#16
|
|||
|
|||
Steve was laying out the backstrip and center accent piece yesterday:
|
#17
|
||||
|
||||
This should be fun to follow. Steve always does nice work. And how 'bout those dual sound ports!! Fun
__________________
"A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold." Woody (aka: Mike) FOR SALE: Kinnaird Brazilian!! |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
|
#19
|
||||
|
||||
So nice and neat! I really like what Steve came up with for the back center seam. Really cool!
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Honestly, I was a bit nervous to ask because I thought he might have felt a little restricted, race horse in a small ring kind of thing, but he has been gracious as could be and never once made me feel bad or wrong. He's super easy to work with. There have been a few things that he wanted to do that, at first, I was opposed to, but after some reflection, decided to let him do. Like making it a 13 fret guitar, for instance. I think somebody like me with just enough knowledge of building an acoustic guitar to be dangerous could really screw up a perfectly good guitar with all the options presented. I'm learning there seems to be a fine line between making it mine and allowing the builder to do what they do. |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
|
#22
|
||||
|
||||
Love the back of this!
__________________
--------------------------------------- 2013 Joel Stehr Dreadnought - Carpathian/Malaysian BW 2014 RainSong H-OM1000N2 2017 Rainsong BI-WS1000N2 2013 Chris Ensor Concert - Port Orford Cedar/Wenge 1980ish Takamine EF363 complete with irreplaceable memories A bunch of electrics (too many!!) |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
Steve came up with this idea for the rosette. What do you think?
|
#24
|
||||
|
||||
Looks like Steve's work and I like it! Really plays nicely off of what was done on the back strip! This is going to be a great instrument.
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
I love it. And it goes beautifully with that back. Looking fantastic so far
__________________
Martin |
#26
|
|||
|
|||
A little update - Steve said he ran the sinker cedar through the drum sander and it exposed some ugly pitch pockets, so that top is unfortunately out. He found some 40 year old Canadian cedar and he said the tap tones were better so we are going with that instead. He suggested a faded edge burst on the finish, which I really like. It will look similar to this:
|
#27
|
|||
|
|||
Love the rosette idea and as many have said, the backstrip is very cool and elegant.
Bummer about the top, but many times you end up with something better than what you started with. Sounds like Steve has chosen a worthy replacement. Really enjoying this thread and always enjoy seeing what Steve comes up with. He always produces true works of art that also deliver beautiful music. Congrats on the build and a very wonderful, promising start!
__________________
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) |
#28
|
||||
|
||||
Every luthier experiences this at times— you spend a pile of money on “premium” tonewood, and then you store it away for future builds when you finally get to use it... and you run it through the drum sander, and unseen anomalies are exposed. Then, it’s off to the scrap pile. Expensive wood that turns out to be sub-par or useless. To paraphrase one of the great philosophers of the age, Forrest Gump, “Tonewood is like a box of chawklits- you never know what you’re gonna git...” The Sinker Cedar top we selected had a couple of small pitch pockets- very minor, really- but that was a deal-breaker for me.
The good news in this case is, I had this one set of Cedar in my stash that was roughly processed, harvested almost 40 years ago. I tapped on it, and it has the most vivid, focused, MUSICAL tap tone... Definitely the best of the best. Its color is a light tan, so I pitched this top to James as tonally superb, and a great candidate for a shaded finish. So that’s what we’re going to do. Here it is with the rosette installed:IMG_2612.jpg IMG_2615.jpg
__________________
Edwinson |
#29
|
|||
|
|||
It's a shame about the sinker cedar top - that was a real looker. I imagine pitch pockets ruin more great looking tops than we hear about. I hope you can save it (or sell it) for a ukulele or a dulcimer, Steve.
Stan
__________________
Hatcher Woodsman, Collings 0002H, Stella Grand Concert |
#30
|
|||
|
|||
Back and sides are together now:
|