X6UGGedbANZmA40N-XHyZ1hg4SgTOieDpuo0WrNjBlO0bvvMVu13KSYt4sM4Yao-qbyEL1j8IlgXBvumG6zSCP/w400-h225/bass%20after2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>
Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-15498822725025803532022-12-16T08:31:00.001-08:002022-12-16T08:31:17.065-08:00Guyatone LG50 Project<p>In 2022 I purchased a 1957 Guyatone LG50 in need of complete
restoration. I was so taken with the Guyatone that I decided to make my own
version of it. You can <a href="https://navaguitars.co.uk/guyatoneimages/Guyatone%20LG50%20by%20Gary%20Nava.pdf" target="_blank">read more about the project here</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>1957 Guyatone LG50</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGKb2qYqBTVnGhDoD2Eqs5_jniMgPNjQPHnLpnzNo43BfcdNm-D2SWFn__VFtlvJKz6GsQLP6n46fzTpX2GVMIAKKBNH7qMNNzvqzaj9uvqIdqtCFbhUaqnRg4BgjG4OTvu-B-lZ3vm_EnMWzhsmKqZpaKJ1Mzd6PFFE_Z4SoGwzrZq83woXoVW7D/s1200/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1200" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGKb2qYqBTVnGhDoD2Eqs5_jniMgPNjQPHnLpnzNo43BfcdNm-D2SWFn__VFtlvJKz6GsQLP6n46fzTpX2GVMIAKKBNH7qMNNzvqzaj9uvqIdqtCFbhUaqnRg4BgjG4OTvu-B-lZ3vm_EnMWzhsmKqZpaKJ1Mzd6PFFE_Z4SoGwzrZq83woXoVW7D/w400-h223/1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">My Twin-Point mandolin has subtly evolved over the years and here you can see all for them from the first maple one built in 2007 to the present. The head shape, bridge design and my own handmade tailpiece are the obvious changes and quite a few have custom features too!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> I‘ve just limited myself to a couple of selected photos per instrument (in most cases!)</span><br />
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<b>"The Red Mandolin"</b></div>
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<i> </i><b>Quilted Maple</b></div>
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<b>English walnut with cast Dean tailpiece</b></div>
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Richard supplied the cast Brian Dean tailpiece for his mandolin, which got me thinking about the development of my own design. You can hear Richard playing <a href="http://www.navaguitars.co.uk/music/Richard_twin_point.mp3" target="_blank">his mandolin here.</a> The accompanying guitar is also Richard, playing a <a href="http://www.navaguitars.co.uk/model2_guitar.html" target="_blank">Nava Model Two guitar.</a> Many thanks!</div>
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-31075826553286295212021-11-04T09:29:00.001-07:002021-12-03T07:26:51.162-08:00Archtop Mandolin2018 saw the introduction of Archtop (or carved top) mandolins to my range. My archtops are not intended to be replicas of classic American instruments. The objective is to build a mandolin that is true to my aesthetic values and constructional techniques, based on decades of designing and making, whilst offering an instrument that has different tonal qualities to my popular and much-loved flat-tops. Each archtop mandolin is carved entirely by my hands from carefully selected, solid tonewoods- no CNC machinery or out-sourced pre-shaped plates are used.<br />
Below is the first and you can see how it was made in a series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71qUUsdQzqI&list=PLOEb1dYICJrY1sLE8noGruuzPGlFcDoHe" target="_blank">YouTube videos</a><br />
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Here is #2 and again you can see how it was built in its own series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D4fF4EpqAU&list=PLOEb1dYICJraX0b54gOGpGRlf-OEPtDMu" target="_blank">YouTube videos.</a><br />
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#3; somewhat unusual as the back & sides are made from
differing species of wood- Brazilian rosewood & figured maple respectively.
