guitar_player Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 It will have cherry back and sides, sitka spruce top, striped ebony fingerboard, no fingerboard inlays, one piece mahogany neck, body joint at 12th fret, and a slotted headstock. I will start when I get the plans and a few parts from stewmac in a day or two. Here's pics of the wood, I had 4 tops, 3 backs, and 2 sides to choose my favorites out of. Sorry the pics aren't that great. sides (sap wood will stay and will be on the top side closer to the neck): back (there is some quilt figure in it finishing should bring it out some more): soundboard: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredforbread33 Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Wow, that was fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 My stewmac order came today so I was able to build the mold. It's solid mdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Wow, that was fast. Yeah, faster than I was thinking and I guess a lot faster than my girlfriend was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Saturday I glued up the soundboard. Today I glued up the back (same way as front), bent the sides, and inlayed the rosette. Gluing up the soundboard: Waiting for pipe to heat up: Side bent and clamped in mold: Routing for rosette: Gluing in rosette: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 The brick still makes me snicker....hehe Good luck on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 The brick still makes me snicker....hehe Good luck on this one Thanks, I made made an upgrade to the brick though now I wrapped it in tape so it wouldn't crumble on the soft spruce so I guess that makes it like a professional brick or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Cool, another idea would be to put a board between the top and the brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Professional brick lol, set up an internet store with them. I've seen stupider products being flogged online. That's a pretty nifty rossette routing jig, was it from Stew Mac as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Professional brick lol, set up an internet store with them. I've seen stupider products being flogged online. That's a pretty nifty rossette routing jig, was it from Stew Mac as well? Lol No, I made that in like 10 minutes, I had a piece of template material from stewmac sitting around. It works great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) That's cool, nice work. Maybe someday . You make it look too easy. Stop that would ya? Edited February 17, 2009 by lowrider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Thats looking good GP. Do you have a close bond with your Estwing.....as it's in most of the pics...or is it there in case you get into trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Thats looking good GP. Do you have a close bond with your Estwing.....as it's in most of the pics...or is it there in case you get into trouble Lol, I never even noticed that but it is in almost all the pics, I have a couple of them since there great hammers so that's what I use when I need one for hammering the nails, getting the rosette all the way in, and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 All I've done in the past two days is rough cut the braces and sand a curve into them. Toady I got a lot done. I unclamped the sides from the mold, trimmed off the overhang, got them fitting right in the mold, sanded the back, glued all the braces on to the back, made head and tail blocks, and made all the kerfed lining. Tomorrow I will glue the head and tail block to the sides, shape the back braces and start gluing the soundboard ones. Back cut out: Gluing on first brace: Cutting the kerfed lining: Kerfed lining done: Cutting slots for the other braces after shaping the first one: Rest of the bracing glued on: Sides in mold: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Soundboard: Lines drawn for braces: Braces being glued on: Laying out neck: Gluing on head and tail blocks and kerfed lining: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Gluing braces: Neck rough cut: Gluing the rest of the braces and bridge plate on: Gluing the kerfed lining after shaping the sides: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yesterday i shaped the braces on the top and back, today I cut the top races back for the lining, mortised the binding, and glued the top on. I routed the truss rod slot, thicknessed the back of the headstock, and glued on the veneers. Shaping back braces: Done: Soundboard braces done: Gluing soundboard on: Thicknessing headstock: Gluing on headstock veneers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Nice bracing. Were those pre-shaped, or did you do them yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Nice bracing. Were those pre-shaped, or did you do them yourself? Thanks I did them myself, there were a couple places I carved away a little more than wanted but they came out pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Too much? Did you determine that by tap tuning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Too much? Did you determine that by tap tuning? Too much because I just felt there should have been a little bit more brace left in a few spots but I did get both the top and back to have a great tap tone. I had to make a new back, I tried gluing it the same way as the soundboard but it didn't work to good so I made a new one and tried using the go bars and it worked great. I made a jig to rout the binding and purfling channels, routed them, routed out the mortise for the neck, made the end piece, chiseled out a spot for it, and glued in the binding, purfling, and end piece. neck: gluing on back: drilling tuner holes: jig for routing binding and purfling: binding and purfling channels routed: slot for end piece: getting ready to start binding: all done: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Getting the neck set wasn't very easy but it's done, I shaped the neck, and I glued it on today. Should be able to start finishing this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Today I fretted and glued on the fingerboard. Installing side dots: Fingerboard sanded and ready for frets: Pressing in frets: Frets filed and beveled: Fingerboard glued on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Classic Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 very very nice so far. one day i would love to build an acoustic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 I decided to use just shellac for the finish. I am on the third coat now. before finishing: third coat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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