erikbojerik Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Oh man......if only money were no object..... I've never built an archtop, but i KNOW for a fact that I'd spend a lot more than this in mistakes just to get to this point. wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Very nice.Couldn't you sell a kidney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted March 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Yeah, I might have to now that I PULLED THE TRIGGER !!!!! I guess I won't be getting my allowance for a while. But I figure I'll probably build only one archtop ever, and I've bypassed the part that I was sure to screw up the worst (the double-sided carving). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Well, congrats Erik. Let us know when you get it.... I've been following that Ebay auction, but decided I'd rather start from scratch. You did buy the Benedetto book, did ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted March 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 The Benedetto book is on order; this kit is supposed to come with some CD-ROMs and vids to complement the stuff in the book. In any case, this project is going to go very slowly. I've already decided I'm going to build an entire archtop out of Home Depot wood first (maple neck & sides, pine for back & top; thinking of making it an acoustic bass) just so I can get all the screw-ups out of my system. Then on to the real thing. The thing that frightens me most is all the bracing. I have an old Fender Shenandoah body (12 string acoustic from the 60s w/bolt-on neck) in which the bracing clearly sucked. Over time the strings just pulled so hard on the neck that the neck block rotated, lifted the soundboard, separated from the sides and eventually cracked the back. I'll be cutting that baby up so that I can see what NOT to do... Then there's the travel guitar and double-neck projects that are <50% done....I want to finish those first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 You'll do fine,just don't get exicted and rush it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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