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Offset rock-a-billy archtop "Showdown" complete.
In between repairs, some other builds, and changing dirty diapers, I’ve been working on a rock-a-billy guitar. Some features:
Offset design 25” scale 16” lower bout 21.5” long Gretsch style trestle bracing Grestch style electronics Bigsby Eastern Maple IMG_8314.jpg Last edited by AnthonyLattanze; 06-13-2018 at 09:09 AM. |
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So far I've fit the parallel braces on the top but they are not glued yet. In some of the pictures the top looks off center in relation to the sides and mold. It's not glued on yet and it's just positioned off center in the photo. The back is carved and I will sand that this weekend. I'm going to give those trestle braces a go next week sometime but my two flat-tops are finished curing and ready for bridges, saddles, nuts, dressings and setups so this might take a seat on the bench for the next two weeks or so.
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Looking very cool, congrats!
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Sanded the back and routed a side port this morning.
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Very interesting. I think it is going to be very cool.
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I made a little more headway on this guitar while routing a batch of necks for trussrods, carbon fiber and fingerboard indexing. Going to try and get the ears glued in and surface the headstock next.
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Offset rock-a-billy archtop by Anthony Lattanze
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IMG_7419.jpgIMG_7451.jpg IMG_7458.jpg IMG_7448.jpg Revisiting this guitar after some time away and made some headway this week in between my Eagles Super Bowl orgasms. After fitting the laminated spruce trestles, I got the box closed up and bound with a simple ABS white. Next is a little more recurve shaping and arch sanding before routing the dovetail mortise. Changes* I changed the scale length to 24.75” I’ve decided to go candy apple red with gold hardware. |
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Cool stuff Anthony! And thanks for completing the NFC East Superbowl bingo.
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Thanks! Never thought I'd see the day. |
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BOSS !
This is gonna be a wicked axe! Very interesting and very pretty too!
Thanks for sharing this. Cheers Paul
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I love this body shape!! Really cool man. I’m following along on this one!
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I know you already said, "Gretsch" style electronics but, man if this thing had P-90s...I might not be able to survive the night....
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I do enjoy but yeah going for a that filtertron kinda vibe on this one. Maybe next time! |
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Almost finished the arching. I took some photos while the luthier light was at peak hour. Got the faceplate on today too. |
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What a fun project ... looks great so far!!!
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