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Post by francis on Jan 18, 2016 14:49:05 GMT
Bridge under pressure! Note the two 4mm drill bits locating the bridge via the two outside bridge pin holes (still to be tapered).  |
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Post by francis on Jan 18, 2016 20:47:02 GMT
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Post by francis on Jan 24, 2016 16:35:13 GMT
Strings are on now. leaving it to settle for a few days then think about intonation and cutting the saddle slot(s). I have an allen key as a temp saddle at the mo but I think a split saddle may be needed. Looking at my builds so far all the rosewood b&s guitars have needed split saddles but the maple ones have all been fine with a single piece. As this ones amazique it'll be interesting to see what's needed here.
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Post by scorpiodog on Jan 25, 2016 11:25:37 GMT
I saw this guitar and Saturday (without strings!) and it is, like all Francis' guitars, beautifully made.
Looking forward to hearing it, Francis.
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Post by francis on Jan 27, 2016 20:11:55 GMT
Virtually there now. Intonation on the low E string a tad flat at the 12th fret so need to touch-up the saddle slot.
Also the intonation has meant me needing a 3 piece saddle. Splashed out on one of StewMac's intonators and this is the first guitar I've used it on. Really nice to be able to get everything up to tension and make adjustments to individual strings.
Will post some photos in the next day or so.
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Post by francis on Jan 31, 2016 17:51:28 GMT
Finished - I'll make up a gallery page for some other images:  Thanks for looking Francis  |
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Post by R the F on Jan 31, 2016 19:05:45 GMT
You sure this isn't another mock-up? Looks far too perfect to be real - and how did you get it to float in the fog like that? Can't see any strings - well, I can see six but you know what I mean.
Excellent work and I'd love to hear it. It's also only the third guitar I've seen with a 3-part saddle (including my own). Did it help? I reckon we'll have them all doing it soon.
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Post by francis on Jan 31, 2016 19:41:24 GMT
You sure this isn't another mock-up? Looks far too perfect to be real - and how did you get it to float in the fog like that? Can't see any strings - well, I can see six but you know what I mean. Excellent work and I'd love to hear it. It's also only the third guitar I've seen with a 3-part saddle (including my own). Did it help? I reckon we'll have them all doing it soon. Hi rthef, No strings other than the twangy ones. Front and back images were cut-out in Photoshop and placed in a new file. The graduated background was then dropped in behind them... I didn't know what to expect when intonating this one. Previously the maple guitars have all had single piece compensated saddles, rosewood guitars have all had two piece saddles. This one is Amazique so I didn't know what I might get. I splashed out on a StewMac intonator www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Measuring/The_Intonator.html and found afterwards that there was no straight line across the intonation points for each string. I either had to use single points for each string or have 3 short saddles - I chose the 3 saddle option. More photos now in the albums section |
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