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  1. Retrosonix
    Wishing i had made the neck block bigger but i’ ll make it work, probably.
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    Started the neck. 24” inch scale. The sycamore is quartersawn and lovely and dry. Working on bracing for the back.
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    I was originally going to build another small semi hollow body guitar but after a disaster with the top ( it cracked irrepairably, it was further broken by multiple kicks and then burnt) i decided to have a crack at an acoustic. I have been watching a lot of violin building vids so thought i would try an internal mould and make use lf the half finished body. back and sides are wenge, sycamore top and neck with a wenge fingerboard. bending was hard going as the sides are about 3mm and i am very lazy - too lazy to sand it thinner and planes are scary, so no planes. i am thinking of putting a single humbucker at the neck
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    Thank you for the positive feedback, here is another soundclip. Plucked and bowed this time. The scalloped frets really do aid vibrato.
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    Thank you nakedzen. it took some time getting the intonation right and making it ‘feel’ right but i am pretty happy with it, the original strings were chrome flats 56-13 or something like that. Like telegraph wires, i put some 10-48 flats on and it is soooooo much easier to play and the tone didnt suffer. i loved it so much i made a 6 string version. The neck angle is quite a bit less acute and the fretboard is radiused to 65mm and it does feel more guitary to play. I will post some more sound clips of both soon. one photo seems to want to be upside down for some reason that i cant fathom.
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    Thnak you. Acoustically it has reasonabl volume but quite thin, plugging it in gets a nice deeper body sound, ijust have to get my head around playing it!
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    here is a sound clip - just a pinch of reverb. i am NOT a string / cello player! never ever used a bow before - except for hunting!
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    Pretty happy with the asthetic but really happy with the plugged in sound, who would have thought that a £3 piezo could make this sound like a cello (it does). Playing the thing is going to take some time. I will post some sound clips when i get back from holiday - i am taking this with me. and i have discovered that i really like scalloped frets. Playing them, not making them, making them is a pain in the ass.
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    Test fitted the neck, it needs some fettling to get the angle just right but it shouldnt be a problem. Neck / fretboard is roasted sycamore. I am going to scallop the frets just a little bit.
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    Context!
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    The complete guitar is a short scale guitar i made for holiday, that inspired this build. i havent started The neck on the bowed guitar yet.
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    Started building this after i built a little 4 string short scale guitar to take on holiday. Its going to have 4 strings and be bowed, reading up on cello fingerboard radius at the mo, may be a challenge! Wood is poplar and cedar, it will have roated sycamore neck and board.
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    Looks good, sounds good, a bit moretweaking and it will play good (i hope!)
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    New name for this guitar : retrosonix firecaster.
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    Test fit, i like it. There are some things that bug me, skewiff logo / trem back cavity is a bit too deep / i should have made the tuner spacing a tad wider and few other things but i wont let them get me down! The next one will correct these little niggles.
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    Better pic
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    Level sanded and first polish, it turned out ok considering it was breezy when the laquercoats were going on and i got a streak or two on the front but they sanded out nicely.
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    Body is painted and laquered but not level sanded yet. Neck is pretty much done apart from a little more oil
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    I did see a post where someone was asking how to get rid of the grain / pores in poplar, i use 400 grit paper to apply shellac, it does the trick.
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    Two coats of primer, now the boring waiting for paint to dry bit.
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    Lovely sunshine today, i got to use my custom spray booth - primer time! Not sure why i cant upload the image the right way up though.
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    It looks even madder now that the frets are in, if the weather is ok tomorrow i can get the neck shaped
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    Thanks, the headstock has evolved over about 3 different builds, i like the channels too, they add a nice definiton to the shape. the fret slots are cut so i will be fretting tomorrow
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    Managed to get the pup cavities routed and a bit of shaping done.
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