t1r12003 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I just started a hollowbody project. I'm going to do a Gibson ES 175 style body. Here are some specs: Honduran Mahogany Back Flame Maple Top (thanks fryovanni) Trapeze style tailpiece Tune-o-matic bridge, blocked Mahogany neck (purchased from the -bay) Ducan '59's with chrome covers Dual sound or F holes No pick/scrape guard (I want to see as much flame as possible) Haven't decided on stain, but I have amber. Check out the pic of the maple and I'll take suggestions. Deft laquer finish on top, but may only tung oil the mahogany back, undecided. Here's some preliminary pics of the wood and gluing the top together: You can slightly make out my template above in this pic. I used an internet pic, blew it up in Microsoft Paint, then printed the 4 quadrants off on typing paper, then taped them together to get the right size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Looks like a great project, I have 4 of those going right now myself! If I could make 1 suggestion before you get too deep, it would be to find another top that has no knots in it, they could very well split and cause you trouble down the road if you are carving the top with a hollow body underneath. It might make a nice top for a solidbody electric, but I fear trouble down the road with a hollowbody setup. Just a cautionary suggestion. Best of luck to you on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1r12003 Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Thanks for the advice. Actually, the lower large knots on the left in the pic are being completely cut out. My template was purposely made small enough so that the bottom of the guitar comes within 1/2" of those knots. If you look closely also, there are two small wormholes on the right. Those will also not be in the body because the curves of the body come in far enough to eliminate those as well. I got lucky on that one. I'll attach a pic of the shape of the guitar drawn on the bookmatched top to show this. Since you're more advanced than I, if you wouldn't mind checking that out and letting me know if you think that would cause problems I'd greatly appreciate it. Your work is awesome. Particularly your blue maple tops in your 'blue oh so blue' post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Thanks for the advice. Actually, the lower large knots on the left in the pic are being completely cut out. My template was purposely made small enough so that the bottom of the guitar comes within 1/2" of those knots. _______________ OK, I couldn't really tell where the guitar body would stop. Duly noted then. _______________ If you look closely also, there are two small wormholes on the right. Those will also not be in the body because the curves of the body come in far enough to eliminate those as well. I got lucky on that one. _______________ Excellent. _______________ I'll attach a pic of the shape of the guitar drawn on the bookmatched top to show this. Since you're more advanced than I, if you wouldn't mind checking that out and letting me know if you think that would cause problems I'd greatly appreciate it. _______________ Heh, I'm no steenkin' expert by a loong shot, but I'd be happy to look at it. _______________ Your work is awesome. Particularly your blue maple tops in your 'blue oh so blue' post. _______________ Thanks! Maybe we can build them 'in tandem' with each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1r12003 Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Cool. I'd love to see your progress as well. Here's those two pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Get the heck outta here! Your top looks somewhat like this one! (mine is wetted for the pic) Talk about a dualie build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I like strategicly located wormoles...filled w/ black epoxy. it adds some natural character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1r12003 Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Yeah, I remember that post/pic when you put it up. I was wondering if you had made any progress on that one. Unfortunately, I started to rout the body shape out and my router bit broke, so no progress yet. Hopefully, by the end of the week I'll have a lot more done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t1r12003 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Long time for progress, but I've been traveling a lot for work and I'm getting married in about a month. I'm trying to get this done by the wedding and play something for my new wife with it. Here's a link to a slideshow of the progress so far: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/t1r12003/sli...r=/d9b5&.src=ph I need to trim a little more around the neck pocket, and then I'm going to thin out the top by about 1/4", right now it's 1/2" thick. I'll get some braces for it and then glue it to the body. More pics to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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