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This post is to show my results in doing an end graft to try and disguise mis-matched side wood grain where the sides meet at the bottom. It may be of interest to those who find themselves in a similar situation.

This is a follow-up to the earlier thread I started on how to do a particular end graft: http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=30754

This is the situation I started with by not paying attention:



Yuk.

So I tried to figure out how I might camouflage this with an end graft. I saw that if I took an off cut from one the sides and flipped it inside out (relative to the sides) I could have something that would sort of join of the grain. Here's a photo of just trying out the off cut:



Since this looked like it had potential, I looked around for an idea to steal and that's when I decided to copy this end graft (which was the topic of the earlier thread). I wonder if the originator of this end graft was solving the same problem. Looking at the grain, it seems possible:



To make the end graft, I followed the process I outlined in my last post on the previous thread and here is the result:



Not perfect, but in my opinion, acceptable as a "save".

Pat

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Nicely done!

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Yep, that's dodging the bullet, by using your resources and your head!

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Ken Mitchell
Durham, NC

Nicely done Pat. Looks pretty darned intentional to me.

Looks really good. Nice save.

Chris.

Nice!
I actually think that looks great!

I can hardly imagine it being better than this, Pat.

My hat's off to you! (There should be an emoticon for that!)

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Alain Moisan
Former full time builder of Acoustics, Classicals and Flamencos.
(Now building just for fun!)

Me too.

I guarantee you Pat that this still only looks like a mistake to you! (And maybe a tiny bit to us, but only after pointing it out )

Excellent !!

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Gregg

Thanks for the comments guys. Makes me feel better about being so stupid at the start.

Pat

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Nice job! It looks really great.

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Francis Richer, Montréal
Les Guitares F&M Guitars

This is maybe why some bend there sides at the same time to get better orientation at the heal block. But your fix looks great and shows that mistakes can be fixed if enough thought goes into the building process. Well done Pat.

Looks great, Pat. What is your back and sides wood?

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Ken Franklin
clumsy yet persistent
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I was wondering what wood as well.
I like the way the binding is the same color as the side,
with the wbw between.
Nice!!!!!!!!
Mo pics?

I'm betting bubinga B&S, and figured bubinga for bindings.

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Alain Moisan
Former full time builder of Acoustics, Classicals and Flamencos.
(Now building just for fun!)

Its only a mistake if you cant hide it. If you can, its a "feature." This is definitely a feature!

Thanks again guys.

As for the back and side wood, let's try the guessing game for a bit. The bindings are indeed bubinga but the back and sides are not. It's not one of the really traditional guitar woods but it was bought from one of our sponsers. To further help you out, here is a picture of the back:



And since there was a request for more pictures, here is one of the top (and I'll bet most people will know what kind of wood it is):



If the wood isn't guessed by tomorrow, I'll give the answer.

Cheers,
Pat

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I'm guessing granadillo or hormigo.

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Wow, that didn't take long. It is indeed hormigo. Well done Chris.

This is the first time I've used hormigo and I have to say it rings like nothing I've used before. I'm anxious to hear what the guitar will sound like.

Pat

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There are three kinds of people:

Those that make things happen,
those that watch things happen,
and those that wondered what happened.

Pat,
Extremely creative solution to the "problem". I agree with the comments
that it looks like it was planned that way, it came out so well. This fix
goes into my book of tricks for sure

And that wood goes on my WAS list too...

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Gene

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason- Mark Twain

That top is spectacular!

Good work, Pat.

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

some of us also!



and that top uf, uf no word to describe, amazing....