Here is the series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOEb1dYICJraGlh_TPKLT5JJiMLpM47zp" target="_blank">build videos</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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neck. You can see aspects of its construction <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOEb1dYICJrZbY_8ODZC0DgZMNeK_oc11" target="_blank">in these videos</a>, in particular
the French polishing process. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C4JLxt5uwf0" width="320" youtube-src-id="C4JLxt5uwf0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2CrEurihUSkOtbW4jQdQG-DlOuzLM5xfiNcCRCGiBP7yYzVw6acyg_M-0Mq4B5LYoGnvuCOM7dUeNjO7fHI3FqU_QdJ4pvo9DjH1gAF5Lii9-pB_1BriGeoVD47ViNOISqxm7mFtALM/s1500/front+view.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1500" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2CrEurihUSkOtbW4jQdQG-DlOuzLM5xfiNcCRCGiBP7yYzVw6acyg_M-0Mq4B5LYoGnvuCOM7dUeNjO7fHI3FqU_QdJ4pvo9DjH1gAF5Lii9-pB_1BriGeoVD47ViNOISqxm7mFtALM/w400-h226/front+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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spruce top plate, black walnut back & sides, maple neck. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">Currently available <a href="http://www.navaguitars.co.uk/forsale2.html" target="_blank">(see website)</a></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><strong><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here are
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOEb1dYICJrY35NC4NLo7ZpVdalNl1ajl">some videos of various</a> aspects of its construction.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDFeJSMjAxrK-cK2Cb01VAbJeGmN3DSSsOJivoz-joOIxLc9qTckCv2J7PkmFvvD01IrqQstj_wtExCsgmyiO5g1oGtzIv_lrAQUWX3Ry5xT-ALOK4GsGOhD6qFnCTtNoKIOZ7nMkrGc/s1000/completeA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDFeJSMjAxrK-cK2Cb01VAbJeGmN3DSSsOJivoz-joOIxLc9qTckCv2J7PkmFvvD01IrqQstj_wtExCsgmyiO5g1oGtzIv_lrAQUWX3Ry5xT-ALOK4GsGOhD6qFnCTtNoKIOZ7nMkrGc/w400-h225/completeA.jpg" width="400" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy5KCXyK_RFI8v5x3LXbvLO6wPVdQYF-2P4MzZL6zglMRXf7wnzZ_JNJOiE4Z9nuLxnOHOdmS7AraPyHQpyFXEunqewHb_R6piknBPOdhNApnb1gpDJ9ZXSLu4uMT9KqRyeeqeCLjkKw/s1000/completeD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy5KCXyK_RFI8v5x3LXbvLO6wPVdQYF-2P4MzZL6zglMRXf7wnzZ_JNJOiE4Z9nuLxnOHOdmS7AraPyHQpyFXEunqewHb_R6piknBPOdhNApnb1gpDJ9ZXSLu4uMT9KqRyeeqeCLjkKw/w400-h225/completeD.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI93Gw1ZkDnfYKAUMef6tRE0oJO7kiKuSvzjq66aie3XO7285GCqmlPfKXdS9WBDeVkh6v118b3KXA-Ca89GO2F1AGmpAuxru3UtqJHt07HyAbh6HrFCTUFfypGka4j6HaaMUI5Rd03bM/s1000/completeH.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI93Gw1ZkDnfYKAUMef6tRE0oJO7kiKuSvzjq66aie3XO7285GCqmlPfKXdS9WBDeVkh6v118b3KXA-Ca89GO2F1AGmpAuxru3UtqJHt07HyAbh6HrFCTUFfypGka4j6HaaMUI5Rd03bM/w400-h225/completeH.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlsaJGtARjHxUNOtw7cnVpFO1zV2btzYkoE6THV_9v6nXN1rxsYP8O50ZfwbWM-taambr4cMtgN5m_jp-sW0GMW5dvsVNknoDDa966_C93xdNtfOROBU5bI9-FPbcP5MPEin7p19YAEc/s1000/testback1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlsaJGtARjHxUNOtw7cnVpFO1zV2btzYkoE6THV_9v6nXN1rxsYP8O50ZfwbWM-taambr4cMtgN5m_jp-sW0GMW5dvsVNknoDDa966_C93xdNtfOROBU5bI9-FPbcP5MPEin7p19YAEc/w400-h225/testback1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX2BWgjOE7mMWH3rqO3fMFgbMh5xDtxEYb61Msa4gLptdq896gShEnGpuiWZRIAurbmP509YbVfIEZBrOZfXXbCEcteCwZWkBVzyL7324oYPqOXuxsEVQ6ws9UCVWtT5pkhYRUA3UOsU/s1000/testhead1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX2BWgjOE7mMWH3rqO3fMFgbMh5xDtxEYb61Msa4gLptdq896gShEnGpuiWZRIAurbmP509YbVfIEZBrOZfXXbCEcteCwZWkBVzyL7324oYPqOXuxsEVQ6ws9UCVWtT5pkhYRUA3UOsU/w400-h225/testhead1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></strong><p></p></div></div></div>
Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-51449255220455761662020-02-10T08:44:00.001-08:002021-03-04T09:20:54.272-08:00Nava Standard Plus Mandolins<div class="MsoNormal">
I introduced the Standard Plus in 2012. The mandolin has a
higher level of ornamentation than the regular Standard and it acoustically,
benefits from my handmade tailpiece.<br />
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<b>Indian Rosewood with Wenge neck</b></div>
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<b>English Walnut, European Spruce</b></div>
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-36281613147723042322019-03-13T02:06:00.000-07:002019-03-13T10:01:03.604-07:00Baritone ukuleles<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’ve made a couple of Baritone ukuleles and it’s an instrument that
I really enjoy building. Unfortunately, because I build them like small
guitars, they take me far too long to make and I can’t compete with price of
the best factory built ones; so I don’t think there will be any more built in
the foreseeable future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The first was built for <a href="http://www.m-organ.com/" target="_blank">Morgan Nicholls</a> of Muse fame. He supplied
the sinker redwood sound board, African blackwood back and sides, pink ivory
binding…..oh and the fossilised walrus tusk nut and saddle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">This one has Brazilian
mahogany back and sides and a Sitka soundboard, there’s also a Headway
transducer fitted.</span><br />
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-6308062515026895692018-03-30T08:14:00.001-07:002023-10-09T08:19:32.870-07:00Early Classical GuitarsWhen I started at the London College of Furniture in the 1970s, I
was quite surprised that we all had to start off by making a classical guitar. At
that point in my life, I very much doubt that I had even heard any classical guitar
music; my intention was to build solid bodies! However, in the first year I
made a couple of Torres style classicals.<br />
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in Fulham, I had the opportunity to see what a decent classical guitar was
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My rosette design also became much more refined from this; using
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I built a number of these in my third year at the LCF and at least
two were sold again via the London Guitar Gallery. The one above is made from
Brazilian tulipwood and the photos were sent to me a couple for years ago by
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After leaving the London College of Furniture, I spent some time at the London Guitar Gallery, I made many more classical guitars. The original owner of this one sent me
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Whilst at LGG, classical guitarist Duncan James bought one of my
guitars and a real high-light of this early part of my career was to see/hear
my guitar played in concert at the Wigmore Hall.</div>
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Also somewhere around this time I built a couple of Flamenco
guitars; one cypress with tuners and one rosewood with pegs- where are they?
