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Even the best piece of ash can be a son of a beech.....or is that a son of a birch? SR
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Thanks, Muzz. I'm not sure I love the claw rakes, but they surely are an indicator of this piece of wood's character. I have to keep them....what's up in the air is how visible I will let them stay. I don't want to do any repair work to the chips that would block the dye. I'll carve and sand the scoops a little larger and try to get past them. What ever is left will get dyed and then filled to smooth them out....then covered with knobs and forgotten. SR
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I did use the drill press, and I went very slowly with a brand new bit, just fast enough to keep it from burning. RPMs were at 1500 which may have been too slow.....but mostly I think it is just that piece of wood. Even carving it I have to be very conscious of the direction of the cut to get a clean one. I think the demon moved out of the ebony and took up residence in the maple. I've been waiting for two months for someone to ask how the hell was I going to put an F-hole in a solid body guitar. I can't decide if everyone or no one saw that coming. Worse case on the chips is filling what is left of them and dying the dishes black and fade to red at the edges. They will have knobs in there anyway. SR SR
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That oil is making ash look sexy. SR
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SD, these are incredible. And I for one really like what you did to the mahogany on both of them. Saying good job sounds inadequate for these....nevertheless- Good job! SR
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Thanks Matt. Good to see you back. I saw your bass, but what I want to see it that mini you were building. SR
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It took a hell of a lot longer than I expected to get to this rough sanded stage. I actually went into the weekend thinking I'd get some carving done on the back. Now I'm not sure I'll get to that point next weekend. Part of that is because of this wicked tear-out in the coves. That is going to take some time to fix....if it can be. I'm not paying much attention to the edges on the back yet as it will get quite a bit of contouring first. I will have to be careful with the edges of the hole in the top while I finish sand it. Have to make sure the curves flow correctly. SR
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I sure am finding lots of new ways to use my drill press. I put a cove bit in it for the control knob carves,and you gotta love brad point bits. Rough Carved. Rough sanded. SR
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Here is another suggestion I got this morning. http://guitarbage.tumblr.com/post/22351936570/forgingsteel SR
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Man, this is very elegant. The grain in the top and fretboard complement each other nicely. And I may be in the minority, but I like the looks of a single color neck best, it just flows better for me. The volute and neck join also complement each other nicely......love the smooth neck join. And I don't know if it is just the grain in the ash that makes it show up differently, but something about the carve looks subtly diferent to me. It probably is just me, but this seems to flow especially smoothly. Nice. For some reason your black ebony beast just pooped into my head. What's going on with it? SR
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Sam, if I were to go the route of making the gouges a feature, then replicating them only larger in the single f-hole position would be the way I'd go. I don't think I'd go so far as to add them to the lower horn though. Here are a couple of simpler smaller options along with better sized traditional F. (I don't have a clue as to why photobucket chooses to occasionally rotate my pics though). The last was just this guy getting a look at what he wants to be when he's all grown up. SR
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You guys need to teach these robots how to sand and buff. It's probably not beyond the realm of possibility..... SR
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Most of you saw the same thing I did when looking at the pics: too big. Oddly enough they felt just right when I was drawing them out, but definitely too big in the pics. John the cat's eye look has occurred to me as well and I think it would go well with the shape.....but I didn't want it to look just like a Rickenbacker. And that is an arguement that won't stand up either, when you consider that I'm playing with traditional F-hole shapes as well as modified versions. I'll try on some more petite renderings tonight and see if anything grabs me. An idea occurrs to me right now that changes my original idea quite a bit....and yet may be able to keep a bit of it in play. hmmmm. SR
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Here are four rough versions that could become my F-hole. Do any of these work as they are or with modifications......or is this a stupid idea for this guitar? When I was dreaming up this guitar I could picture it in my head and it looked cool. With the exception of the slashes in the top it is still matching my mental image to this point of construction. I'm not sure my mental F-hole has come into focus enough to make a reality. Maybe I need to keep working on the design....or maybe I need to change the name of my thread. SR
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Thanks. The plan ws to stay away from recurve as musch as possilbe on this one....just a slightly more modern touch to a shape that is mostly classic. I may have to do a top with tool marks intact sometime. It depends on the wood of course, but many times the cuts go the direction the wood tells you to, lest you get tear out or splintering. I can picture what you are saying about the stain for contrast, maybe even singe the edges for a NotYou touch. SR
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True enough, and making these a feature has been an option I have entertained since the first discovery of these. Now that I have gotten rid of most of them --there are actually 3-- I'm not sure they are a feature I want. Because of the locations, there stands a very good chance I can make them disappear. I have to keep the feature option open however, and test and experiment all the way through the finishing phase to insure that whichever direction it ends up going looks like it belongs. SR
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I love the little X in the figure that will be hidden by the bridge. Is the occasional fuzzy edge left by your CNC pissing you off any? Obviously it creates no problem (or very little problem), but you have always struck me as someone that loves pricision and clean cuts even when they are just steps on the way to a finished product. SR
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You should have just cleared over that without any sanding. It would have been pretty cool Seriously, you should consider putting some sort of inlay where those claw marks are I wonder how abusive those tool marks would be to a forearm though. I do have some abalone left, maybe I'll cut a couple of pieces to match the the claw marks and see how it looks after dyeing. Or maybe just shape the f-hole like the slash marks and carry on the theme. SR
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Stupid sandles follow me everywhere. As for the gouges my current plan is to go ahead and dye the body with them raw and then fill them with epoxy. Probably I'll end up sealing the entire top with epoxy so the lacquer will be sticking to the same surface over the whole top. Then hide or cover completely with the burst. They are one of the reasons for using a tinted burst over a dyed burst. I am open to other suggestions..... SR
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Thanks Deanohhh. The idea of adding a carved detail to one of these has been running around in the back of my mind for while. It's just a seed now....no telling how long it will take to germinate, or as Wes says, ferment. Muzz, thanks and it may take some serious effort to find that brew in Oz. If you do, I'll raise a toast to you from half a planet away. If you don't, let me know and I'll have one in your honor and tell you how good it was. SR
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Ol'Bear has easy duty these days guarding the TV and watching a couple of little dogs. He took an interest in a bunch of barbeque, blues, and beer this weekend. I'll mention it in your thread..... SR
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Sanded smooth only a couple of slash marks left. These are below the surface of what I originally saw. It looks like ol" bear got pissed and took a swipe. These have mineral spirits wiped on to see what the figure looks like. By far the most refreshing summer brew I have come across. SR
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A little sanding......like 6 hours worth. SR
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And so we carve. SR
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I thought the title said snorkeling for fretboards...... I was gonna ask how that was working out for you? Nevermind. SR
