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NEW DEMO VIDEO ADDED - Oska Burman Guitars | OM - Alpine Spruce/Bog Oak
Happy New Year to all!
Whilst I've been a forum member for awhile now & also recently became a sponsor, this is in fact my first build thread to be posted on the forum. Having not built with this particular (back & sides) wood before, I will be very excited to hear its first notes. It is currently in the finishing stage, so I hope to have it strung up very soon. It's a short scale 630mm (24.9") OM with an Alpine Spruce top & Bog Oak back & sides. Fittingly, it has been trimmed throughout with Oak detailing, a lot coming from an old church pew that I salvaged years ago. If you're not familiar with (English) Bog Oak, in short, it's Oak that fell into an East Anglian bog thousands of years ago and has been preserved under anaerobic conditions until now. During this time, the Oak underwent a chemical reaction whereby the tannins in the wood reacted with the iron in the bog, making it denser & drastically altered its colour. It's an amazing wood in all aspects and is obviously extremely rare, given that you can't grow 5000 year old Bog Oak trees & that there will only be a limited number of them discovered & dredged up. I feel incredibly lucky to have gotten my hands on this wood & it is an absolute privilege, as a luthier, to be able to make a musical instrument out of such a fine specimen. Thanks for having a look & there will be more to come when the guitar is ultimately finished. Cheers, Oska. Check out those medullary rays Scraping the sides Ebony & Australian Blackwood rosette construction Bog Oak on the outside, Red Cedar kerfed core & Cherry on the inside The beginnings of a braced soundboard Completed rim set
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...and we continue...
Refining the dovetail joint Tail block Taking the sides down to accept the back Moments before closing the box Fitting the Oak bindings Floating wedge end graft
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...and a bit more...
The neck innards ready to be capped in a Mahogany fillet Cutting out the Gold MOP "OB" logo The Gold MOP actually came out with a series of rainbow colours - Nice! About to bind the Ebony fingerboard A bit of side dot action Fitting the dovetail neck joint A glued & fitted dovetail neck joint
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Some great skills on show here.
Cheers, Steve |
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Beautiful woods, Oska, and a very tasty rosette!
I look forward to seeing this one completed and with finish.
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2013 Stehr Auditorium (Carpathian/Myrtle) 2015 Stehr Auditorium (Adi/BRW) 2020 Baranik Meridian (Blue Spruce/Manchinga) 2020 Wilborn Arum (Tunnel 14/Coco) 2021 Kinnaird Graybeard (BC Cedar/Bog Oak) 2022 Kinnaird CS Student Build (Adi/Padauk) 2023 Kinnaird FS (Italian/Koa) |
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Then onto some neck & fingerboard work...
Getting the heel cap on snugly Here you get a good idea of the Oak details - heel cap, back centre strip & bindings Full neck, heel & volute carves are all done with the body attached Mostly refined heel profile Initial planing of the facets that will ultimately form the compound radius of the Ebony fingerboard Front dot action
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With the body largely complete, it's onto the bridge...
(The other one is a Rosewood/Sitka MD) Just about ready for final sanding I'd say Dialling in the main profile of the bridge Working on the back contour of the bridge Bridge complete at this stage
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Onto final sanding, truss rod cover & grain filling...
Final sanding is done - now onto grain filling Matching Oak truss rod cover gets an oiling Grain filling gives you an taste of what it'll look like under finish
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Really clean work Oska! I'm enjoying your first build thread. Please do some more threads in the future. Looking forward to seeing this completed!
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Beautiful work!
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Oska, what absolutely beautiful work! I love the white oak bindings/trim to contrast the bog oak b/s. Simply stunning workmanship!
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Beautiful stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Some of the cleanest work ever. Not just in execution but design, innovations, and decision-making. You are a true craftsperson and inspiration!
_Mike |
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It’s a real treat getting to watch your build come together and develop into a beautiful guitar. I hope there will be more to follow. Thank you for sharing with us.
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Looks good! I'm hoping to drop in at the workshop next month, will get in touch nearer the time. But meanwhile I'll watch this build with interest.
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