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KevinLPederson 02-17-2013 08:47 PM

Pederson Custom Guitars - EuphoricMojo Sinker Redwood/Figured Koa
 
This is a guitar I will have at Healdsburg and after that it will be sent to its owner. If your going to be in Healdsburg, player or builder, please come by and check it out. I'd like to meet you all, and I'd be happy to answer any questions about the guitar there.

This is my 16" lower bout EuphoricMojo model.

Sinker Redwood top
Figured Koa back and sides
Koa/sapele/koa neck laminations with w/b/w accents
Macassar ebony fingerboard
Brazilian rosewood binding top
Brazilian rosewood binding back
Brazilian rosewood binding fingerboard
Brazilian rosewood binding headstock
Brazilian rosewood arm rest bevel
Brazilian rosewood back strip
b/w/b purflings (or w/b/w)
Abalone/paua binding the top, fingerboard and headstock
Koa overlay on back of headstock (w/ black and white fine lines)
West African headstock overlay
25.5" scale
Adjustable Acoustic Saddle bridge - bone saddles
Bone nut
Gold frets
Gold Gotoh 510 tuner buttons
Abalone/abstract wood rosette
cool inlay to be determined

Here is the body shape

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...25925475_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...41960561_n.jpg

Here is the back wood - (sorry the pic is a little blurry)

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...24241938_n.jpg

close up of the redwood

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...10510772_n.jpg

The customers fingerboard is the Macassar ebony in the middle. 25.5 " scale.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...06084184_n.jpg

Here are a couple shots of the neck laminations

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...55937783_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...49994631_n.jpg

top shaped out

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...03089912_n.jpg

Here are a couple shots of the koa wood wetted

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...91176696_n.jpg


http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...89514235_n.jpg

I'll have more pics of this tomorrow or Tuesday.

Kevin.

Maks Lavrov 02-18-2013 12:46 AM

Is this one going to have your signature burst too?

KevinLPederson 02-18-2013 07:49 AM

inlay
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Maks Lavrov (Post 3362738)
Is this one going to have your signature burst too?

Hi Maks - yes we will warm this one up with some bursts too. Again, real subtle, but very effective. I also forgot to mention that I will be doing the dual engineered sound ports in the description above.

Were also discussing the inlay too. It won't be quite this intense though;)

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...01903072_n.jpg

More photos later today.

Kevin.

KevinLPederson 02-18-2013 01:56 PM

rosette
 
Here are a few pics of the rosette. The outer ring will be complete as soon as I get more abalone in this week.

Of course I did not originate this type of design, but here is our take on it, and the one going in this guitar.

I am really happy with the colors in this rosette and how they look against the sinker redwood. My son put this together.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...85750521_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...77677925_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...93768937_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...24883456_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...01605327_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...73638702_n.jpg

KevinLPederson 02-18-2013 09:35 PM

progress photos the neck
 
You've seen it all before :-). Here is how I do it. I plow the truss rod with this jig. Then I attach the fingerboard overhang tab, then I rout the CF rods in. That way everything is stiffened and "tied" together. My necks are adjustable unless otherwise requested.

The graphite rods really help fight the compression that the strings exert on the neck. If you use the allied lutherie truss rod, a good way to make the top 'flat' bar also fight against this compression, is to put a little wood tab above the adjusting nut - then glue the spline over the bar and out onto this 'tab' that goes over the nut. Don't leave it "open", or stop the wood spline where the rod ends. This "traps" the top bar and when the strings start to compress the neck, the rod will bear against that little piece of wood (conversely that the headstock overlay is laminated over also on the face side), and will act to further resist this compression. Makes for stiff necks. Make sense? I might have a pic if someone doesn't get what I'm saying.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...32533518_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...76908131_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...03033376_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...34612149_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...71015010_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...60214622_n.jpg

needspeed 02-18-2013 09:55 PM

Wonderful work all around. I am very excited to see the neck carved and finished it is going to be stunning......Steve

KevinLPederson 02-19-2013 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by needspeed (Post 3364124)
Wonderful work all around. I am very excited to see the neck carved and finished it is going to be stunning......Steve

Thanks Steve, I appreciate the compliment. I'll have more photos of the back and back bracing up today. I'm working on the sides now and will have them up in a day or two.

Have a great day.

Kevin.

KevinLPederson 02-19-2013 12:45 PM

back bracing and sides
 
Here is my back bracing scheme on this EuphoricMojo. I have found that this works well with this shape.

The sides will pop a little more after I get them sanded down. So far its coming along really well.

I'm trying to get the inside of this one looking really clean.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...68158959_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...70638908_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...34427012_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...18619431_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...72161254_n.jpg

I've got the sides bent and should have some pics of those up soon.

Have a good day.

Kevin..

needspeed 02-19-2013 06:36 PM

Keep the updates coming........I love build threads, they are the best........Thanks.......Steve

KevinLPederson 02-19-2013 09:28 PM

engineered sound ports
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by needspeed (Post 3365447)
Keep the updates coming........I love build threads, they are the best........Thanks.......Steve

Thanks Steve - I am sure going to 'follow this thread through' to the guitars completion with a picture of the owner playing it.

I am also starting another thread, soon, of my FIRST SJ guitar. I've been designing it for some time. No big secrets or anything like that, just something I'll want to look at for a while. The look/design has to work for me.

Anyway, it will be serial #1 and I'm going to do some cool things on it to make it "memorable". And use some nice wood combinations. Please keep an eye out for that thread too!

Also - I guess I mentioned my dual engineered sound ports but never posted a pic. Here are a couple pics of their look/layout. They are a lot of extra work, but some things are worth the extra time. You know what I mean?


http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...33908680_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...93580475_n.jpg

Have a great day.

Kevin.

MBE 02-19-2013 10:58 PM

Those soundports are absolute works of art (as is the rest of that guitar). I've never seen anything quite like them.

Nemoman 02-20-2013 10:42 AM

+1 on the soundports. Those are truly unique and beautiful...

mikealpine 02-20-2013 01:09 PM

Kevin,

The look of the sound ports is fantastic and different. Are there any other advantages in crafting the ports this way?

Thanks,
Mike

KevinLPederson 02-20-2013 08:34 PM

sound ports
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mikealpine (Post 3366439)
Kevin,

The look of the sound ports is fantastic and different. Are there any other advantages in crafting the ports this way?

Thanks,
Mike

Thanks for the compliments MBE & NEMOMAN on the sound holes ports.

Mike - I never liked the open hole look on the side of the guitar - it looked unfinished to me, so I decided to "tune" the box and engineer out the holes. A few years ago I was only putting one hole back by the bevel - the rear one. I figured I could somewhat "triangulate" the sound to the player if I added that second one up front...not stereo, nothing like that, but just more of a 'directional' sound. I feel like it opens up some of the higher frequencies to the players ear. It allows them to hear a different "perspective" of the guitar.

Hope that doesn't sound too mumbo jumbo - in short, to allow the player more chance to hear the higher frequencies when he/she is playing.

Have a great day.

Kevin.

more pics tomorrow.

KevinLPederson 02-20-2013 08:56 PM

abalone binding/headstock
 
I also mentioned that I would be doing the abalone binding on this guitar. So here is a headstock picture of another guitar with the purflings, abalone and bindings. This is a similar scheme I'll be doing on this redwood/koa Mojo.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...36427031_n.jpg


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