Anthony Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Second to the last would be ridiculous, but SO cool! Chris I second this motion. That orange-fiery color is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maull Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I agree with the fiery orange looking cool but the clover doesn't work for me. Too many themes I think. It just doesnt seem like it fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walka Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 (edited) This build rocks. But I wouldn't inlay the fretboard, maybe only small dots? And the trussrod cover could also be very simple? The pickguard idea is brilliant,everything else is too much.(only my opinion) Less is more............. What ever you decide, its going to be a amazing guitar. Edited December 4, 2012 by Walka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted December 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Decided against using the clover, it only works with the maple truss rod cover and since I haven't decided which cover to use I just did my old inlay. I also bound the fretboard and put the frets in. No other fretwork done yet though as you can see. i also bought some ivoroid(ish...) tuner buttons on eBay to see what that would look like. Either match the buttons with fretboard/headplate or with the binding. As you can see the colour of the buttons doesn't quite match the colour of the binding. Might try to "age" the buttons a bit to a closer match... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Man call me crazy but I love that look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 alternate them lol. dark-light-dark/light-dark-light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Started carving the neck: First I create a rough neck profile at the first and twelfth fret with a rasp. After that I bring out the spokeshave. Stunt-carving-with-one-hand-while taking-pic-with-the-other-hand... Neck profile is roughly done. The neck to headstock transition is done later with a sharp knife, rasps/files and sandpaper. Kitchen floor after neck shaving... ...and here's how it looks right now. I haven't done anything to the heel end of the neck yet, I'm doing that when I've routed the neck pocket. That way I have better control over the neck to body transition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Nice neck, and what a nice, clean scarf joint ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Looking great as always Pukko!! I have one question though, where did you order the ivoroid binding? Because, as far as i know, it can be shipped overseas as it is flammable... At least that's what LMII says... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted January 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 >>Our Souls Thanks! >>eddie Thanks! I ordered the binding from a Swedish guitar parts online shop. www.gitarrdelar.se I'm guessing it's binding from Hosco (a Japanese parts supplier) since Gitarrdelar uses pics from Hoscos catalog in their item description for the binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I started to shape the maple top. First I routed it to the right shape using the body as a template: After that I routed along the edge with a cove router bit to get the correct edge thickness: Next step was to route steps to remove wood and get kind of the right curvature on the top: After that it was time to start chiseling/scraping/filing/sanding...: ...and this is what it looks like right now: It's nowhere near done but you get an idea of how it will look. It needs more shaping around the horns and I'm thinking about rounding off the lower bout a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I didn't think the carve was deep enough so I went at it again: Here's a comparison between the old and new carve. The lighting isn't the same obviously but you can see that I carved the waist more and with that follows more carving both upwards and downwards from the waist to balance it out: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Good call there, that looks nice. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Good call there, that looks nice. SR Thanks, Scott! Here's a couple of shadowy pics to show the carve a bit more: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygtr Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 That's one beautiful top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff St. Germaine Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Gorgeous! Good call carving it more. The first one looked good but the current carve looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 That's one beautiful top. Thanks! Gorgeous! Good call carving it more. The first one looked good but the current carve looks great. Thanks! Yes, I think it turned out better with more definition to the shape. By the way, I'm seriously considering ripping off your soundhole design from your archtop build, the whole build looks great! Understated elegance, I love that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff St. Germaine Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Thanks, rip away! It's not original to me. I've seen it on Bill Moll's work and I believe a few other guitars. Thanks, rip away! It's not original to me. I've seen it on Bill Moll's work and I believe a few other guitars. Speaking of which, I should try to get an update posted. Edited March 14, 2013 by Geoff St. Germaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I made some cavity covers out of ebony. No pics of the scrollsawing though... I chose not to make any routing templates. I put double sided tape on the covers and stuck them on the body. I cut around the edges with a sharp knife: After that I carved the wood from the edges with the same knife: That gave me a border to use as a guide when free hand routing with a Dremel with a router base. I then sawed out the holes. This is what it looks like now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Nicely balanced shapes. Your curves flow smoothly. There is obviously an artistic eye at work here. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Way to make me look like a hack !! Your no-template technique far exceeds the level of mine. Gorgeous work, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Started carving the inside of the maple top... I drilled a bunch of holes to remove some wood. I made a crude depth stop using a piece of wood and a wine cork: And this is what it looked like after the drilling: I then used chisels, Dremel in a router base, Dremel with a sanding drum, cabinet scrapers, knives, sandpaper... This is the first top I've carved so there's a bit of learning-by-doing involved. This is what it looks like now: It's a bit uneven in a few spots but I'll take care of that later. No more work today, my hands say no. >>ScottR, Our Souls Thank you both very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCRoadie Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaced_ghost Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 damn. I just started my first one today and this is inspiring. gonna have to step it up. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I decided to remove the extra thickness of wood between the neck and bridge on the inside of the top. I also thinned the top down to 6-7 mm. No pics though but it kind of looks the same as the last pic anyway... I decided to try out some soundhole shapes. Ordinary f-holes are... ordinary. The assymmetric body shape makes it a bit hard to design the holes too, you can't just put two identical holes on there because one of them will look crooked/out of placement. I like the Gretsch cats eye hole so I started messing with that. Grosh has something similar on the Hollowtron too. Here are a couple of variations I photoshopped together: >>HCRoadie ??? >>spaced_ghost Thanks! What are you building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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