Quandong and Sassafras dreadnought
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:51 pm
This is a guitar that I'd been working on for some time, as a gift.
I was asked to use the particular materials from which the instrument is constructed, and the colour combination and textures have led me a merry dance! I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it. The binding and purfling were a lot of work to make, in an attempt to tie all the colours together.
The requirement was for a matt finish, so I've used Rustin's Danish Oil.
I used two brass bridge-pins to add a small amount of weight, as "fine tuning" of the bridge, to achieve a T(1,1)2 of 180.4 Hz. The back is not "active", so I didn't try to fiddle around - not that it needed any fiddling, anyway. The frequency response curve shown is of the finished instrument, with strings attached.
In contrast to my reservations about the aesthetic aspects, I'm very happy with the playability and sound properties.
Frank.
Whoops! I should have posted this in "The Gallery". Sorry
I was asked to use the particular materials from which the instrument is constructed, and the colour combination and textures have led me a merry dance! I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it. The binding and purfling were a lot of work to make, in an attempt to tie all the colours together.
The requirement was for a matt finish, so I've used Rustin's Danish Oil.
I used two brass bridge-pins to add a small amount of weight, as "fine tuning" of the bridge, to achieve a T(1,1)2 of 180.4 Hz. The back is not "active", so I didn't try to fiddle around - not that it needed any fiddling, anyway. The frequency response curve shown is of the finished instrument, with strings attached.
In contrast to my reservations about the aesthetic aspects, I'm very happy with the playability and sound properties.
Frank.
Whoops! I should have posted this in "The Gallery". Sorry