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Post by earthbalm on Nov 28, 2016 18:59:43 GMT
Oh wow! Yum yum! That cocobolo fingerboard is wonderfully figured. |
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Post by R the F on Nov 28, 2016 19:38:34 GMT
If I'm not mistaken, this is some kind of streaky treacly mixture you applied to the neck and then planed once it had set. Nice (if a little sticky).
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Post by ourmaninthenorth on Nov 28, 2016 21:56:05 GMT
Ok, the first gormless question of the thread - and a potentially rude one, depending on the answer..gulp.
Francis, is that the finished headstock shape, or is there final shaping to be done?
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Post by francis on Nov 28, 2016 22:21:44 GMT
Ok, the first gormless question of the thread - and a potentially rude one, depending on the answer..gulp. Francis, is that the finished headstock shape, or is there final shaping to be done? No it's not the final shape although its not far off. I played with lots of flambouyant designes to mimic the archtop's of the jazz era and some of those currently in production but it's not me. I've kept the purfling/bindings quite plain, the neck will be unbound, I wanted the woods to make the statement. There's also problems with copyright on head and logo designs. Using a plainer style of headstock I overcome those issues (can't afford a law suit)... Keep it simple - make it work  |
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Post by ourmaninthenorth on Nov 29, 2016 1:03:49 GMT
Thanks Francis, that's exactly what was going through my mind...I was wondering if you had a cunning plan to get around those problems. Hope my post didn't come across as a negative...it's such a fine line, as an observer, to ask such questions without appearing to be just plain rude. Which couldn't be further from the truth. Continued best wishes. Paul.  |
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Post by francis on Nov 29, 2016 20:20:08 GMT
Sorry guys had to take a couple of photos after trying the neck in tonight....   Getting there |
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Post by earthbalm on Nov 29, 2016 20:50:39 GMT
I have a Shaftesbury copy of a Gibson Barney Kessell and your headstock reminds me a little of it. The guitar really does look like it'll be a fantastic instrument.  indeed. |
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Post by francis on Nov 30, 2016 17:30:16 GMT
OK doesn't look much different to yesterday's photos but the neck and body are now an item Strange but it seems each time I get to this stage thoughts start to migrate to the next one....  and a fretless acoustic bass keeps rearing it's head  somethings along these lines: liutaiomottola.com/instruments/Tinozza.htm I digress. So thoughts must turn now to fashioning a bridge for the archtop, the tailpiece to follow that... TBC |
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Post by andrewjw on Nov 30, 2016 19:07:15 GMT
You'll need to change your avatar to a lion if you go down the Tinozza rote...Grrrrrr!  |
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Post by earthbalm on Dec 1, 2016 20:31:55 GMT
Sorry guys had to take a couple of photos after trying the neck in tonight.... Getting there I have to add that the cocobolo fingerboard looks lovely indeed. |
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Post by R the F on Dec 1, 2016 22:30:34 GMT
You remind me that when I was making a carved arch-top I got quite involved in designing a bridge. I wanted something as light as possible that would make as much contact as possible with the arched top so put together something made of maple which squashed itself against the top under string pressure. Here it is just placed on top (not making much contact):  Then here's what happened when you applied string pressure:  (with a few slivers of veneer to stop it buzzing). Unfortunately, here's what else happened after a few hours of string pressure:  Yes. It's collapsing sideways under the strain. I've still got it in a drawer somewhere. I decided to go traditional and bought a couple of threaded columns and started again:   Oh, yes. I changed the tail-piece while I was at it for something a little calmer! The bridge does actually manage to keep a solid wood contact between soundboard and strings; you adjust the height to what you want, raise it a quarter turn more, slide a thick wooden "shim" into the gap and then lower the saddle the quarter turn down on to the shim. Works quite well. I can't wait to see your solution.... or maybe I just imagined there was problem! |
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Post by francis on Dec 1, 2016 22:43:53 GMT
At present R the F there's no problem  |
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Post by francis on Dec 5, 2016 14:27:03 GMT
Working on the tailpiece and cutting the fiddly string slots first - very gently  In the background you can just see the 10.2 mm string spacers I placed between the MDF fence and the router base. I took a number of shallow cuts working from string slot to string slot across the tailpiece before dropping the cutter to a new depth and repeating the exercise. Next take it down to thickness and shaping. |
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Post by francis on Dec 5, 2016 17:06:43 GMT
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Post by ourmaninthenorth on Dec 5, 2016 17:54:14 GMT
Lovely lines on that Francis. Going to really suit... |
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and a fretless acoustic bass keeps rearing it's head 
somethings along these lines: 
Jo whoever he is.
