Boggs Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 It will be used in my next CB-II build... a light weight solid body made from Kelela with top mounted pickup plate, and wing caps which will hold the controls made from beautifully marbled Dalmation Wood. There will be no back routs or covers and the dalmation will be essentially be the 3-piece pickguard. The pickup plate will be fitted mostly into the body for a nearly flat profile to allow for easy strumming but the wing caps will be surface mounted for dimension... The neck will be birdseye maple with a Kingwood fingerboard. Here are a few shots of the kelela body and the dalmation wood billet... Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck_Chill-Out Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Boggs, that is a neat looking piece of wood. Are you thinking of an oil finish? It would bring out the grain wonderfully. Is it a dense, heavy wood? I never heard of it and was wondering what the heft and eventual tone of it will be. I am going to be keeping my eye on this one. I like the shape of it, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 pics makes it look like the gonc. alves but with slight figure/disturbances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Never heard of it. Looks good though. What's it like tonally? PS. Saw pictures of your hipshot guitar at NAMM on harmony central, nice work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 I think it comes from Ecuador or that general area but I can't find any pics of the tree... I have seen pics of little branches and leaves and I think it is a legume... I'd like to learn more about it. It is quite hard though. It is only 1/4" thick so it is just for "dressing" on this one. The kelela is extremely light. I suspect this guitar will come in as a solid body between 6 and 7 lbs total. That goncalo alves is in the rosewood family and is extremely hard and dense. The dalmation is not quite that hard or dense but I would say it is more like kingwood... Thanks for the comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Interesting piece of wood. It'll be cool to see it with some finish on it to see what it does to the figure. Do you know how you're finishing it yet? Looks like something that might do well with oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) It will probably be a urethane on the Kelela... I could do something different for the dalmation, but of course it would have to be compatible with the finish I use for the main body... I forgot to mention that this construction would allow for more traditional belly and relief cuts... I have a Mantis that I made using kelela and padauk and used mini-PAFs in it. It had a lot of the tone of a Les Paul or it could also do a nice ES-335 even with that small body. This will have Fat Strat noisless singles in it... Should be really interesting! Edited January 24, 2009 by Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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