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Guitar Build
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12/23/17 01:58 AM
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Paluxy
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Been working on this for a couple of months now. Building a OOO sized guitar based on a vintage Martin, it has a torrified spruce top with rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. It's been a challenge, seems half my time spent on this is building jigs. Head and tail blocks glued on, sides joined. Gluing on the kerfling Soundboard rosette glued in. Top bracing glued on and bridge plate set.
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7008046
12/23/17 02:11 AM
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NORML as can be
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I tip my hat to you sir that is some tedious work, have you built one before?
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 02:12 AM
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I tip my hat to you sir that is some tedious work, have you built one before? This is the first one. It is tedious!
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 02:12 AM
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Built the spool clamps needed to glue the top to the sides Takes lots of clamps to get things snug and even Back goes on the same way, the back has a 20ft radius so the sides have to be sanded to match
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 02:12 AM
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All glued up and trimmed the top and back, ready to cut the channel in for binding and perfling Glued the truss rod in and glued on the ebony head plate Nice color on the back I didn't get pics of the binding going on, it was a royal pain. Glue everywhere! finally got it in and scraped down.
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 02:13 AM
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Working on the fret board now. Fret markers and inlay dots going in. Screwed up the first fretboard and had to start over.
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 02:14 AM
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I tip my hat to you sir that is some tedious work, have you built one before?
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7008060
12/23/17 02:16 AM
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Awesome work sir.
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 02:41 AM
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Thanks! It's been a fun build, lots of things to learn. I want to work my up to a complete scratch build.
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#7008124
12/23/17 02:46 AM
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 03:03 AM
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All the white stuff is scrapings from the binding. I set them a bit too proud of the wood but didn't want to take another shot at routing the second channel deeper for the perfling that sits inside the binding. So I had lots of scraping to do. The top is sitka spruce but they basically bake it for several hours to mimic an aged wood but this leaves it very brittle and I had a few pieces break out and I didn't want to take another try with the router. The idea is vintage guitars sound better than new ones.
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7008165
12/23/17 03:09 AM
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TexasKC
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Awesome work sir. Outstanding!
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12/23/17 03:23 AM
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Awesome work sir. Outstanding!
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#7008206
12/23/17 03:34 AM
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 04:28 AM
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No way I have the patience for something like that.... I applaud you!
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7008478
12/23/17 02:03 PM
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No way I have the patience for something like that.... I applaud you! Man no kidding! I'd have lost it just doing the photos Pretty neat project, definitely not your everyday tinkering, looks awesome so far.
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7008682
12/23/17 03:58 PM
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You have some serious skill Hancock, quite impressive.
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 08:11 PM
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Dink Dodger
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Very nice. That is going to be beautiful
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/23/17 09:13 PM
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Very nice. You are a much more patient man than me.
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/24/17 12:40 AM
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I may still have some of my Stew-Mac guitar making stuff, I know I have gotten rid of most of it, if I run across any I will holler at you.
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/24/17 04:34 AM
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I may still have some of my Stew-Mac guitar making stuff, I know I have gotten rid of most of it, if I run across any I will holler at you. Post up some pics of your guitars! There’s a special wizbang stewmac tool for about every step
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Re: Guitar Build
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12/24/17 09:55 PM
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7010768
12/25/17 11:29 AM
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Texas Dan
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A true craftsman. I envy you.
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Re: Guitar Build
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#7010931
12/25/17 03:23 PM
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Well done sir! My nextdoor neighbor is a full time Luthier - does excellent work as well. http://www.woodringguitars.com/
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