UNDECIM "G"

"Undecim" Guitar allows the original notes of lute and period music written in history to be played without any editing. There are many similar designs of this guitar in the world. However, in some of them, the string lengths are quite long or, on the contrary, the guitar bodies are kept small in contrast to the necks. I think it was made to make a reference to the period instruments. Both the neck length and the smallness of the guitar body were creating mass imbalances in the integrity of the instrument. 

For this reason, I redesigned "Undecim" on a balanced structure. In this way, neither the neck put any mass pressure on the body of the guitar nor the body of the guitar put any mass pressure on the neck. The guitar reached a string length identical to the lute instrument with a string length of 579 mm. Thus, a guitar that is easy to play and has more usable scales has emerged. Another feature of the guitar is that strings with increased bass string thicknesses were used in order not to lose the timbral texture of the bass strings. Thanks to this, the instrument has a tone similar to the textural tone of the piano in bass references. This feature has shifted the tonal texture of 11-string guitars, which resembles an oud, to the tonal texture of the piano instrument. Naturally, thanks to its rich tonal feature, an instrument that offers the opportunity for all contemporary arrangements other than period music has emerged. The first string of the guitar is tuned to the note "G", as in the music of the period. The guitar is tuned to 415 Hz. This setting has tolerated the tension coming from 579 mm by taking the excess tension on the guitar. While the guitar gives the tonal effect of the period with 415 Hz., it balances the tension coming from the 579 mm string length with the logic of exchange. Another benefit of the 579 mm string length is that the junction point of the neck and the guitar body coincides with the even number order. It has merged with the guitar body in the 10th fret area instead of the 9th fret. The soundboard of the guitar is made of spruce, and the back and side woods are made of maple. These woods create clean and sparkling lively sounds in the 11-string arrangement. The sound of the guitar is point-like like a harp, and the right-hand color range contains many wonderful colors. In this context, rosewoods were not preferred in order not to create cacophony. The balance of the instrument is very high, and the string transitions are homogeneous as in the piano. Contrary to appearance, the neck of the guitar provides a comfortable grip and comfort due to the wide area it creates on the surface. The Wittner system was preferred in terms of not having weight and tuning problems in the tuning machines of the guitar.

I think that this guitar will be preferred by musicians working in the field of arrangement. At the same time, I think that musicians who do not prefer to play lute but want to play original arrangements of period music with guitar technique will also prefer it.