First Acoustic

[MatthewM]

Hi All,

After a fairly intense 6 week block, i finished my first acoustic guitar.

I did a 2 week course last November with Chris Wynne Thomas Lloyd Guitars but due to a significant error on my part I never got to finish the guitar. The 2 weeks was enough to get me the basic skills to get a good start.

Thought I needed a deadline to work to so I signed up for the TDPRI guitar building challenge.

Acoustic Size "CA"
Back and Sides: Cooba
Soundboard: King William Pine
Fretboard: Gidgee
Fretdots: Abolone
Neck, Kerfing, Bracing, Tail & Neck Blocks: Queensland Maple
Rosette and Headstock Veneer: Tiger Myrtle
Binding: Tiger Myrtle
Finish: Danis Oil and a bees/furniture wax polish.

Very happy with the end outcome. Next one i'll try some inlay and more fancy binding.

Special shout out to;
Chris Wynne: for supplying the the beautiful timber (most of it)
Tim Spittle: for being very generous with his time and providing me with the bindings
Rad Brashaw: for giving me some local advice particularly with the neck joint.
Rod Pearson: for giving his time to play a demo of the guitar so I could record it.
Steve from MIRWA: he helped laser cut some bracing patters for me and let me drool over his workshop.

Time to sleep for a month and then I can start the next one















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[seeaxe]

Wow! That's an amazing looking back and sides
Well done Matthew

[colburge]

Good work mate, it is a nice feeling to build your first guitar.

Cheers

Col

[demonx]

Looks great! I'm sure you're proud as punch for a first to turn out like that.

[56nortondomy]

Very nice Matthew, looks to be a great first effort. I have to agree with Richard that's some mad figure you have there on the back, well done.
Wayne

[MatthewM]

Thanks guys

Very pleased. I've got some tiger myrtle for the back and sides on the next build.

My intention is for this to be a long term hobby. What sort of measurements should I take of the instruments to start to get an idea of what effect the sound has on design/construct?

I've got the gore books but i really struggled with the volume 1. Will need to reread a few times to get a better understanding.

Cheers

Matthew

[curly]

That was some nice cooba . It was stuff that I supplied to Chris , sourced from a fallen tree between Deniliquin and Moulmein . That was one of a few sets I'd chased out flat sawn for a different figure . Given that cooba is so stable it seems to have been a safe decision .
Lovely work , you have to be proud of that .
Pete

[kiwigeo]

My intention is for this to be a long term hobby. What sort of measurements should I take of the instruments to start to get an idea of what effect the sound has on design/construct?

As well as physical dimensions and materials you should be doing a bit of tap and Chladni testing to quantify the sound of the instrument.

[MatthewM]

That was some nice cooba . It was stuff that I supplied to Chris , sourced from a fallen tree between Deniliquin and Moulmein . That was one of a few sets I'd chased out flat sawn for a different figure . Given that cooba is so stable it seems to have been a safe decision .
Lovely work , you have to be proud of that .
Pete

Hi Pete

I suspected that you hand in that piece. Chris couldn't sing your praises highly enough.

Matthew

[MatthewM]

My intention is for this to be a long term hobby. What sort of measurements should I take of the instruments to start to get an idea of what effect the sound has on design/construct?

As well as physical dimensions and materials you should be doing a bit of tap and Chladni testing to quantify the sound of the instrument.

Thanks Martin

Lots to learn. I like to get a bit more scientific so i can try and get repeatable results.

Matthew