Chapter Eighty-Four: The Birth of the Guitar
Rewind time to two days ago, in the violin-making room of Lin's workshop, Gu Wen was dressed in a short coat, tied a flower apron stained with sawdust on his chest, and stood in front of the work desk with a knife and chisel.
Lin Yuan was also dressed in gray overalls, with her long hair tied behind her head and tied with a long hairpin, which looked neat and tidy. She stood quietly and watched Mr. Wen demonstrate how to make a folk guitar.
Gu Wen selected an Okouman peach core board from a pile of large wooden boards in the timber warehouse of the Lin family's workshop as a panel.
A fine rosewood was also selected for the back and side panels.
Placing the two planks flat on the workbench, he explained to Lin Yuan:
"The sound of the Okouman Mahogany core is relatively loose and the response is relatively slow, but because it is very sensitive to the vibration of the strings and has good drive, the sound will be soft and warm. ”
"In terms of playing technique, it is suitable for monophony, decomposition and melody, not for strumming. ”
"With rosewood as the back side panel, the whole case is dynamic, with rich low and mid frequencies and bright treble, this is a guitar suitable for soft lyrical finger playing. ”
Lin Yuan nodded and recorded the main points in a small notebook.
Gu Wen said: "In addition to mahogany, the materials of the panel and back can also be spruce, cedar and so on. They all have their own characteristics. ”
"For example, Spruce has a generous and rich timbre, and is good at expressing multiple layers of dynamics and intensity, and the sound is clear. A male guitarist for small occasions. ”
"Cedar's voice is more divergent, and the timbre is soft and warm, which is suitable for scenes with more people. ”
"For example, spruce is a private lover, cedar is a public lover, and mahogany is a small fresh meat in love. ”
Lin Yuan grinned toothily and asked, "What about our girls?"
Gu Wen said with a smile: "If it's you, I recommend using Hawaiian acacia, the timbre is extremely bright and prominent, the high-end atmosphere is high-grade, and it is worthy of your image and temperament." ”
Lin Yuan sighed: "If it weren't for looking at your face, just listening to you, he would really look like a mature uncle, especially flattering girls." If it weren't for the ugliness of your handwriting, I might have been ticked off by you. ”
Gu Wen was defeated and retreated, the words were too ugly, it was a hard injury.
Immerse yourself in fine chalk and draw lines on the panel and back. In order to make a girl in the music department at Bluestar University, Gu Wen studied the guitar technology fiercely. It's kind of handy today.
Gu Wen began to cut the panel and back plate along the line. There are no electric knives in this world. Luckily, there is a knife carved with a sharp charm, and it cuts through the wooden planks like cutting tofu.
Then the sound hole is opened in the panel, and the ring is carved along the sound hole.
I don't know why, picking up kitchen knives, carving knives or something, Gu Wen is ingenious. Only if you want to use weapons to fight, Gu Wen will be blind.
Then I took a piece of wood from the Okouman mahogany core, cut the neck with a line, and then made a groove to put the adjusting steel bar into the groove. Sighing:
"In fact, there are special machines for these jobs, which can be mass-produced. However, we at Lin's Guitar Group are taking the route of top luxury. All processes are handmade, and each piece is never repeated. There is only one price: expensive! only more expensive, not the most expensive. ”
Lin Yuan was puzzled: "I took a look at the steps just now, it's not that difficult, others can learn it quickly, why is it so expensive." ”
Gu Wen smiled: "Yes, that's why I have to cooperate with the You family to prevent piracy." Wait for our guitar to gain a foothold at the top of society. We can open up our patented technology to the low-end market.
In this way, we not only ensure that the pyramid structure formed by the customer group has a sufficient foundation, but also we extract the main profit of the low-end market through royalties, so that the low-end manufacturers only earn a hard fee. ”
Lin Yuan sighed: "I don't know which master you learned from in business, I haven't heard of many things." ”
Gu Wen said: "I am a natural asset, and I don't need the guidance of a master." It's okay to point out the master. ”
"Just blow it. What's next?"
Gu Wen then used the model to press out the side plate of the piano, pasted the sound beam behind the panel, and carved the headstock. Stick an ebony fretboard on the neck...
The processes are like flowing water, and Lin Yuan carefully observes and records on the side.
Fortunately, there are mysterious sigils in the other world to help, and the processes of "thermoplastic", "shaping", "gluing" and "painting" are compressed into just two hours.
In the final stage, in order to ensure the perfection of the world's first guitar, Gu Wen even used "grafting" to increase his musician equivalent to level 97.
