Lovely design Emile. I think the body shape is very elegant, and I particularly like the bridge shape also.
cheers
Mark
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- Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:34 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Small Jumbo, GAL 2014
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7252
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:28 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge Binding...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11219
Re: Bridge Binding...
Love it! Definitely an idea that could catch on. I also like your asymmetrical bridge shape.
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:53 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Parlour Guitar Done
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9215
Re: Parlour Guitar Done
I like it a lot, and can't see any evidence of the battles that you say you had with it. Very nicely presented. Which plans did you use? It is a very sweetly proportioned body.
The wenge looks great. I have never tried it. Are the splinters as bad as everybody says?
cheers
Mark
The wenge looks great. I have never tried it. Are the splinters as bad as everybody says?
cheers
Mark
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: More stuff up over at TLB
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3754
Re: More stuff up over at TLB
When I first read the title I thought you had started to post about your "stuff-ups". I eagerly clicked on the link, only to see more perfect guitars - which do not make me feel better about my Luthiery skills at all! But maybe a topic for future discussion, if you dare. Nice stuff in your blog. Tha...
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:47 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Binding cutter moved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15043
Re: Binding cutter moved
That must have been a nasty moment! I had a more minor version of this same mistake happen once, due to the bit working loose in the collet. I did what Joel is suggesting and grafted in a piece of off cut from the sides. If you try this just make sure that you get it around the same way as the side,...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:24 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First build - split in back due to humidity :-(
- Replies: 32
- Views: 28579
Re: First build - split in back due to humidity :-(
That is a very fine job! I am noticing the similarities between your lesson in humidification/dehumidification and my own [/url](http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3749&p=45079#p45079)[url] I wonder if it is partly due to the susceptibility of the blackheart sassafras that we were both using. ...
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: 6 String Tenor Ukulele
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19347
Re: 6 String Tenor Ukulele
Yep. I agree that the cocobolo against the tiger myrtle - with black/white accents - is just a killer look. Beautiful. What is the method for getting the text in the rosette? I am not sure that I woould want to do it myself - but it is very unique! Obviously a commissioned feature, so I am very impr...
- Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:26 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Spotted Gum
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12761
Re: Spotted Gum
I love spotted gum for its colour and texture. If it has the physical characteristics to work as a tonewood I would love to use it. The trees don't develop the girth of most species that we think of as guitar-making woods, so it might be necessary to adopt Markus's suggestion for a guitar back. But ...
- Tue May 27, 2014 10:10 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Mandocello plan/advice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9635
Re: Mandocello plan/advice
Nigel Forster makes some guitar bouzoukis, 8 strings, with X-bracing and similar scale length to what you are considering. I imagine that many of the design principles would be applicable to a mandocello? Check out his website, or you could PM him for a bit more of a lowdown on his approach.
- Tue May 27, 2014 6:13 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Archtop repair
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3649
Re: Archtop repair
Yep, I think Jeff has the right idea. The Don Teeter method of using a cleat on the inside pulled up hard using a wire (plain guitar string) through a fine hole in the top, and tensioned with a guitar tuning machine. Under the bridge footprint you would get a great cosmetic result. Here are a couple...
- Fri May 16, 2014 6:16 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: grain thru binding
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12709
Re: grain thru binding
Hi Josh Welcome to the forum, and good question. How are you bending your sides? If you do it in a Fox-style bending machine couldn't you slice the binding strip off the side when it is flat and then bend them together and aligned? I don't know - I have never tried - but I am doing it in my mind rig...
- Mon May 05, 2014 6:00 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: "The Pacific" recently delivered.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7699
Re: "The Pacific" recently delivered.
That is a stunner Taffy. I love the way that you incorporated the maratime theme in lots of small details, like the fingerbourd ending. Lovely all round.
Mark
Mark
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:22 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Implications of socketing braces
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14566
Re: Implications of socketing braces
Hi Craig There is no rule about this. In a modern style steel-string guitar where you are aiming for a more responsive top (e.g. a "fingerstyle" player's guitar) it is a common practice to taper the ends of the x-brace in the lower bout so that they go down to nothing before reaching the linings. Sa...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:00 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ebony Bindings
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25009
Re: Ebony Bindings
Yeah, after using ebony bindings on a recent build I would seriously consider using black plastic next time. Ebony is a real bugger to bend. It just snaps a lot of the time. After you curse and bend 8 pieces to get 4 good ones, and then sand it and put a nice finish on it - it looks like black plast...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:30 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: OM Guitar #8
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11941
Re: OM Guitar #8
Looks flawless Peter. And you are obviously very pleased with the sound. What do you think was the secret of getting the perfect outcome this time? Did you change anything in the design or construction? And if you don't mind sharing - what is the name of that varnish product that you used? Cheers Mark
- Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:15 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge position
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6441
Re: Bridge position
Pat The critical thing to realize is that it is not about bridge position - it is about saddle position. You need to work out where your saddle is going to sit, then work out the location of the front edge of the bridge and of the bridge pins (assuming you have a pinned bridge), relative to where th...
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:20 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Higher ratio "banjo-like" tuners?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4546
Re: Higher ratio "banjo-like" tuners?
Stewart-McDonald and LMI both sell verious brands of planetary banjo tuners with 4:1 ratios. Is that too high for your needs.
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:14 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Installing binding on an oiled guitar?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5024
Re: Installing binding on an oiled guitar?
Same as for any other kind of finish. You install the bindings to the unfinished guitar, level, scrape and sand, then put the finish of your choice over the whole shebang.
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Wipe-on finish for acoustic guitar
- Replies: 61
- Views: 81069
Re: Wipe-on finish for acoustic guitar
You will be able to get Tru-Oil in NZ. Look here: http://www.outdoorsupplies.co.nz/Birchwood_TruOil.html I have used both Birchwood-Casey Tru-Oil and also various brands of Danish Oil as a guitar finish. Both are really easy to apply as wipe-on finishes. They don't soak in, especially Tru-Oil. It bu...
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:07 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Guitar disasters forum? Build tragedies maybe?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 21704
Re: Guitar disasters forum? Build tragedies maybe?
15 minutes ago. Dead sober. No hurry. I was drilling some holes in the edge of the fingerboard for side dot position markers. I have already made most of the mistakes that you can with this task (or so I thought). 1. Don't use a power drill, a small hand drill is safer for this. 2. Be careful of ali...
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:23 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Runout, revisited
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13508
Re: Runout, revisited
Pete
Have a look at this Frank Ford pictorial explanation:
http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/General ... unout.html
Have a look at this Frank Ford pictorial explanation:
http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/General ... unout.html
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:47 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new lychee wood
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7313
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Runout, revisited
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13508
Re: Runout, revisited
Nice work Markus. I am convinced. You have shown that the difference is between one piece that breaks when its fibres snap, and another which breaks when the fibres separate. Makes sense. I am going to spend the weekend re-examining my wood stack for runout.
cheers
Mark
cheers
Mark
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: stabalizing spalted maple drop top
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12712
Re: stabalizing spalted maple drop top
I have done small and fairly thin pieces of spatled wood (e.g. for rosettes) with CA glue and been happy with the result. In researching that I came across methods using resins applied under vacuum to extract all the air that is trapped in the wood and get the resin to fully infiltrate. Seems like h...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Blackwood and Engelmann Spruce Baritone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9671
Re: Blackwood and Engelmann Spruce Baritone
Lovely work Allen. I also like the fret markers as a nice change from the usual.
Sorry to hear about the arm and ankle. Skateboarding injury?
Sorry to hear about the arm and ankle. Skateboarding injury?