Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsFeb 123 minJapanese tools, a Perpetual Quest #1: How to get some?"Japan, is an island in the middle of an ocean". This sentence is enough of its own, for me to describe this quest as perfect as...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsFeb 93 minW&W: Wine & WoodMany of us, myself included, are comparing the Luthier to a Chef... but what about the wood itself? For me, it is very similar to wine &...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsJan 191 minThe way I build, Benjamin Paldacci Guitar's instruments: #1 - NecksFrom this day on, I will talk more about the way I am working, to create my instruments. Let's start about the neck. I want to build...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsDec 24, 20212 minWood Chronicles & Builts - #1: Black LimbaI decided to write articles about wood-species that truly mean something to me. They represent something, historically speaking, for the...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsDec 22, 20211 minANNOUNCEMENT: THE 2022 PRICE-LISTThe new 2022 Based-price, is upgraded at $9700 CAD (Canadian Dollars). I precedently said that my price would be displayed in Canadian...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsDec 20, 20212 minWood-material: my mission, as luthier.In this article, I will talk about something that is crucial to me: my approach & how I feel about wood. I'd probably sound a little...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsDec 20, 20212 minThe weight of Tradition: a crucial thing for me - PART 1In this article, I will talk about an important topic: Tradition. A lot of things are in correlation with it, in the art of...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsNov 14, 20211 minANNOUCEMENT: THE 2022 PRICE-LISTIn 2021, I decided to keep the same based-price than 2020. The COVID-19, was one of the various reason which led me to take this...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsNov 12, 20214 min"How do you see yourself, in 15 years?" Some friends of my family who have nothing to do with lutherie, regularly ask me this question. This world is mysterious for many people,...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsOct 24, 20214 minA soundboard's topic: different spruces, the difficulty to recognize them, and criterias of choice. In this article, I will talk again about the spruce I'll chose for my soundboards. Yes, this is a thing and some kind of "personal kink"...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsOct 18, 20213 minWhere I am talking about Wood, and luthier's adaptationFirst, I want to apologize about this "blog-hiatus". I totally forgot about it, and I shared my thoughts on social medias instead......
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsJun 29, 20203 minPOST #4: THE RS PROJET (picea Rubens)This is not a secret, I love woods. When I discovered that a private source of Red Spruce (aka Adirondack) was close from my workshop, I...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsJun 11, 20205 minPOST #3: THE WOOD QUIZ - 1ST WOOD / 1E ESSENCE DE BOISNote: Every technical information about the wood species I am talking about, is coming from the marvellous website "The Wood Database". ...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsMay 15, 20204 minPOST #2: TRADITIONAL, OR ALTERNATIVE WOODS? / BOIS TRADITIONNELS, OU ALTERNATIFS?Note: In this post, you can read things about my personal opinion. Of course, my words are not the absolute truth. Note: les propos que...
Benjamin Paldacci GuitarsMay 12, 20201 minPOST #1: WELCOME! / BIENVENUE!Hello everyone, I've always loved to talk about my passions, and lutherie is one of them (probably the most important one, in my life...