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NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Ah ah so I send it to you in Finland? Thanks for the kind word! Kiitos. -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Some yellow birch I saw in the wood are very large and straight! But I'm not an expert for those tree. Honnestly, apart from the smell, sometime you cannot say the difference with maple! Same texture, same grain, same color as plain maple... -
Guitar Of The Month - June 2020
Dantahoua replied to ProjectGuitar.com's topic in Guitar Of The Month entry/poll archive
SEL Birdseye Maple Here is my last just finished guitar. The build thread is here : Sorry I do not have good pic of the finished headstock (I lost some file), they were blurry and I'm waiting good outside light to make new pic... Here is the spec: -Birdseye laminated arched top -Solid figured yellow birch back and side (bent side) -Black Walnut Binding -Roasted Birdseye maple fretboard over maple neck -Mahogany/maple/mahogany center block -Maple pickup ring and sting retainer. Maple/black walnut/maple truss rod cap. -Vineham Whisky Burner bridge pickup and Vineham Rockabilly neck pickup. -Concentric Volume pot, master tone pot. -Gotoh tuner and bridge -25.5" scale lenght, 1"11/16 nut width -V to C neck shape -13"3/4 lower bout width body. She sounds like a 335 in the end, with a little more acoustic vibe!!! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Here is the final guitar! Gotoh hardware, Vineham pickups (Whisky Burner bridge and Rockabilly neck), concentric Volume pot. I really like it, it's a pleasure to play it! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
And now some finishing process... The guitar is now drying for 2 week before levelling and buffing. I use Crystallac Brite Tone sanding sealer and finish. it's the first time I used it and if I knew it's so good, I would have bought it way before!!!! I really love this finish! I use a HVLP Fuji gun with 1mm needle. The pic are just the first coat... -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Thanks! I make different design but this one is my preferred! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Some different glue action... And also sanding before the finishing process... Neck is V to C shape. I also try to avoid as much as possible to be dependant on hardware. So now I replaced string ferrules with real wood on the back and with small brass tube on the front. Really like the look! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Here is the birdseye maple fretboard with black walnut binding. I cut the fret slots on my bench saw with the traditional jig, I think it's the fastest way to make this (way way faster than hobby CNC!!!). I use my "hobby" small CNC to cut the binding channel and the circle inlay. On this one, I tested to make inlay by mixing real crushed pearl with epoxy and epoxy pigment. I like the result but still prefer real pearl inlay! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
After much thinking, I decided to go with a bevel for the cutaway area. Because of the neck angle and the archtop curve and because I want the fretboard to be flush to the table top, there is always a small part in the cutaway where the binding do not fully mask the glue joint. So making the bevel is the best solution I found. Just a little more work and will be complicated with more complicated "multi-binding". I made a 45° angle jig to push the guitar cutaway against a 1" rotating sanding drum. Work great! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Been a long time since I posted updates... I also make two reclaimed wood guitar parallel to this one. Reclaimed wood guitars allow me to test new curves, new stuff without paying too much attention to the "finish". But let's go back to this one... Here is the binding process. Only wood binding on my guitars. On this one it's some curly black walnut. I love black walnut, easy to work. :) -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Finally, let's go for Birdseye porn with this one, the fretboard will be roasted birdseye maple... I'm now ready to glue the top on the body... As I have 3 others projects at the same time, the update are slow... -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Can't decide for the fretboard yet... Marble wood, birdseye roasted maple, morado or indian rosewood... As the guitar binding would be made of black walnut, I'll probably go for the maple and add binding to the fretboard! -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Sadly it's my last piece of figured birch... Next one will be Quilted maple... -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Also the customer ask me for a different headstock than the one I was to do on this guitar. So I decided to go with a beautiful piece of quarter sawn mahogany. Here is the gluing of the ~15° scarf join... -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
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NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
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NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Sorry for the delay, have a lot of stuff on the bench... So here is the gluing stage of the center block... -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Some post holidays update... Not that much as I'm developing also an acoustic, will post a thread on it soon. So there is a pic of my carbon reinforcment rod into the neck. I use a piece of granit, perfectly flat, when gluing the two 3mm * 8mm carbon rod into the neck, so I'm sure it will stay flat. And the center block and side are ready to be glued to the back. -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
The cutaway side has been bent, no cracks! 140°c, wrapped in alu paper foil. I'll let the wood settle in place for 2 or 3 days as this wood tend to warp a lot... -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Just a small pic of the laminated top... Maple/poplar/birdseye maple... The two hole are my reference when using my mold to glue the different layer of veneer. It also allowing me to have more pressure on the center when gluing (with nuts and bolts!). -
NEW SEL guitar build, let's go!
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
I know, I put the pic, but after clicking on the button they disappeared... And I cannot edit my post as it seems I'm am to newbie on the forum... I posted in the support forum... I'll make a try in this post to put the pic... Edit: now I can edit the post, but pic do not show... Edit 2: I found! You need to press the "+" button to add the pic to the post... -
Cannot edit my post in GOT
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in Site Feedback, Issue Reporting and Test area
Hello! I just created a new topic, uploaded two pic, but it seems the two pic do not show in my post... My post Do you see something not usual? As I cannot edit my post, I can't check it or try to add the again the photos... -
I'm making a new SEL guitar. This one will be simpler than the last two (meaning no fancy inlay or f-holes!). For this one I will go with a 24.75" scale, and 3/4 center block. Still don't know for pickups or control configuration. Woods: Figured Yellow Birch back and side, maple neck, laminated maple/poplar/maple top (bird eyes), mahogany/maple center block... So here is the first pic of the back, the center block and the "top" side already bended. I have to bend the "cutaway" side, but as this one will have a Venetian cutaway, I fear the Birch will crack in the tight curve...
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Cannot edit my post in GOT
Dantahoua replied to Dantahoua's topic in Site Feedback, Issue Reporting and Test area
Thanks a lot! I'll try it next time. -
Hello! I posted a guitar in GOT of November but I see other people post more than one image. It seems I can't further edit my post to add image. The size was very limiting that's was I posted just one image, just wonder how other people manage to put more than one image...? Thanks.