Blackwood duet: finished! Vid added

[rogthefrog]

Originally Posted by Glenn23

I haven't posted any progress in a while so I thought I'd show this fun little headstock cap I made for this build. My daughter just finished the Kumano Kodo trek in Japan so here's a misty mountain scene to celebrate her accomplishment!

:O

How?

That is pretty awesomely cool.

[emmsone]

Originally Posted by Glenn23

I haven't posted any progress in a while so I thought I'd show this fun little headstock cap I made for this build. My daughter just finished the Kumano Kodo trek in Japan so here's a misty mountain scene to celebrate her accomplishment!

This is just outstanding work, and an amazing idea. Its awesome that its worked so well! Its going to add a very unique touch to an already stunning instrument.

David

[Glenn23]

Thanks everyone for the compliments!
I've always liked lives edges and was wondering how I could stabilize them. I put a chunk of cherry burl in wood hardener under vacuum. I put the stabilized wood plug into an hdpe mold and layered in the polymer resin with the first layer mixed with bone dust and then a translucent, dyed layer. The bone naturally diffused into the clear resin to make the misty valley effect. I then cured the resin under pressure to keep it bubble free.

[rogthefrog]

Originally Posted by Glenn23

Thanks everyone for the compliments!
I've always liked lives edges and was wondering how I could stabilize them. I put a chunk of cherry burl in wood hardener under vacuum. I put the stabilized wood plug into an hdpe mold and layered in the polymer resin with the first layer mixed with bone dust and then a translucent, dyed layer. The bone naturally diffused into the clear resin to make the misty valley effect. I then cured the resin under pressure to keep it bubble free.

Thanks for the explanation. It looks magical.

[guitarchie]

hi folks,

I'm really missing these impressing pictures of art of lutherie with such a lot of exceptional ideas.
Still looking forward to hearing it's voice.

all the best

guitarchie

[gitarro]

That cap is just outstandingly beautiful.

[Glenn23]

Thanks a lot! It's been a while since I posted any progress so here she is, waiting for her finish to cure before buffing. I used Royal Lac, a new finish for me, and it has some nice things going for it.

[Halcyon/Tinker]

Very interesting!

[jessupe]

Stunning work! really creative design.

[Glenn23]

Originally Posted by Halcyon/Tinker

Very interesting!

Thanks! I'm old enough to remember Arte Johnson saying that from the bushes!

Originally Posted by jessupe

Stunning work! really creative design.

Thanks, Jessupe!

[Glenn23]

While we're waiting for the paint to dry on this build I thought I'd post a picture of the bridge design. I tend to tweak my design a little bit on every build and this one is no exception.

[TomB'sox]

That is a really nice looking bridge to say the least!

[Glenn23]

I'm in the process of reconstructing some of my threads after the photobucket debacle. Here's the first.

[Glenn23]

Here are the finished shots of my Blackwood Duet.

The specs are:
Tasmanian Blackwood Back with ladder bracing
Tasmanian Blackwood and EIR laminated sides
Bear claw sitka top with parabolic profiled x brace
Lattice tone bar assembly
African blackwood bevels and bridge
Cuban mahogany neck and tail block
Honduras Mahogany neck
Birdseye maple rosette and tuner veneer
Bone nut, saddle and bridge pins
Carbon fiber neck reinforcement
Gotoh 510 tuners
Evo fret wire
Resin-cast headstock burl

Thanks to all for following!

[TomB'sox]

Beautiful, beautiful work, so unique and original!