Dantahoua

On 6/12/2020 at 2:32 AM, Bizman62 said:

It's also a pleasure to just look at the pictures, and it would be a pleasure to see it hanging on my wall.

Ah ah so I send it to you in Finland?  Thanks for the kind word! 

Kiitos.

On 6/12/2020 at 11:08 AM, Prostheta said:

Lovely build! I'm wondering how yellow Birch varies in working characteristics to the Silver and Downy Birch that is most common over this side of the fence in the great white North. Do the trees grow large and straight? That's always been the main issue I've found with domestically-sourced Birch....that looks like it came from some good wide stock though.

Your Pau Ferro/Morado board reminded me that I need to cut up the slightly warped fingerboard I have here to make some pickup rings on a project. Thanks for the reminder

 

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...

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...

Just now, ScottR said:

I love your f-hole design.

SR

Thanks! I make different design but this one is my preferred!  

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!

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!

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!

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. :)

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...

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!  

Just now, mistermikev said:

wow, this is a really cool build and I think I'm in love with your birch!

Sadly it's my last piece of figured birch... Next one will be Quilted maple...  

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...

And after, some reinforcement... Just to be sure...  Made with leftover from the back.

Sorry for the delay, have a lot of stuff on the bench...

So here is the gluing stage of the center block...

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.

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...

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!).

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...

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...

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.