Dion 2020 NAMM/Boutique Guitar Showcase guitars
With summer behind me and the garden nearly completely wrapped up it suddenly feels like NAMM isn’t that far away.
For this years show I’ll be bringing two instruments, both with euro maple back and sides and Italian spruce soundboards. Here’s the material! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6a80498d89.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ce32faf84c.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3e5dae0900.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...53fe4a9acc.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...aa67dcf7d1.jpg |
Wow! Can't wait to follow this thread! Not sure where you're sourcing your Euro maple but all of your maple instruments have been stunning!
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My No. 4 in birdseye maple is a fabulous guitar. Dion, what model will you build with the birdseye maple above?
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Thanks!! I bought this wood from Bachman tonewoods in Italy. |
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Glad to hear you’re loving your guitar, I’m thrilled you’ve got it! Both of these are going to be in the same model as yours. I’m just stuck on it, I like the lines so much. |
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My aesthetic sense is to always restrain myself from ornamentation. So much so that I spent most of the day agonizing over weather this .5mm back strip was too much. |
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Best, Jayne |
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Wonderful! Thanks for the input. |
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I feel the same, it’s nice to hear it from others. Thanks for the reply, let me know how you like it as it comes together! |
Dion 2020 NAMM/Boutique Guitar Showcase guitars
Progress! I seem to only take photos when the sun shines , I hear that’s the time to make hay.
Blocks are in, rims joined up. Rosettes inlaid, heading towards soundboard bracing. Here are a few photos of the week thus far. Structured side before it meets its mate. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b8a1e6707a.jpg One of the rims about to be joined. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...546f57ac4c.jpg Blocks shaped and shellacked. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1cdfc73a83.jpg Heal block for #35, plus part of my thumb. [emoji51] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...00bfda935b.jpg Cleaning up one of the rosettes https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...59fab26e8f.jpg Soundboards with rosettes, not soundhole. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a560680aa2.jpg Close up of one of the rosettes. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...048afb0b99.jpg |
It’s been cloudy, making for less desirable photo conditions. Here’s a quick shot of part of the bracing, nearly fully cleaned.
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Beautiful work!
I don't generally like backstrips but prefer them on curly wood in that the curl never entirely lines up. |
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Beautiful Maple! Woohoo
I like the slim backstrip too. Looking FINE Paul |
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Thanks! Same here. These ones felt right, the strip complimented the wood rather than distracting from it. |
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