David Ivy Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I decided to try and build a hollow body guitar with my original design.I got the templates cut out so far. The body blanks cut and glued. The hardest part was drilling out the f-hole and filling it to get the shape I wanted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 That's a nice looking f-hole! Looks original to me, yet has a traditional vibe and some hints of the more modern shapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ivy Posted April 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 @Bizman62 ThaThank you sir, appreciate your comments. I am trying to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ivy Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Poplar wood glued and routed to shape. I chose to route 2 sides and glue them together rather than just gluing a top on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ivy Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 I have glued the body together and Glued a flamed maple veneer on the front and used dyes on it. Built the neck, shaped it and radioused the fretboard, then installed the frets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 I already said that the f-holes have a traditional vibe, now I must say that your colour scheme really fits that mood! That looks like a vintage body waiting to be restored. That colour and figuration reminds me of some sideboards from 1940's or so, flamed maple dyed brown and lacquered shiny, worthy to store your silver cutlery even in an upper class parlour. That looks like young Charlie Christian would have wet dreams of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ivy Posted April 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 @Bizman62 Thank you for your kind words. I do appreciate it. I am going for a bit of a vintage look. I'm thinking about finishing it with some true oil or maybe some while on polyurethane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeB Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Very cool, I really dig the unique shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ivy Posted May 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 @ZekeB Thank you Man, I appreciate it. I wanted to come up wth an original design of my own. I also made an electric solid body with the same style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ivy Posted May 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 Well this guitar has nothing to do with my Simi Hollow body But just wanting to show it off. This is my Original design from the body shape to the stencils work on the paint job. This is a build for a custumer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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