Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

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Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by Allen » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:45 am

This one has been in the works for a long time. Had to scrap 2 complete necks with all the inlay already done because of flaws showing up after carving. Enough to drive you mad wondering how borers can get into into a piece of mahogany with no sign of entry.

So it's Tassy Blackheart Sassafras, Ancinet Sitka Spruce with Blackwood bindings. Pink Abalone inlay in Ebony with Rubner machine heads and a K&K Aloha twin pickup.
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Re: Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by yakka » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:05 pm

thats beautiful

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Re: Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by Mark McLean » Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:10 pm

What a bummer to end up with an unusable neck (twice)! You must have done heaps of these now Allen, is this a first? Your order of operations is obviously very different from mine with a guitar. I tend to carve the neck fairly early in the sequence and then glue the fingerboard later, so a crook neck for me would not waste the fb or inlays. But hopefully this is going to be a rare occurrence and not worth changing your otherwise very successful methods.

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Re: Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by Allen » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:37 am

First time it's ever happened to me. Thankfully I switched from a Spanish Heel style as that would have been the end of my self composure, having to toss out the body on this one.
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Re: Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by Jonny » Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:22 am

honduran mahogany Swietenia macrophylla ?

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Re: Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by Alain Lambert » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:30 am

Beautifull instrument, well done, congratulation.
This is a 14 frets to the body. Did you change the scale length or just moove the bridge?

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Re: Blackheart Sassafras Tenor

Post by Allen » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:37 am

Longer scale length to keep the saddle as close to the sweet spot as I can. Some times it's a challenge as clients might want the extra frets but also have small hands that they are not comfortable going to a much longer scale.
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