Your guess is as good as mine!<o:p></o:p></div>
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As you can see this early period hasn't been well documented by me, so it would be great to get hold of some more photos.</div>
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410mm scale length; neck/body joint at 13<sup>th</sup> fret.</div>
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Maple neck with walnut laminations, carbon fibre inserts.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sitka spruce soundboard with bound sound hole.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Black walnut back and sides fully bound in maple.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Indian rosewood fretboard, compound radius, wide gold evo
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Handmade Nava designed tailpiece.<br />
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This mandola was commissioned to match <a href="http://nava-instruments.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/nava-standard-mandolins.html" target="_blank">Standard Mandolin V.</a></div>
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If you are interested in commissioning your own mandola,
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-17746631273978936402016-12-10T07:11:00.001-08:002016-12-10T07:11:44.600-08:00Octave MandolinHere is my octave mandolin (2016)- this particular version has (at the client's request) a tailpiece for ball end strings.<br />
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-18245650097034168602016-01-01T08:22:00.002-08:002016-01-01T08:22:49.515-08:004 String Classical Guitar<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Here is another bespoke instrument built to a client’s unique specification:
a short scale (625mm), 4 string, classical guitar based on my parlour guitar
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a truly unique custom
built instrument: 10 string carved top mandocello with pin-point capos. Tuned
from a low C to high E: the pin-point capos allow for a variety of open tunings
to be used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carved top from European spruce. Indian rosewood back and sides,
all fully bound in maple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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top edge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maple neck with rosewood laminations- carbon fibre stiffeners and
two way adjustable truss-rod.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ebony fretboard with gold evo frets. Scale length 643 mm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handmade tailpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satin French polish finish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pin point capos; 5th course 2nd and 4th frets, 4th course 2nd
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<br />Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-81985880834501722132015-05-04T08:15:00.001-07:002015-05-04T08:15:58.622-07:00London Guitar Gallery 12 string Dreadnought<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I was delighted to receive an email and some photos from Richard
of his guitar. I built this 12 string Dreadnought in 1980. The body is longer than a standard D shape as
it is designed for a 12 fret neck. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Richard commissioned it from the London Guitar Gallery and is still playing it.</span></div>
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-16583716392686877282015-04-19T08:38:00.000-07:002015-04-19T09:25:53.631-07:00Custom 00 steel string guitar.<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">This is a custom 00 size guitar that I built in 2011. This is
probably my favourite “Martin” size; fortunately prior to getting this
commission, I had done some restoration work on an old Martin 00 and had made a
copy of the outline shape!</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The back and sides are from some beautiful Honduras rosewood.</span><br />
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-46057099443734469322015-04-06T08:06:00.000-07:002015-04-06T08:09:31.874-07:00Parlour Guitars<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Although I’ve always had a soft spot for parlour guitars, I just
haven’t had the opportunity to build as many of them as I would have liked to!
This one is based on 1916 Ditson/Martin and was made whilst at the London College
of Furniture in 1977. I still have and play it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">This design is currently
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-35866309182783059992015-03-21T09:33:00.000-07:002015-03-21T09:34:31.169-07:00Model 1 Guitars<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I first developed my Model 1 design in 2007, wanting a 14 fret
neck guitar, a tad larger than an OOO and with a more curvaceous shape. It has
proved to be more versatile than I anticipated; it works equally well with a
635 or 650mm scale and there has also been 12 fret cutaway version and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjYpY-m7Z2p84DLodRilWAE4r6dE0M0TkBqP6xtv35l0TTT_SQLXhEkLgMoBZUrBxzV9O1nrjkTT6S8P3V0GL7et53aEnon0SsUjIa47ri0Wh9nZqdTzug0QSJDnkxuGMCIbi-tUUGpI/s1600/arch7.JPG" target="_blank">an archtop</a> built.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b> </b><i>Claro walnut and cedar</i></span></div>
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-24220765378219767162015-03-20T09:28:00.000-07:002015-03-20T09:30:21.242-07:00Model 3 nylon string guitar<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">This is a nylon strung guitar that I made in 2005. The intention
was to design a 12 fret neck guitar that could be built for either steel or
nylon strings, and have an early Martin vibe to it. </span></div>
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This is now my prefered shape for nylon/classical style guitars.</div>
<o:p></o:p>Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-54122408110042610412015-03-15T09:43:00.004-07:002015-07-02T00:15:05.682-07:00Dreadnought guitars<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">At some point in every luthier’s live, they make a Dreadnought!
