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Perfect Tommy

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  1. Has anyone out there made an acoustic bass??? Would like to find out the following ... Top thickness and bracing thickness. Thanks... Perfect Tommy
  2. The thread I followed was mainly for acoustic guitar sides. If you are familiar with a Fox Universal Side Bender they were used in conjunction with parts from that. Unfamiliar with the above. Well.... it is set of 2 forms that are constructed of 3/4" ply. These are then spanned with 1/2" iron bars. This comprises the mold. A set of flexible steel plates with the side material are sandwiched between them. This assembly fits into a "holder" that houses 2-3 100 watt light bulbs as the heat source, which in turn heats the steel plates. A screw type press forces a foot into the waist to conform to the mold and some springs and a platten assembly force the rest of the sides into the shape of the mold. This thing revolutionized side bending as consistant sides were achieved. I have bent curly maple, flamed walnut, bubinga, and monterey cypress with no cracks. Go to www.lmii.com for pictures. To get to a point, dump the heat source, the steel plates, keep the mold, use 2 lams of veneer, one thick lam of inner material, glop some polyurethane glue or WEST epoxy and bag it and add a vacume source. Wait till the glue dries and presto instant strong sides. This should lend itself to tops as well. Thanks for submitting the plans Keith and have more fun than necessary building guitars.... Perfect Tommy
  3. Keith... I'm also on another forum at Yahoo and they are currently delving into the mysteries of vacume bagging laminated sides and I can get you address/access info if need be. This sounds like it would lend itself to laminated tops and would yield way good results. Thanks for the reply to the plans post...Kepp me abreast of when ISP be willing to complete the deed. My email is bbanzai8@yahoo.com. By the way the poster of the vac bagging uses polyureathane glue for non bleed through so cost outside of the vac bag equipt is lots less than using epoxy. Perfect Tommy
  4. Plans if available would be sooo cool. Have you made one??? Did you carve the plates?? Did you use veneer?? So many questions just to get a way cool Blood Red guitar. My plan is to dupe a Gretsch single cutaway with a Florentine cut out between a Standard Les Paul size and the full size Gretsch. I have some really pretty Walnut sides and can resaw a spruce top as a stressed dome shape ala a Macaferee. Walnut neck and back and I will be heading uptown. For any classical builders who are interested I am just finishing a copy of a 1951 Barbero Flamenco made of local Monterey Cypress back sides and neck and a sweet spruce top. I followed plans to the T except for a slotted head instead of pegs. I am going to try French Polishing as the finish. As I am in a Cabinetmaking school environment I have access to all sorts of tools. I am also designing a classical guitar universal workboard, based on a solera with an adjustable neck angle to allow for 0 to 5mm nack angle. Will post plans and pics when finished. Thanks for any and all help... Perfect Tommy
  5. As a new person in this group, I would like to introduce myself. I am a student in So Cal majoring in Cabinetmaking and also an ameteur luthier. I am currently finishing a Flamenco guitar and as this semesters project would like to make a thin line electric like an ES 335 but based on a Les Paul shape. After doing considerable industrial espionage at Guitar Center and alot of web searching only one big question remains...Neck to body seems like a standard dovetail and the body to sides seem like standard acoustic design, but there seems to be a block between the heel block and tail block. Question is does this connect to the top and back or is it non connected which would let the plates vibrate?? I would think they connect to combat feedback, but????? Any help will make this a nicer guitar. Perfect Tommy
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