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Post by davewhite on Oct 17, 2020 7:35:47 GMT
The Oregon Myrtle cap over the X braces is glued on using fish glue:  The braces are carved and the back “voiced”:  The back linings are notched to accept the brace ends and the back is glued on using fish glue:  |
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Post by leoroberts on Oct 17, 2020 8:34:58 GMT
I always think that this is the end of 'stage 1' of any build  Great to see it all coming together, davewhite |
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Post by robmc on Oct 17, 2020 21:52:41 GMT
Nice bit of carving Dave, and behold a guitar is born!
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Post by davewhite on Oct 20, 2020 7:43:50 GMT
The Caucasian Spruce top is thicknessed and joined with hot hide glue using the "tent" method:  The soundhole is going to be “bound” with Oregon Myrtle. Firstly a Oregon Myrtle soundhole patch is cut to shape and glued on using hot hide glue and a caul:  |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 21, 2020 8:46:22 GMT
Then a rosette channel is cut in the top down to the soundhole patch:   The Oregon Myrtle rosette ring is test fitted and glued in using white pva glue:  |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 21, 2020 8:48:32 GMT
The channel for the outer black/ white/ black purfling ring is routed:  The black/ white/ black purfling is glued in:  Next a step is routed in the inner edge of the rosette and then the soundhole is routed out. This gives the look of a totally bound soundhole and the fingerboard edge will finish at the beginning of the step to give a complete Oregon Myrtle ring around the inner edge of the soundhole:  The top is cut close to the final shape:  |
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 21, 2020 14:17:09 GMT
Dare I ask where Myrtle sits in the range of wood tone?
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Post by robmc on Oct 21, 2020 15:34:50 GMT
Very nice Dave, I think the method of the bound soundhole and rosette detail has finally sunk in. I like the colouring of the myrtle against the spruce  |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 21, 2020 16:37:30 GMT
Dare I ask where Myrtle sits in the range of wood tone? You may indeed dare  This is the first time I've used it and in terms of "feel" I would say it is similar to English Walnut and Black Limba that I have used. We shall see. I remember playing a Dermot McIlroy guitar with Oregon Myrtle back and sides in Dublin in 2001 and that was very nice. This is what Terence Tan says in the Guitar Bench Magazine Tonewood Database: "Michael Greenfield is a proponent of this wood and is greatly appreciated for Flamenco guitars by Les Stansell and Robert Ruck. Les Stansell says: "Oregon Myrtle and California Laurel are the same species, however the temperate rainforest and high mineral content soil of the South Oregon Coast generally produces a larger tree with a much greater variety of color and grain configuration. It is and extremely stiff wood with an interlocking grain that is very resistant to splitting. Its density and hardness ranges between Mahogany and Rosewood......its tonal response has much clarity and sustain, often compared to Mahogany and Koa. For those with an open mind, Oregon Myrtle can produce and extraordinary guitar, however the more traditional players have not yet warmed up to its unusual look."" |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 22, 2020 10:40:22 GMT
The European Spruce A frame braces that are inlet into the neck block are glued on:  The European Spruce braces were prepared to just over 6mm wide. The top X braces were then profiled to a 13’ radius, the notch cut in each brace and the first brace glued in the gobar deck using hot hide glue:  Followed by the second:  |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 23, 2020 10:19:48 GMT
The upper transverse brace is profiled to a 13’ radius, notched to go over the A frame braces and is glued on using hot hide glue:  The Oregon Myrtle bridge patch is glued on in the go-bar deck using hot hide glue and a caul:  The European Spruce X brace cap is then glued on:  Then the brace behind the bridge-plate is glued on:  Then the first tone bar:  |
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Post by robmc on Oct 23, 2020 17:05:53 GMT
Thanks Dave, a Myrtle bridge plate must be quite unusual. Lovely work |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 24, 2020 11:09:52 GMT
Then the split tone-bars:  Then the bass side finger braces . . .  . . . followed by the treble side:  The top is “voiced” and when I am happy I signed and dated it:  Here’s the braced and “voiced” top:  |
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Post by davewhite on Oct 25, 2020 11:19:21 GMT
The notches for the brace ends are cut in the top linings and the top glued on using fish glue:  |
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Post by robmc on Oct 25, 2020 12:02:17 GMT
Nice to see the top on the body formed Dave, particularly like how the colours work with one another.
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