The Acoustic Guitar Forum

Go Back   The Acoustic Guitar Forum > General Acoustic Guitar and Amplification Discussion > Custom Shop

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 10-17-2016, 09:13 AM
Tim McKnight's Avatar
Tim McKnight Tim McKnight is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Morral, Ohio
Posts: 5,929
Default McKnight Guitars - MacNaught V2

We are excited to reveal a brand new body shape that has been on the drawing board for a while but this is its first public debut, The MacNaught V2. The body combines elements from our SDG and our MacNaught models.

This particular build is for a close friend, singer and songwriter. He's kind of shy when it comes to the internet but a few of you may see him sporting his new guitar at McJam X

The back and double sides are local Black Walnut that my dad harvested decades ago:







The top is super tight grain, old growth, Sinker Redwood:



















More to come when time permits. Thanks for looking.
__________________
tim...
www.mcknightguitars.com
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-17-2016, 03:20 PM
emmsone emmsone is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Switzerland
Posts: 525
Default

Nice. That rosette goes really well on the redwood top
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-18-2016, 07:15 AM
riorider's Avatar
riorider riorider is offline
*mahoganut*
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Central Rural Oklahoma, off old Route 66
Posts: 7,112
Default

Nice redwood! I love a guitar with stories behind the wood!

Phil
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-18-2016, 11:26 AM
cigarfan's Avatar
cigarfan cigarfan is offline
Music soothes the soul!
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Within the blast radius of Washington D.C.
Posts: 5,176
Default

Very nice Tim. Gonna be a looker.
__________________
Life is like a box of chocolates ....
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-18-2016, 06:37 PM
Guitars44me's Avatar
Guitars44me Guitars44me is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Mountains east of San Diego
Posts: 7,370
Smile I love walnut and sinker RW together.

To get to use a set your dad harvested! How fun. Thanks Pop!!!

Looking forward to more...

Cheers

Paul
__________________
3 John Kinnaird SS 12c CUSTOMS:
Big Maple/Cedar Dread
Jumbo Spanish Cedar/WRC
Jumbo OLD Brazilian RW/WRC

R.T 2 12c sinker RW/Claro
96 422ce bought new!
96 LKSM 12
552ce 12x12

J. Stepick Bari Weissy WRC/Walnut

More
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-18-2016, 08:02 PM
Mary's Avatar
Mary Mary is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 9,469
Default

More pictures can be seen on our Facebook shared by Steven Stanley. Check them out.
__________________
... make a joyful noise ...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

AGF MCKNIGHT GUITAR SNIPPETS https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=663228

I'll continue "Doin' Life ... As a Luthier's Wife"
McJam = Guitar private event June 21-22, 2024
[email protected]
Pre-sign is required and begins now.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-19-2016, 09:04 AM
Nemoman Nemoman is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: N. California
Posts: 3,140
Default

Looks like a great new shape--looking forward to seeing it come together!
__________________
2013 Stehr Auditorium (Carpathian/Myrtle)
2015 Stehr Auditorium (Adi/BRW)
2020 Baranik Meridian (Blue Spruce/Manchinga)
2020 Wilborn Arum (Tunnel 14/Coco)
2021 Kinnaird Graybeard (BC Cedar/Bog Oak)
2022 Kinnaird CS Student Build (Adi/Padauk)
2023 Kinnaird FS (Italian/Koa)
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-19-2016, 10:57 AM
Mary's Avatar
Mary Mary is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 9,469
Default

ATTENTION:
Tim is now taking orders for custom built McKnight guitar orders for 2017.

Please consider displaying your McKnight guitar at the Memphis Guitar Festival in June 2017.


Requirements follow:
Call or email Tim ASAP to order your custom built guitar through him and discuss options.



What are the benefits of displaying your guitar at the 2017 Memphis Guitar show?
***Meet your luthier and his wife
***Delivery and pick up in Memphis means no shipping charges for you.

***You can play your McKnight guitar with and for others anytime during the festival
***Free entry to the Memphis McJam

***Tim can make minor adjustments on your guitar to suit you

***Talk to other attendees about your guitar build process

***Meet other McKnight Guitar customers
***Choose to or not to have your guitar played on the demo stage (free to you)
***Pack light as you will receive a free McKnight Guitar t-shirt to wear there.

PLUS, maybe you will be the person Tim asks to play for the 20 minute demo concert!


It is time for Tim to get details in order should you choose to be a part of this event.


Call Tim at 740-223-6114 or email [email protected].


