Retrosonix

6 hours ago, ADFinlayson said:

Love the idea of this one, are you planning to bend one long piece from the bottom to the cutaway? 

Yeah, one long top piece all the way to the end of the cutaway - its nearly there, it put up a struggle though!  Just setting the cutaway at the mo. I thinkk it will look cool.

Haha, not meant to be a teaser - combination of i.t issues and busy-ness!

this will have ovangkol back and sides, i have some really flamed maple for the top and neck. Will have a single humbucker.

should have the sides done by the weekend but ovangkol is seriously tough wood.

final audio sample for this build. 

On 1/12/2023 at 4:03 PM, Bizman62 said:

Were all guitars the same instrument? Three at the minimum if I heard right?

Anyhow, that was a nice piece of music, I could easily listen to that while waiting a service to answer...

 

Thanks , all the same instrument. Layered with a bit of rverb

reposted audio clip - 

I made the bridge better and reshaped the neck (slimmed) it records well, wish i was a better player! i tried to use minimal effects so the guitar could be heard in context - solo guitars are a little loud - oops

Tailpiece in progress

1 hour ago, ShatnersBassoon said:

I really like how you have repeated the shape of the sound hole on the headstock cutout! Brings it all together so nicely. 

Thank you, i am hoping to do the same with the tailpiece

Merry christmas everyone. 
 

managed to get a few bits done before the weather turned crappy, so close now! 
 

really pleased with the progress on my very first acoustic, the body has a loud, woody tap tone

Still waiting on fret wire and a graphite rod being delivered before i can progress.

On 2/28/2022 at 5:36 AM, mattharris75 said:

Pickups routed. Started working on the top carve on the bass side.

You can see the knot on the upper bout, which I think is a pretty nice little beauty mark.

 

I like that a lot. I need to do another bass

Its a three aside headstock but i will be string it so the high and low e will got to the furthest tuners,  the reverse of whAt is normal to add more of an art deco feel. 

Glued up, sounds loud. I am well pleased! 
i am going to try and get as much of the neck done before it gets really cold

Bracing in place, should be able glue up tomorrow

Going with an art deco style soundhole, i will try and echo this in the headstock

23 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

Considering the current price of electricity your firewood isn't necessarily  

10 minutes ago, JGTay said:

Damn, really sorry to hear this, it was looking really good.

New neck time... 

cheers, i am going to try some new things out this time.

On the bright side, i do some of the same sycamore for a new neck and a pretty piece of ovangkol i can use for the fretboard.

it also gives me an opportunity to revise my plans.

I hate wenge.

It bloody flaked off behing the zero fret ( yeah , i dont know why i did a zero fret either)

tried to cut into zero fret and redress for a nut but made a total fffing mess.

it is now firewood.

Still undecided as to what kind of soundhole i am going to do, i need to decide before i work out a bracing pattern for the top.

Its starting to look good!