Although the time was only a quarter of an hour, it was enough time to complete the work of finalizing and tuning.
The final task was to give the guitar a unique mark.
Gu Wen scratched his head a little. Due to the requirements of the highest luxury, each guitar needs to have its own unique name.
What should I call it?
"The world's first piano?" is a bit exaggerated. ”
"Smell the word No. 1? is a bit vulgar. ”
"Nameless? pretending to be B is overdone. ”
"Jiuxiao Huanpei, Dead Wood Dragon, Great Sage's Relic, Songfeng Qingjie, This seems to be a guqin, not a guitar, right?"
Gu Wen thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think of any good names. I simply don't want to:
"Let's call it 'Lin Yin'. ”
Lin Yuan rolled her eyes: "Hey, it seems to be pretty good?"
"Not bad, right?" Gu Wen handed the guitar to Lin Yuan: "Then help carve it on the neck." ”
"Why do you want me to engrave it?"
"The word is ugly, not explained. ”
"Okay. ”
Finally, a hand-built guitar with beautiful curves was born. Gu Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at his pioneering work with satisfaction.
"It's... Is it the guitar?" despite going through the whole process from the template to the finished product, Lin Yuan was still attracted by the unique charm of the guitar. Her eyes lit up, and her fingers slowly reached for the glowing surface of the guitar.
Gu Wen stood up proudly, only to feel that his hands and feet were sore, and his stomach was already rumbling with hunger.
"Eat, eat first, wait for the guitar to dry for a while, and I'll teach you to play the guitar. ”
"No, I'm going to hear you play a song first. ”
At this time, Lin Muping, who had been missing, suddenly appeared: "Agree! I also want to listen to a song to see what magic this thing has to save the Lin family's workshop." ”
"The Lin Family Workshop has been renamed and called the Lin Guitar Group"
"No, let's listen to the effect, I don't feel at ease if I just change my name. ”
Gu Wen shook his head and smiled: "No problem, I didn't want to be in such a hurry, but now it seems that if you don't show your hand, you won't be convinced." ”
As he spoke, Gu Wen picked up the guitar, and with a wave of his hand, a song "To Alice" flowed out of his fingertips.
The original guitar song of the Blue Star music giant Beethoven, which almost every guitar beginner must play, Gu Wen chose it as the guitar's debut in Qingyun Continent.
The music is like a clear and gurgling spring. It was as if I saw an innocent, pure and beautiful girl, playing the piano and dancing.
The concise music is tactful and delicate, from cheerful to serious, from contemplative to enthusiastic, and finally returns to the opening scene.
When the music ends quietly in a beautiful and gentle atmosphere. Gu Wen took a deep breath and slowly spit out:
"Perfect!"
"If I wanted to have the current level back then, why would I still be a single person when I crossed over. But that's fine, the stripes come and go without worry. ”
As soon as he looked up, Gu Wen saw two people who were completely dumbfounded.
Lin Yuan and Lin Muping were really stunned. As one of Blue Star's top 10 most classic songs, the charm of "To Alice" transcends race and language, even across crystal walls.
And the guitar is completely different from the existing musical instruments in the Qingyun Continent. The wide vocal range, the smooth chromatic scale, the arbitrary modulation of the twelve equal temperaments, and the wonderful chord fingering are all extremely amazing, which makes Lin Yuan and Lin Muping, who have never seen this way of playing, even more novel and surprised.
After a long time, Lin Yuan recovered from his intoxication and muttered, "It's so wonderful, the guitar and music are so perfect." What is the name of this piece of music. ”
Gu Wengang wanted to say, but suddenly thought that if it was called "To Alice", how would you explain who Alice was?
I had to say casually: "I played this song casually, there is no name, since you like it, then call it "To Lin Yuan". ”
Lin Yuan was overjoyed, and her smile was like a peony blooming.
Gu Wen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that "To Alice" was actually called "To Tracer", which was actually a musical love letter written by Beethoven to his student Marvalti.
I changed the name of this piece to "To Lin Yuan", did I subconsciously want to have a teacher-student relationship with Lin Yuan, who learned to make guitar from me?
Lin Yuan was wearing a plain gray coat at this time, with the sleeves rolled up high, revealing two snow-white lotus arms. The long hair is coiled, and a snow-white neck is exposed, with beautiful curves.
Looking at the beautiful and delicious Lin Yuan, Gu Wen couldn't help but move his index finger, swallowed his saliva and said:
"Eating the most, I'm hungry. ”