ziricote OM

[56nortondomy]

I've just finished this one, had a few hiccups along the way, twice i banged it into the wall and had to repair the dings and i also sanded through the finish in one spot while levelling, what a pain in the arse to repair ( maybe someone with more experience could do a tut on repairing finishes ).
b/s and armrest ziricote
top adirondack
f/board Eirw
bridge pacific b/wood
neck b/h sass
bindings and pickguard tiger myrtle
headplate macassar ebony
grover tuners
lr baggs ibeam pickup
laquer finish
Wayne

[christian]

Hi Wayne,

We have all been there dinging and sand throughs!!
The guitar looks fantastic!!! great choice of woods and well crafted indeed.
Thanks for sharing,

Christian.

[steve roberts]

Hi Wayne
Great looking guitar the Ziricote is stunning.Love the detail nice work
Regards Steve

[demonx]

Looks great! I love Ziricote

How did you go bending the sides? I've heard it's a timber that can put up a fight

[56nortondomy]

Thanks for the comments guys. Ziricote can be a bit brittle, you have to thin the sides down a bit more than other timbers, can't remember what i made them but i followed Allen's recomendation. Wayne

[ozziebluesman]

Beautiful guitar Wayne, congratulations.

Love your wood selections.

The arm rest is a classy addition.

So if the Ziricote is brittle is it a bright sounding guitar?

Cheers

Alan

[56nortondomy]

Thanks Alan, i'd say it's got a warm tone to it rather than bright, i was a bit surprised by it really. Wayne

[charangohabsburg]

This stunning ziricote set found a very adequate home in this guitar, congrats Wayne!

[56nortondomy]

Thanks Markus. Wayne

[Nick]

Very nice Wayne Don't know if it's reflections in the photo but it almost looks like that Ziricote has some flaming in it? And nice choice with the Sass neck

[56nortondomy]

Thanks Nick, no flaming just a garage roller door. Wayne

[Nick]

Thanks Nick, no flaming just a garage roller door. Wayne

Now you've pointed it out I can see it as plain as anything and I can't stop seeing the garage door ! Why does that happen?

[charangohabsburg]

Nick, it doesn't really matter if it is flaming or a reflection as the guitar comes with the garage door.

[DarwinStrings]

Very specky, nice wood colour combination Wayne.

Jim

[56nortondomy]

Thanks Jim. Sorry about the garage door Nick maybe i should have bs and said it was flaming, you can see it better in my avatar. Wayne

[Bob Connor]

Nice bit of work Wayne and some nice Ziricote you got hold of there.

[56nortondomy]

Thanks Bob, i actually got that set off ebay for a pretty reasonable price. Wayne

[soulman]

Nice looking guitar. The zircote beautiful. How do you find the pickup?

[56nortondomy]

I've only tried the pickup on an electric amp, i haven't got an acoustic amp. but it seems good. I'm hoping to get a sound clip from the new owner when he gets it. Wayne

[Solandra]

Hi
New to the Forum, being from Tasmania, this is the first I had heard/seen Black hearted SF being used for a neck. How do you think it will hold up?

Regards,
Solandra

[Bob Connor]

Hi Solandra and welcome to the forum.

I've used Sassafras on a few necks and it has been fine.

I do use carbon fibre but I use that on all necks regardless of the timber.

It seems to be relatively stable once it's totally dry and seasoned. (unlike it's behavior when green)

Howden's a nice part of the planet. I grew up in South Hobart.

Regards

[56nortondomy]

Welcome to the forum Solandra, why don't you introduce yourself. The neck is holding up pretty well, like Bob i put cf reinforcing in my necks. Wayne