A new Start: Kinnaird Black and White Ebony (Deep Body) OM - Page 11

mikealpine · #**151** 08-14-2017, 07:23 PM

Mike, I visit far less frequently than I used to because I am playing more electric than acoustic, but when I do, this is one thread I check on. This guitar is gorgeous, interesting, and totally outstanding! It's fun to not have seen it for a while, then jump in and see how far it has come. It's going to be an astounding guitar, and well deserved!

invguy921 · #**152** 08-21-2017, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mikealpine

Mike, I visit far less frequently than I used to because I am playing more electric than acoustic, but when I do, this is one thread I check on. This guitar is gorgeous, interesting, and totally outstanding! It's fun to not have seen it for a while, then jump in and see how far it has come. It's going to be an astounding guitar, and well deserved!

Mike, Thank you! This guitar has been a fun "project" as the wood has provided such a ready canvas for creativity. I appreciate your kind words of encouragement as I know John does also.

Now for the finishing touches....Which leads me to the pics below. While John has been burning the candle at both ends in preparation for the Woodstock show, he has been working on some of the last pieces of this little beauty. Here are some pics he sent me yesterday of the headstock idea he came up with. The edges of the headstock are beveled and of course the red inlays into the Ebony are a nice compliment to the other red throughout the guitar.

The only thing I haven't determined is how I'm gonna get my hands around that chunky neck...

cigarfan · #**153** 08-21-2017, 01:07 PM

Really like the headstock design. Fits so nicely into the theme. Gonna be awesome!

Shadowfox · #**154** 08-21-2017, 09:31 PM

This guitar's beauty makes the eclipse look like nothing.

j. Kinnaird · #**155** 08-22-2017, 01:35 PM

Thanks one and all. I appreciate your kind remarks.

invguy921 · #**156** 09-08-2017, 07:53 PM

We are closing in on getting this puppy done. Given the work John has been doing in preparation for Woodstock, with the fact that he is building three guitars for the show and another custom on top of this one, I'm pleased with this progress. The neck has not been "married" to the body yet, but John scooted them up real "cozy" to show me how they look. I like what I see

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TEK · #**157** 09-09-2017, 10:20 AM

Looks Great Mike and John, I am anxious to get to hear this one of these days.
Travis

TomB'sox · #**158** 09-09-2017, 10:30 AM

Yes, you get my special seal of approval as well. Is John going to have this at Woodstock or will it ship out before then?

cigarfan · #**159** 09-09-2017, 10:54 AM

Oh yeah! Looking good!

invguy921 · #**160** 09-10-2017, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TEK

Looks Great Mike and John, I am anxious to get to hear this one of these days.
Travis

Travis, Thanks bro. You'll definitely get to hear this one...

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Originally Posted by TomB'sox

Yes, you get my special seal of approval as well. Is John going to have this at Woodstock or will it ship out before then?

Tom, Thank you! If I'm at Woodstock, this one will be at Woodstock. But, I'm not planning to go so unless something changes, nope. Sorry

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Oh yeah! Looking good!

Thanks Dennis!

j. Kinnaird · #**161** 09-19-2017, 06:09 PM

One of my building idiosyncrasies when attaching the bridge is that I rout the finish away from the top to clear a path so that the bridge glues to the wood and not the finish. I think a few other people do it this way so its not all that odd. I would consider using tape under the bridge footprint and then cutting through the finish to liberate the tape as an alternative techniques, (like many really great builders do) but I greatly fear cutting too deep and scoring a few wood fibers effectively isolating the bridge on a little patch of spruce..

Anyway, there is the router set up. I cut just inside the bridge outline so that the bridge laps over the finish about 1/32 inch all around. This is a dedicated router and never sees the light of day unless bridges are being prepared.

Here is what the finished job looks like. I measure the thickness of the finish, and since the finishing wizzard (Tony) is so consistent, its almost always 4 mils.
There are two lines, one marks the outside of the bridge and the other line marks the extent of my routing. The tape protects the top from the router base.

Next a small ledge is routed on the bottom of the bridge the same thickness as the finish so that the overlap between bridge and finish will not prevent wood to wood contact.

This is what the ledge looks like. It ain't much.
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j. Kinnaird · #**162** 09-19-2017, 06:19 PM

This showed up on another post but really belongs on this one. The peghead is finished and the tuners are on.

Pearl and padouk position markers.

The shading on the back of the neck I realize looks radical isolated from the body. When its attached it mimics the color so closely that it looks like an obvious choice. I will post pics of that soon.

nacluth · #**163** 09-19-2017, 06:42 PM

Sometimes I see something, and I think, "There's a man." This is what passes through my mind seeing that finish being routed off. I'll take my chances with the knife.

cigarfan · #**164** 09-19-2017, 10:46 PM

I add a word ... "There's a brave man"!

This is looking schweeet John. Woody is a lucky guy.

j. Kinnaird · #**165** 09-20-2017, 06:20 AM

Not brave. Cowardly really. This gives complete control over the depth of cut. The only free hand I have with this method is lateral control which isn't hard. Just stay inside the lines. I fear using a knife my depth of cut would be erratic at best and depth of cut strikes me as important. It's all about control and where you want the wiggle room.