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Custom Blackwood small body
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:29 am
by martintaylor
Another small body acoustic done. This one had to have a smaller neck width and thickness due to the customer having limited hand and finger movement.
Back and sides - Tassie Blackwood
Soundboard - Bunya
Neck - QLD Maple
Fretboard and Bridge - Mulga
Scale length - 25.34"
Re: Custom Blackwwod small body
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:54 am
by steve roberts
Hi Martin
Another great looking guitar you sure are pumping them out!
I have 3 on the bench at the moment hope to finish one soon all have (cutaways) hint ha ha
Regards Steve
Re: Custom Blackwwod small body
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:03 pm
by kiwinoz62
Hi Martin,
Very nice, simple & neat.
What's the bindings, rosette & finish you used?
Re: Custom Blackwwod small body
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:53 pm
by martintaylor
The bindings are WA Jarrah
Rosette is Tassie Blackwood with Mother of Pearl inlay
The finish starts with sanding the whole guitar down to 1200 grit, then I use is 6 coats of Rustin's Danish Oil applied with cotton cloths (rubbing with 0000 grade steel wool in between each coat) and then 2 coats of Wax (again steel wooled between coats).
I find the finish is really natural with a satin look. It plays in really fast and if I ever have to do a repair is really easy to refinish just where the repair is. It is also no where near as toxic as most spray finishes.
I like simple and neat.
Re: Custom Blackwwod small body
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:57 pm
by Tod Gilding
Very Nice Martin I also like the Photography,Can you give a run down on how you do that with the over head lighting etc
Re: Custom Blackwwod small body
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:04 pm
by martintaylor
Tod Gilding wrote:Very Nice Martin I also like the Photography,Can you give a run down on how you do that with the over head lighting etc
Hi Tod, I just use my iphone in my loungeroom and then remove unwanted backgrounds in photoshop. I'll take some pics of my setup to show you what I mean and upload them.
Re: Custom Blackwwod small body
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:27 am
by charangohabsburg
Re: Custom Blackwood small body
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:31 pm
by martintaylor
Thanks Markus,
When I finally do a cutaway I'll probably add in a 21st and 22nd fret but until then I haven;t had anyone need more that 20. I have 2 builds to do before I can start a cutaway. I know I'll be getting as much advice as possible to set up the cutaway properly.
If anyone has any advice feel free to send it my way! (or plans)
