Buachaill Mhór - "Big Boy"

Then the neck is carved - a simple task of identifying the bits that aren't neck and carving them off :


The holes for the two 6mm carbon fibre rod neck-heel stiffeners are drilled and the rods glued in using fish glue:


The Bubiga heel cap is fitted - this will later be bound with Macassar ebony and bwb purfling:


Next the back and sides are pore filled using egg white:



The fingerboard is radiused and then fretted using Gold EVO fretwire:



Next the Macassar ebony bridge is made. First the saddle slots are routed:


Then the bottom of the bridge is profiled to match the top curvature:


The bridgepin holes are drilled and countersunk after the back face of the bridge has been angled:



The rest of the bridge is shaped and then it is positioned correctly on the top and the outer two bridgepin holes drilled through:


The tuner holes are marked and drilled with a 10mm drill bit:


Then it's spray time:



It looks like Cinderella will go to the ball on Sunday

The finish is leveled and polished and the finish beneath the bridge carefully removed:


The bridge is then glued on using hot hide glue:

Martin - thanks.

The label is signed and glued in:


Then the guitar is set up - here's the result:





Five weeks from start to finish - not bad :eek: I recorded a couple of things quickly today in DADGAD - I like this guitar and its sound and I think it will mature into a tone monster. As Keith has played a Kostal MD I'll let him judge/compare when he arrives this evening and he can play it in standard ;D

First is a bit of "strummage" (subtitled "Is that a big D chord or are you just pleased to see me" ) around Richard Thompson's "Down Where the Drukards Roll" played with a thin Dunlop pick:

"Strummage"

Next the piece I wrote for Bernd "Bernd's" played with bare fingertips and no thumb pick:

"Bernd's"

Both were recorded into my Zoom H4n and there are no EQ tweeks or added effects.

It's even better than it looks when you play it, Derek

The current Big Boy build looks to be coming on nicely on your website too, Dave!
Keith