Road Trip Acoustic Lapslide Guitar - "Red Kite"
Jan 11, 2019 18:22:31 GMT
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Post by davewhite on Jan 11, 2019 18:22:31 GMT
I'm in the process of sorting logistics for the Acoustic Lapslide Forum Road Trip that I hope to have up and running in February but it needs a guitar 
This will be my "Red Kite" model with 630mm scale length. The back, sides and peghead are some nicely figured Claro Walnut that I got nearly ten years ago from Shane Neifer in British Columbia and the top will be Lutz Spruce that I also got from Shane - this will be the first Spruce topped version I have made. Bindings, fingerboard and other appointments are Macassar Ebony and the tuners will be Gotoh with Ebony buttons.
The Claro Walnut peghead was shaped using my bandsaw and belt sander - as colins would say you just cut away the bits that aren't peghead
The Macassar Ebony headstock veneer has the nut edge sanded at an angle to match the headstock and then it’s glued on using fish glue:
When dry it was sanded level and the tuner holes marked and drilled on the drill press using a 10mm drill:
The peghead is then initially shaped - final shaping will be done when it is glued to the sides:
The Claro Walnut sides are thicknessed and shaped:
Then it’s into the Fox-Bender with the heating blanket one side at a time. The wood is given a very light spritzing of water, wrapped in brown paper and then put in the “sandwich” of slat, wood in paper, slat, blanket, slat When the temperature gets to 150°C the waist is cranked down about ¾ of the way down, the lower bout bent and then the waist tightened fully down. The upper bout will be bent by hand on the hot pipe:
Here are the two sides in the mould after bending on the hot-pipe and trimming to size:
This will be my "Red Kite" model with 630mm scale length. The back, sides and peghead are some nicely figured Claro Walnut that I got nearly ten years ago from Shane Neifer in British Columbia and the top will be Lutz Spruce that I also got from Shane - this will be the first Spruce topped version I have made. Bindings, fingerboard and other appointments are Macassar Ebony and the tuners will be Gotoh with Ebony buttons.The Claro Walnut peghead was shaped using my bandsaw and belt sander - as colins would say you just cut away the bits that aren't peghead
The Macassar Ebony headstock veneer has the nut edge sanded at an angle to match the headstock and then it’s glued on using fish glue:
When dry it was sanded level and the tuner holes marked and drilled on the drill press using a 10mm drill:
The peghead is then initially shaped - final shaping will be done when it is glued to the sides:
The Claro Walnut sides are thicknessed and shaped:
Then it’s into the Fox-Bender with the heating blanket one side at a time. The wood is given a very light spritzing of water, wrapped in brown paper and then put in the “sandwich” of slat, wood in paper, slat, blanket, slat When the temperature gets to 150°C the waist is cranked down about ¾ of the way down, the lower bout bent and then the waist tightened fully down. The upper bout will be bent by hand on the hot pipe:
Here are the two sides in the mould after bending on the hot-pipe and trimming to size:
Thanks Rob.
Jo whoever he is.
