This is my first stint at building two guitars at once and so far so good. I certainly see the time savings in not having to do all the set-up for each operation twice. More importantly though I see the real benefit as having the opportunity to refine the process in as much as it's not over after one go at it. It seems that guitar building is simply 300 (pulled that number out of my arse...) separate operations and since we can have months in between the next time we build we never have an opportunity to really refine anything.
The down side of multiple builds is of course the stuff that we don't enjoy will last twice as long.....
Anyway I am building an OM with Tiger Myrtle from Bob Connor (thanks again Bob - I love this wood) and a dread*ought with Sapele back and sides. Since some guy bought my only dread*ought last week I am thinking that I had better have one of these beasts in stock at all times.
Both will have black tops.
Here is a shot of one of the Sapele sides in the bender. This Sapele seems to be a bit more difficult to bend and the first side had an unacceptable amount of spring back which I fixed on the pipe. The second side I cooked hotter, used more water, and left in the stinkin bender longer so we shall see if this helps:
Here is a shot of the first Sapele side - very pretty wood indeed:
This is going to be the back on the OM and again I LOVE Tiger Myrtle!!! It is very deceptive wood in that it taps like wet cardboard but it bends, planes, and sands like a dream and not to mention that on a guitar it sounds fantastic:
And here is the Sapele back now joined and ready to be sanded with the ROS and 120 next:
I need to stop at a hardware store and buy more turnbuckles so I can get the OM bent and in the mold too. Building more than one guitar at a time is uncovering some additional things that I need to duplicate in the shop.
Thanks for looking!
