"Treebeard" - regeneration of a Baritone guitar
May 20, 2016 15:04:15 GMT
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Post by davewhite on May 20, 2016 15:04:15 GMT
I really liked the "Treebeard" baritone guitar that I made for jwdaubney last year - so much so that I want one of my own:
The slight problem is that there's no room at the De Faoite Inn and I already have the "Treebeard" I made back in 2004. The solution - just like Dr Who why not "regenerate" my "Treebeard"
I've done these regenerations before and they work well, so I'm re-using the Brazilian Rosewood back and sides of the guitar and building the rest "as new". The regenerated "Treebeard" will be a multi-scale instrument with a bass scale length of 735mm and a treble scale length of 720mm rather than the fixed 735mm scale length of the original, it will have a Florentine cutaway, Manzer style wedge, a new European Spruce top and mahogany neck and Macassar Ebony "trimmings". The new "Treebeard" will go with me to the Halsway Manor guitar weekend in July together with another "surprise" instrument. 
Here's the original "Treebeard" - the fifth guitar I made:
Here are the new plans:
The first task is to "dematerialise" the old instrument very carefully - the photographs of this process were a little weird as the camera seemed to detect the disturbance in the time vortex inside the Tardis (aka "The Shed") as my buttocks clenched
The old neck has been removed - the fingerboard and carbon fibre rods will be "recycled" - and the back carefully separated from the rim by routing off the bindings and cutting through the kerfed lining with a Japanese saw:
The top has been removed and the old linings carefully removed from the sides:
The sides are removed from the tail and neck block, cleaned up and then re-bent in the Fox-style bender using a heating blanket:
Here are the bent sides are in the mould:
The slight problem is that there's no room at the De Faoite Inn and I already have the "Treebeard" I made back in 2004. The solution - just like Dr Who why not "regenerate" my "Treebeard"
I've done these regenerations before and they work well, so I'm re-using the Brazilian Rosewood back and sides of the guitar and building the rest "as new". The regenerated "Treebeard" will be a multi-scale instrument with a bass scale length of 735mm and a treble scale length of 720mm rather than the fixed 735mm scale length of the original, it will have a Florentine cutaway, Manzer style wedge, a new European Spruce top and mahogany neck and Macassar Ebony "trimmings". The new "Treebeard" will go with me to the Halsway Manor guitar weekend in July together with another "surprise" instrument. 
Here's the original "Treebeard" - the fifth guitar I made:
Here are the new plans:
The first task is to "dematerialise" the old instrument very carefully - the photographs of this process were a little weird as the camera seemed to detect the disturbance in the time vortex inside the Tardis (aka "The Shed") as my buttocks clenched
The old neck has been removed - the fingerboard and carbon fibre rods will be "recycled" - and the back carefully separated from the rim by routing off the bindings and cutting through the kerfed lining with a Japanese saw:The top has been removed and the old linings carefully removed from the sides:
The sides are removed from the tail and neck block, cleaned up and then re-bent in the Fox-style bender using a heating blanket:
Here are the bent sides are in the mould:
Jo whoever he is.
