Feather weight 00 in Spanish Cedar

[invguy921]

John and Jamie, This is a super cool guitar and its going to be killer!!

Congratulations on this amazing build!!!

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by invguy921

John and Jamie, This is a super cool guitar and its going to be killer!!

Congratulations on this amazing build!!!

Thanks Mike. This will of necessity be a simple instrument, no bevels, no shellfish, (so as not to excite a fish and game officer, which also precludes dalbergias) just a sound port and a Manzer wedge.

[j. Kinnaird]

The Box is closed.

[SRL01]

That is one beautiful guitar!!
Cannot wait to see it finished.
Shane

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by SRL01

That is one beautiful guitar!!
Cannot wait to see it finished.
Shane

Thank you Shane

[j. Kinnaird]

I usually make my own purfling. This guitar will have fiddleback mahogany purfling lines bordered with a thin black line. I've decided the binding will be ebony for both contrast and because the dalbergias are probably not a good idea for travelers.

[Treenewt]

That is super cool John, and the mahogany will looks gorgeous under finish I’d wager. What type of blade do you use in your table saw for that operation?

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Treenewt

That is super cool John, and the mahogany will looks gorgeous under finish I’d wager. What type of blade do you use in your table saw for that operation?

Thanks Treenewt
That is a 7 1/4 Freud blade with about 60 carbide teeth. It makes a very thin kerf and the cut is very smooth. That thin kerf notwithstanding, more wood goes to the shop floor than is liberated as purling.

[Treenewt]

Originally Posted by j. Kinnaird

Thanks Treenewt
That is a 7 1/4 Freud blade with about 60 carbide teeth. It makes a very thin kerf and the cut is very smooth. That thin kerf notwithstanding, more wood goes to the shop floor than is liberated as purling.

Thanks John. It’s painful to see the dust accumulate, but there is satisfaction on making it yourself I know!

[j. Kinnaird]

While doing the ugly work of gluing on the purfling and binding and waiting for each section to set up before proceeding to the next, I’m beginning some neck work.

The neck will bolt on because I like the after market adjustability ease of that design. However, I don’t like putting the bolt sockets into end grain, and I do like running a right angle piece of wood down the heel. This project gets a new treatment that does not rely strictly on glue to hold that heel spline in place. It’s a sort of French dovetail and I’m liking the tightness and the strength of this joint.



Since the neck is cantilevered the fingerboard extension gets a little support from a piece of mahogany that extends past the body joint. This support also ties in the top edge of the spline. The bottom edge will get additional strengthening from the heel cap

[Treenewt]

That is a cool neck joint design John!

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Treenewt

That is a cool neck joint design John!

Thank you sir. I feel good about it’s strength.

[j. Kinnaird]

The next step in neck construction. Carbon fiber rods that extend all the way from headstock through the fingerboard extension extension.

[Guitars44me]

These necks are so stable and solid, and yet quite lightweight.

I dropped my Maple/Cedar on its headstock when distracted after a great gig. Bent way over to pick up a CD that fell out after I Forgot to zip the Mono Vertigo bag! The guitar fell straight down, bounced about a foot in the air and flopped down on its belly.

There was a distraught GASP from the remaining audience, and a couple bad words from me! Oops.

Aside from a broken tuner button and its bent little bolt it was FINE. Tuned back up and worked great once i replaced the damaged button and its bolt.

It did suffer a small chip on the finish but since repaired by JK.

Makes me think of Keef whacking that nut who jumped on stage with his Tele and going back to playing.

John’s instruments are great for gigging! I use one or two of my three at every gig

Seemed like a good place to relate this story!

Cheers

Paul

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Guitars44me

These necks are so stable and solid, and yet quite lightweight.

I dropped my Maple/Cedar on its headstock when distracted after a great gig. Bent way over to pick up a CD that fell out after I Forgot to zip the Mono Vertigo bag! The guitar fell straight down, bounced about a foot in the air and flopped down on its belly.

There was a distraught GASP from the remaining audience, and a couple bad words from me! Oops.

Aside from a broken tuner button and its bent little bolt it was FINE. Tuned back up and worked great once i replaced the damaged button and its bolt.

It did suffer a small chip on the finish but since repaired by JK.

Makes me think of Keef whacking that nut who jumped on stage with his Tele and going back to playing.

John’s instruments are great for gigging! I use one or two of my three at every gig

Seemed like a good place to relate this story!

Cheers

Paul

A most fitting time to relate this story and thanks for that plug, but I cringe when picturing that guitar tumbling out of its bag and bouncing, (really, one foot) and landing face down.