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Author: | Ziegenfuss [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:36 am ] |
Post subject: | Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
This guitar literally took me forever. I had the absolutely most patient customer in the history of customers (except for maybe Lance's ![]() He actually commissioned this from after I posted my first acoustic on this forum, which is kind of cool. Anyway, it is a koa B&S, port orford top, ebony accents, and custom inlay. It is my take on an OM, with some slightly larger dimensions and more gently curving lines, but is pretty much very much an OM. |
Author: | Rick Cowan [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Beautiful guitar Stephen! Is there any significance/story behind the fretboard inlay and sound port design? Rick |
Author: | Tim L [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:29 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Hey Stephen that really looks nice. Good job on the end graft miters. Is the fretboard supported by the top at the soundhole overhang? Got to ask this, Are you the one who wrote the program to CNC the fretboard inlay? I'm usually not real big on that stuff but yours really looks flowing and very cool. The new owner should be real happy. Tim |
Author: | cphanna [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:44 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
That's a beauty, Stephen! |
Author: | Ziegenfuss [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:49 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Thanks. The fretboard swoop (which is the mirror of the headstock swoop) is supposed to overlap the soundhole. The buyer wanted a shorter scale that I designed the feature for, hence I could have snuck in an extra fret. With the inlay, the buyer had the fretboard design in mind. We went back and forth a number of times, and ended up with what you see. He wanted a different soundport than my traditional, and he wanted a peg head inlay, so it followed that we could keep the same themes and use the 12th fret configuration. I did the inlay by hand first, and scrapped a fretboard and a great deal of work. The I used the CNC to do what you see, and I crack pearl strips into the grooves. It was a very easy program to run once the Solidworks modeling was done for the fretboard. Stephen |
Author: | Dave Stewart [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
yummy! ![]() |
Author: | Corky Long [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:10 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Really nice! |
Author: | gozierdt [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:47 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Beautiful guitar ![]() |
Author: | Bill Hodge [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:18 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Excellente'! |
Author: | Mitch Johnson [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:19 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Excellent work! Love the curves! Much more pleasing to the eye than a typical OM in my opinion. ![]() ![]() |
Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:53 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Very nice, Stephen. How did you color the top? Steve |
Author: | Joe Sallis [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
That is really stylish. One of the niecest I've seen in a long time. Guitars like that drive my ambition to be a good luthier, thanks. |
Author: | Daniel Minard [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Great looking guitar! I really like the "improvements" you made to the basic OM shape. Lovely work! |
Author: | Mark Groza [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Very Nice Looking Guitar! Your design looks great as well! ![]() |
Author: | Colin North [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Verrrrrry nice! |
Author: | James W B [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
WOW!!! |
Author: | afwonger [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Sweet! |
Author: | Link Van Cleave [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Nice shape. Nice looking guitar. What finish and would love to hear more about the P.O. cedar. Did you take it as thin as you would spruce, brace it any differently, your impressions etc. L. |
Author: | Billy T [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Very Nice! |
Author: | woody b [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Finished Koa / Port Orford OMish |
Super nice guitar. I love the truss rod access hole. I hope you're leaving it that way, instead of installing a cover. |
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