Without doubt this shape used to be one the most popular designs of steel string
guitars. It’s only in recent years that OM sized guitars seemed to have gained
in popularity. Here are two Indian rosewood D guitars; they both were built in
2005. The first has a “Martin” feel to its appearance, the second more “Nava”!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">There was also 12 string, 12 fret neck maple bodied Dreadnought
that I built 1980, which can be <a href="http://nava-instruments.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/london-guitar-gallery-12-string.html" target="_blank">seen here.</a></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>As a post-script, I would like to state that I no-longer build Dreadnoughts,
preferring comparatively smaller bodied guitars.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Click here to see <a href="http://www.navaguitars.co.uk/guitars.html" target="_blank">my current guitar range</a></i></span>Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-62743927337342739022014-12-15T07:45:00.002-08:002014-12-15T07:57:33.659-08:00MODEL 2 GUITAR<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
Here is a truly unique instrument! A custom made guitar built to
my Model 2 shape (2014). You can read more about this <a href="http://nava-instruments.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/model-2-instruments.html" target="_blank">shape’s design here.</a></div>
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Gary Nava, Luthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346629145204871126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2167237235248645311.post-16075960465376715712014-12-15T07:35:00.000-08:002014-12-15T07:37:25.253-08:00Model 2 Instruments<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
My Model 2 shape was designed for a variety of multi-course
instruments: these two examples were built in 2008. Most luthiers and players agree that the “sweet spot” for the
placement of the bridge is the centre of the lower bout, which is why the sound
of a 12 fret neck guitar is often preferred. Starting with this premise I
designed the shape from scratch to get the bridge in the "perfect
position."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Having positioned the bridge correctly I turned my attention to
the upper bout. As many players wish to gain access to the upper frets, I
wanted this shape to be designed for a 14 fret neck with a cutaway
and not look like a traditional shaped instrument with a bit chopped out. One advantage that this shape has, over the more traditional pear
shape, is that it has a waist and therefore you can sit down and comfortably
play it!</div>
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Here are two archtop guitars that I built, an amazing 33 years
apart. I really enjoyed building both of these instruments and would love to do
more! This “Gibson” style one was built during my second year at the London
College of Furniture (1977) and I still impress myself when I look at the
tailpiece that I made! <span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">The one below, was built as a custom order in 2010, is based on my
Model 1 shape; the client was inspired by the Gibson Howard Roberts guitar;
hence the oval sound hole. It was design to be used acoustically or amplified; the
humbucking pick-up and its volume and tone controls are mounted so that they do
not interfere with the vibrations of the top plate, hence allowing for a true
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This guitar was designed in collaboration with acoustic guitarist
extraordinaire; Phil Hare. Phil required a versatile guitar that he could play
his whole repertoire on, with enough projection that he could play smaller
venues “unplugged.” You can find a <a href="http://www.navaguitars.co.uk/hare.html" target="_blank">detailed specification on my website</a>.<br />
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You can see and hear Phil demonstrating this guitar on his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11N6w5cG8C4UldO-wro7DQ" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, below is a sample of Phil putting his Nava through its paces.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As well as Phil’s guitar (2011), a further two have been built (at
the time of writing). Phil didn’t want a guitar with an adjustable truss rod,
so his neck is stiffened with carbon fibre, for other customers, a two way
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Another one-off! This is a baritone guitar that I built as a custom order in 2008. It
has a 27” scale length and is based on the Gibson jumbo shape. It has some
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Here is a collection of matching instruments; a tenor mandola, an octave
mandolin and an Irish bouzouki. All three were built for the same musician, the
mandola and OM in 2013 and the ‘zouk in 2014. They all match each other, the
only difference being, that the extra-long ‘zouk’s neck is made from maple
whereas the other two are from sapele. All three have Headway undersaddle
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