Dean

You are selling them faster than you can build them? That's pretty cool! Nothing like having your artistic vision confirmed by somebody saying, "I want that"!

SR

Kinda weird ,but it keeps me building.Corse I am pretty slow at building.hahaha

Looking forward to your build, fly.

I be liking it, sorry about all the extra work.

Deano sees things that the rest of us mere mortals cannot. I too am fascinated by where this is going. Nice piece of carving there, by the way.

Finish this thing already! The anticipation of the final product is killing me.

SR

You've managed something quite out of the ordinary here which I can only applaud. That knot and the open glue joints have me umming and ahhing though. I don't know how structural those will end up being, however they will certainly "do something" when the instrument is under strung tension. What's the objective with the scrolled L-shape affair under the tailpiece? I'm left a little confused here although I am sure you will resolve this soon enough!

Pros, that is not really a open glue joint....the spruce extends into the mahongany and the knot does not go all the way thru...but we shall see.hahaha the carving at the bottom is art and to help with the tail piece.The spring area will set on top of it for support .There are some support things going on under the top,too.Hope that helps .

One more to show tail piece

more soon...

some progress pics....

i will add more soon.

What do you think about the binding on the front half ?

It's slicker that greeen owl sh1t. What is that binding and does it just disappear?

I can't wait to see what you've got cooked up for the center section.

SR

Scotta, the binding just stops , where it stops is where the body is rolled into the top. The binding is three ply wood, maple then two strips of wood I don't know the name of..Well back to work ,and thanks for your input.

Crikey. That's crazy.

Hahahaha Thanks , I think ...

Last ones for now.The neck is not glued yet .

Well more later....hope you like .

You want more ?

What do you think about the binding on the front half ?

So ,you want some more pics

What do you think about the F hole ?

That one side looks like you stiched a leather top onto your git.

SR

Scottaaaa ,hey now there is a new idea.hahaha

looking good. I am excited to see more. Get to work.

Thanks , I will start again in the morn.hahaha

i needed a side view pic

I will get a better over all pic ,tomorrow.

sweet,Classy,and Beautiful....almost time to wake her up.

still a lot of shaping to do.

all glued up

here are some progress pics

this one is just checking everything

glue-en here up

I will post more progress and pics soon.I have put the top into the body ,a little over halfway and am rounding that part .The rest of the top is going to be normal .You will get the idea when I post pics.Just a heads up.

I can't wait to see where this goes!

SR

Thanks Scotta, me too.hahaha

and a few more , the top is almost done ...

i will bind the f holes and do a couple more things to the top .Then i will glue the top to the sides.

Well ,here it is ....more stuff

How many is up to you, just put them where they will do the most good and at least three and a half inches apart.They are the same thickness as the kerfing with the grain facing in to the body .Hope this helps.

I am digging this build , looked good.