Post by olsk on May 13, 2020 17:33:23 GMT
Hi everyone !
Hope you're all well. I am locked down in London, and whilst I am still working I do have a bit more time and space to build guitars. Here is a bit of info on a parlour guitar I am building at the moment.
The soundboard is an old tight grained piece of cedar. Was lovely to plane down and has a good musical tap tone. Since the parlour is so small I am hoping picking cedar over spruce will impart some bass and warmth.
The back is a 7 piece, made of mahogany and flamed maple. It has a 15ft radius and is braced strongly, so it will act as a reflector of the tops energy.
The guitar will be ladder braced, and will have a 628mm scale length and 12th fret neck joint. I haven't glued the bridge plate on yet, but it goes under that final ladder brace. I am not going to tuck the soundboard braces in (except for the shoulder brace) as this should keep the top loose, and help the bass response a bit.
The rosette is pretty cool. A piece of ambonya burl with crows feet purfling. Going to look nice under finish!
The sides are african mahogany. and the whole rim has been built stiff to stop any energy leaking out. I unfortunately over-cut the notch for the shoulder brace (saw too sharp!), but the gap will be covered by the ebony binding luckily.
Here is my method for gluing the plates to the rim. Rubber bands ! Inspired by the KMG Mega Mold. It does the job and means I don't even own a spool clamp. And only a modest collection of cam clamps..
Here she is with the box closed. Next up I will build the neck (spanish cedar, with a slotted headstock and ebony fretboard).
Hope you're all well. I am locked down in London, and whilst I am still working I do have a bit more time and space to build guitars. Here is a bit of info on a parlour guitar I am building at the moment.
The soundboard is an old tight grained piece of cedar. Was lovely to plane down and has a good musical tap tone. Since the parlour is so small I am hoping picking cedar over spruce will impart some bass and warmth.
The back is a 7 piece, made of mahogany and flamed maple. It has a 15ft radius and is braced strongly, so it will act as a reflector of the tops energy.
The guitar will be ladder braced, and will have a 628mm scale length and 12th fret neck joint. I haven't glued the bridge plate on yet, but it goes under that final ladder brace. I am not going to tuck the soundboard braces in (except for the shoulder brace) as this should keep the top loose, and help the bass response a bit.
The rosette is pretty cool. A piece of ambonya burl with crows feet purfling. Going to look nice under finish!
The sides are african mahogany. and the whole rim has been built stiff to stop any energy leaking out. I unfortunately over-cut the notch for the shoulder brace (saw too sharp!), but the gap will be covered by the ebony binding luckily.
Here is my method for gluing the plates to the rim. Rubber bands ! Inspired by the KMG Mega Mold. It does the job and means I don't even own a spool clamp. And only a modest collection of cam clamps..
Here she is with the box closed. Next up I will build the neck (spanish cedar, with a slotted headstock and ebony fretboard).
Jo whoever he is.
