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I have the back strip laid in along with the side purflings:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4912/...1efc4f96_c.jpg Also the top is has been joined and we are working out the rosette: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7827/...4d040336_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4853/...9116228f_c.jpg |
I reall like that cross grain back strip. Very pretty
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Stunning wood, great combination of tone and grain.
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Thanks John, I've been doing cross grain on the back of the neck for years now. I don't know why I didn't think to do carry it onto the back strip. Quote:
Thanks for commenting Mark |
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Here are a couple pictures of cutting the rosette channel and the rosette installed. It is abalone and Cocobolo with a bunch of purfling lines. The Cocobolo came from the same piece of wood that I am using for the back strip and center laminate of the neck:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4867/...dfe6ab39_b.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7840/...4311af07_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4864/...ae7981f1_c.jpg Thanks for viewing! Mark |
Love the pictures.
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Beautiful woods--and what a gorgeous rosette and backstrip!
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Nice rosette
I really like the color of the abalone....really pops, even without finish.
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Fiddleback Tree is very special and I felt it warranted a little something extra out of the Cocobolo. I dug deep into my supply and remembered this one little piece of cloud figure that was stuck aside for just such an occasion. Quote:
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Here are a couple more pics. This first one is the back graft being cleaned up. This strip of cross grained wood is ther to support the glue joint between the two back halves. After it is glued in it is sanded down to a bring the sides down to a thin edge. If they where left full height they would become stress risers going right along the grain of the back halves increasing the possibility of causing cracks:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7807/...7ffa8ee9_c.jpg Here I am cutting out the sound hole: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7913/...4cc3967f_c.jpg I use binding tape on the bottom of the cutter to keep it from marking the top: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/...339f4164_c.jpg A nice sharp blade on the cutter gives a clean cut: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4863/...d9b7e87e_b.jpg One of the practices I picked up while taking classes with Ervin Somogyi years ago was to save the hole cutouts with the pertinent details of the build for future reference. Of course Ervin has a lot more holes than I do :) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4856/...24b5322c_b.jpg |
Looks like you've got a pretty good collection going yourself, Mark!
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Beautiful BEAUTIFUL woods! And the rosette is SWEET. LOVE the Coco. And it will sound awesome, no doubt!!! Paul |
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