Thank you.
__________________
... make a joyful noise ...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

AGF MCKNIGHT GUITAR SNIPPETS https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=663228

I'll continue "Doin' Life ... As a Luthier's Wife"
McJam = Guitar private event June 21-22, 2024
[email protected]
Pre-sign is required and begins now.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-21-2016, 03:02 PM
Tim McKnight's Avatar
Tim McKnight Tim McKnight is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Morral, Ohio
Posts: 5,929
Default

Working on the neck buttress braces:

















Shaping the buttress brace end block:


















__________________
tim...
www.mcknightguitars.com
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-21-2016, 04:18 PM
Tony Vines's Avatar
Tony Vines Tony Vines is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: East Tennessee
Posts: 247
Default

Lookin great Tim! Is that CA glue?
__________________
Blessings,
Tony

www.vinesguitars.com
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-21-2016, 04:40 PM
Tim McKnight's Avatar
Tim McKnight Tim McKnight is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Morral, Ohio
Posts: 5,929
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Vines View Post
Lookin great Tim! Is that CA glue?
Hi Tony,
Yes, it's medium body CA (Glu-Boost) brand. Joins wood and carbon fiber together very efficiently.
__________________
tim...
www.mcknightguitars.com
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-22-2016, 01:53 PM
j. Kinnaird's Avatar
j. Kinnaird j. Kinnaird is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,969
Default

Good looking Tim
I appreciate the tutorial on fitting the carbon rods.
__________________
Kinnaird Guitars
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 10-22-2016, 06:43 PM
Guitars44me's Avatar
Guitars44me Guitars44me is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Mountains east of San Diego
Posts: 7,370
Smile CF rods

Looks like a beauty. Please hip me to what the CF rods do.

I assume they allow you to lighten the top bracing ?

John K is going to use them on my next build, I believe. With a cantilevered FB extension...

You luthiers all RAWK

CHEERS

Paul
__________________
3 John Kinnaird SS 12c CUSTOMS:
Big Maple/Cedar Dread
Jumbo Spanish Cedar/WRC
Jumbo OLD Brazilian RW/WRC

R.T 2 12c sinker RW/Claro
96 422ce bought new!
96 LKSM 12
552ce 12x12

J. Stepick Bari Weissy WRC/Walnut

More
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 10-22-2016, 08:14 PM
Tim McKnight's Avatar
Tim McKnight Tim McKnight is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Morral, Ohio
Posts: 5,929
Default

Hi Paul,
Have you ever had a guitar that needed a neck reset? It happens because the string tension causes the neck block to rotate and in turn the sides of the guitar distort due to the rotation of the neck block. The carbon rods, in our guitar, redistribute that rotational torque on the neck block to the stiffest point on the guitar, the waist. The result of a guitar with these style of braces will likely never need a neck reset.

As an added benefit the soundboard, above the sound hole, isn't as suppressed by long grain linear compression forces. Therefore, you could experience some added tonal benefit on your build?

Years ago I argued that the top, above the sound hole was inert and contributed little to the tone of the guitar. After experimenting with a Tone Rite I had to eat my words. If you mount a Tone Rite on a guitar and run your fingers lightly over a guitar top you will feel what areas are actively vibrating and what areas are not. I learned that there was some vibration activity in the top above the sound hole. I also leanered that this area of the top, on our guitars with these buttress braces, were much more active than our guitars without the buttress braces.

I believe this upper area of the top contributes to the high frequency or treble response. I've also learned there are gains to be realized, if the builder can free up this area and allow it to vibrate more freely. I will be anxious to get your and John's feedback after he adds this feature to your guitar.
__________________
tim...
www.mcknightguitars.com
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 10-24-2016, 06:05 AM
mikealpine's Avatar
mikealpine mikealpine is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 6,107
Default

Looks great so far, and I love the thought process behind the build elements! Can you talk about the differences in the shape between this and the two guitars you "combined" to create it? It has a dread-like appearance, but given that it is alone in the pictures, I don't have the others as a reference point. Do you expect this shape to produce a tonal difference to the others, or was this more an aesthetic choice to offer a new shape? Excited to see the whole guitar!
__________________
---------------------------------------

2013 Joel Stehr Dreadnought - Carpathian/Malaysian BW
2014 RainSong H-OM1000N2
2017 Rainsong BI-WS1000N2
2013 Chris Ensor Concert - Port Orford Cedar/Wenge
1980ish Takamine EF363 complete with irreplaceable memories
A bunch of electrics (too many!!)
Reply With Quote
Reply

  The Acoustic Guitar Forum > General Acoustic Guitar and Amplification Discussion > Custom Shop

Thread Tools





All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:21 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright ©2000 - 2022, The Acoustic Guitar Forum
vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=