Well, I haven't been on here in... well, years really. An extensive house renovation is eating up all the free time that I didn't have to begin with. I finished this guitar close to a year ago, but I'm only getting around to posting pics now. Ha! Sorry for the quality of the pics.
So this one had many "firsts" for me.
-First time making a segmented rosette (note that I replicated the pale sapwood of the back down the middle)
-First time trying hemispherical fret ends
-New bridge design
-New headstock design
-New neck block design with support (and bolts) under FB extension
-New bracing patern (Somogyi like double X under main X)
-Use of moose bone nut and saddle. I had to laminate pieces together to get them wide enough. I had heard that moose bone was very dense and having played this guitar for a year, I have absolutely no idea if that's true or not...
Particulars:
Body shape : Proprietary Grand Auditorium'ish
Back sides and rosette : Curly Claro Walnut
Top : Lutz Spruce
Headplate : Macassar Ebony
Binding, bridge and fingerboard : Ebony
Finish : French Polish with dewaxed garnet shellac
This guitar is part of a "triplet" project I have going. I noticed that it was measuring, setting up tools and humming & hawing that took up most of my time. The actual cut/machining is quickly done. I decided to try and make 3 guitars at once. I figured that if it takes me 100 hours to build one, it shouldn't take me 300 for all 3. So far, my theory holds true, but I'm not crazy about having a bunch of guitars in different stages of construction lying around.
On the other hand, it will be interesting to see the difference in tone across all 3 guitars, since all of them will basically be the same, asides from the tone woods used. I managed to tune the backs to the same pitch, although I won't be able to do the same for the tops as I like to close the box ASAP once I'm done.
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