I'm getting a feel for the pace of things. Classes are a mix of lecture topics and hands-on building projects. As part of the "journeyman" course, we will be building an electric guitar and an acoustic guitar. The projects are designed and standardized in order to teach specific skills. So for instance, on the acoustic guitars, we'll have a chance to inlay wood, plastic, pearl and (i think) metal... so that we get a chance to experience each of those materials and what it takes to work with them, glue them, finish them, etc. On the electric guitar, we'll have a chance to learn how to do a sunburst... whether we like them or not... because it's important to learn how.
So yesterday we had lecture/demonstrations about how to make nuts and saddles. The string vibrates in between the nut (piece of bone up on the headstock) and the saddle (the piece of bone down on the bridge), and these are the points of contact for the string. They are important for setting the height of the string (the action) and holding them in place, and in the case of the saddle, transmitting the vibrations to the top (face) of the guitar which is what makes the air vibrate and come out as music.
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