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The Olive L00-C (JB/2, by the way) has completed the woodworking phase and have gone into finish. Here it has sealer on it:
The difficulty with inlaying dark into light is apparent here. Still, I am loving the appearance of the Olive. |
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That's very beautiful, Bruce. I look forward to hearing how it sounds.
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Looks amazing, Bruce--glad you left it au naturale.
Looking forward to hearing it!
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That Olive is stunning, Bruce.
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Looks great bruce! Odd ball question: what kind of olives grew on this tree? Castelvetrano? Cerignola? I have read there are “oliveless” olive trees. Surely not that!
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This tree was cut at least 25 years ago, and not by me, so I cannot say anything beyond that it is definitely Olive.
I couldn't bear the way my mystery wood logo looked, so I recut it in pale abalone. I am much happier now, not that true bliss is really an option. Last edited by Bruce Sexauer; 05-06-2022 at 12:29 PM. |
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Very cool guitar. I have a guitar made with olive wood and sinker redwood. It is one of my favorite combinations.
BTW, I have a couple of olive trees growing in my yard (I live in the desert). They don't produce olives, but every season they seem to sweat oil that settles everywhere underneath the canopy. The trees are probably 30 years old and the trunks are only about 8" in diameter. Bruce, I didn't catch it earlier if you have built with olive before, or if this will be your first? Care to let me (us) know? |
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Is that common for desert trees? Those trees have to want it apparently and I feel a bit guilty now about using mesquite chips. Where I live there is an active arborist business because everything grows so fast and is augmented by things like Tulip Poplars falling over in storms. Who knew to factor that into yearly house budgeting.
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I imagine Bruce's guitar comes from the fruit bearing type, for they seem to be far more common in California. |
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Today I put some strings on the Pernambuco L-00 I started a couple of months ago. I wish I had one of my earlier ones around for comparison, as it seems awfully good, but that is so subjective. It will be immigrating to northern Europe in a week or so, but meanwhile it is mine, all mine.
I am very pleased with this weight: |
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Visually that guitar just sings! Especially the way the bridge picks up the color. This might seem a small thing, but the way that the curved side ends of the bridge pick up the inward curve of the lower bout is superb. Such harmony of design.
Last edited by Richard Mott; 05-11-2022 at 08:04 AM. |
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I believe that a “Big Thing” is generally the result of an amalgamation of seemingly “Little Things”. Thank you for noticing.
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Mighty Fine axe
My goodness that last guitar does sing visually! I have no doubt at all that it will sound like a choir of angels as well!
Beautiful work, and such worthwhile work. More music for everyone right away… Cheers Paul
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A couple of years ago I built a Flamenco guitar from what I thought was Ceylon Satinwood, but turned out to be Movingue'. Not a problem, as it turned out, and it is a lovely instrument (which I still have for sale, by the way). But this instigated my good friend to locate a set of actual Ceylon Satinwood and then give it to me for my birthday. He'd love to see me build with, and reminds me of this not quite too often. Well, I don't have that many builds left in me, so I thought I better get to it.
This will be a JB-16, my largest fully asymmetrical MultiScale. This is the same model that the ridiculously talented Walter Strauss owns and plays in a few videos I have lately shared with you. The top is from Rudolph Bachmann, and the trim will be Snakewood, like the backstrip. |
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What great figure in that satinwood. Chatoyance, which I just learned comes from the French for the cat’s eye effect (i.e., the “chat” in the first syllable).
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