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Best, Jayne |
This thread is looking better and better, can’t wait to see the finished instrument :)
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Thanks for commenting! Mark |
Setting up the back
Here I am shaping and cleaning up the back ladder braces:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4822/...57e46403_c.jpg The back is being glued on: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4899/...0f5b0b9c_c.jpg Tomorrow I'll do the top and close up the box. Thanks for viewing! Mark |
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So I had this thought
When I was putting my plans together for this guitar one thing I didn’t mention was how I am pricing this model. Part of the idea of building this minimalistic vintage style guitar is that I am making a great sounding, well built instrument with mostly over 100 yr old select woods and will be selling it finished at my base price.
I am having a lot of fun reasearching and putting this guitar together and I have a lot yet to come. My original intentions were to go through this build thread and then have kind of a reveal and say, “and you get all this at my base price!” I was thinking this morning if I was following this build thread with somebody going through all the stuff they we’re doing with their new model and in the end they announced, “all this at my base price” I’m afraid my reaction might be, “Well, I guess that didn’t come out so well!” :) So before I finish this guitar I’m telling you now this is a high character, vintage style guitar, with woods you’d normally pay a premium for, at my base price. Oh, and it’s coming out great! |
I was wondering if that wasn't your original intent, but thought maybe you were leaving yourself some wiggle room in case you couldn't resist the urge to beautify. :) This is already a whole lot of added value for the price, and a whole lot of beauty!
As far as your inner Geppetto goes, I doubt that messy old man would have such beautiful, pristine tools, or would take such artistic photos of the process. I love that about your work, Mark - you take time and care, so nothing looks generic: everything is art. Bravo! |
Mark, this is shaping up beautifully! I'm kind of surprised it isn't presold at this point. You've got plenty of fans, and your excitement about this build is so evident. I can only imagine how nice this guitar is going to feel, look and sound.
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The back is on
Here is a picture showing the joined back and sides. I hit it with a wipe of Naptha to show the color on this old Eastern Black Walnut:
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Wow, Mark. When you say it should just "shake in your hands" you are speaking my language!
I'm just getting ready to celebrate one year with the amazing Lullaby Guitar, and it keeps getting better. Now this 00 has me thinking about what's next and, of course, how both of my daughters need their own special heirloom guitar. I couldn't have them fighting over just the one... |
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Fab pic!
I love the pic of the back and tools! Very VERY old school! Makes perfect sense here!
Cheers Paul |
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Closing the box
The top has been voiced and is now being glued up to close the box. The guitar body will soon emerge from it's clampcoon:
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No Vacation
The plan was to fly out to San Francisco last Saturday for Thanksgiving with my son's family and we were also going to be together for my granddaughter's 5th birthday. There is so much smoke in the Bay area due to the not-so-close fires we all decided to postpone our visit. So I'm back in the shop
The clamps are off and the guitar body is all closed up. First thing is to bend the binding and glue on the end graft: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4822/...7bfbc601_c.jpg A very simple Black Ebony wedge seems most appropriate. While that glue sets up I've radiused the Black Ebony fretboard and have been working on the back side of that bird mouth joint which is a volute on the back of the headstock: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/...6c459b2c_c.jpg So much of the design work on the vintage style guitar is different from what I usually do, yet I love the simplicity and design to purpose aspect of it all. I told my wife that I think I'm an old guitar letch. I'm like Benny Hill at a Miss America Pageant! |
Binding and Headstock
I've got the binding on today. It is Black Ebony and purfling on the top and back is five very fine lines of black and Maple:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/...52acc2be_c.jpg I also selected out the head plate which is a craggy and figured piece of Walnut. Here is a picture of it with a seal cote of shellac. I'll be doing a lot of prep on this before it's done. It will also have a very detailed stag head cut out up top: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4871/...8c5af019_b.jpg Thanks for viewing! Mark |
Wow, mark--this one keeps getting better and better!
Beautiful look thus far... |
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Clean up
Here I am cleaning up the binding with various hand scrapers. Because of the way I'm finishing this guitar I need to clean this up perfectly before starting the finish process. Time spent now will be a lot more time saved later:
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Just curious about the thickness of the back for this body? The champher is probably over exaggerating the thickness, but it looks quite thick. |
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I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I'm in the shop this morning recovering from my turkey stupor so I thought it might be better to take a couple pictures. Here is a close top picture to show the fretboard, rosette, and purfling:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4896/...dbfc26d3_c.jpg Here is more of a body shot: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4805/...ebba9769_c.jpg Thanks for following along! Mark |
More New Old Wood
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I'm working on building up my stock of old woods. I just got this shipment of Honduran Mahogany. It is 150+ year old sinker wood from Belize. It is being brought up with ropes from old logging rivers and processed by the local population in small boats. This is all being done in a noninvasive manner and is making available some beautiful old growth Mahogany. I am trying to source as much 100 yr+ woods as I can for my new Woodsman guitars. I'm carefully going through it and selecting out the best cuts for backs and sides and the smaller pieces will be for necks, as well as neck and heel blocks. The even smaller pieces will go to side braces. The really gnarly wood goes to headstock top and back plates. Here is one of the first back and sides sets I cut today: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4805/...2dd17b24_b.jpg |
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All right. Now I am just mad. I am sure you are probably a nice person, but the stories of wood like that just...... If I had a couple beers in me I'd take a swing at you.:D |
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