#31
|
||||
|
||||
Yeah, I think so. I would have thought it would be awful but it’s knock out.
__________________
Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
#32
|
||||
|
||||
Ben keeps on his steady pace. I have learned that not everyone does this, but Ben attaches the bindings to the sides and bends them both at the same time. To me it makes sense, but I am sure there are plenty of reasons others do them separately.
In this case it give us a good chance to see the Snakewood next to the black BRW! I love it, but then I should because we picked all the woods out together haha. bw1.jpg Close up, does this grain look straight enough for a guitar? bw2.jpg Into the Lion torture chamber.... bw3.jpg
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#33
|
||||
|
||||
What a fine looking combo. The look is striking. Will grab attention.
__________________
Life is like a box of chocolates .... |
#34
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
As soon as we have zeroed in on the final top treatment, I will post pics.
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#35
|
|||
|
|||
Is there such a thing as too straight??!!
Looking fantastic as always!
__________________
1995 Maton EM725C - Solid 'A' Spruce Top, QLD Walnut B&S, AP5 Pickup 2018 Custom Built OM - Silver Quandong Top, Aussie Blackwood B&S, Fishman Matrix Infinity Mic Blend Pickup 2021 Faith Neptune Baritone - Solid Englemann Spruce Top, Solid Indonesian Rosewood B&S, Fishman INK3 Pickup 2022 Yamaha SLG200S Silent Guitar Last edited by Zandit75; 08-20-2018 at 10:16 PM. |
#36
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
LOL, nope I don't think so, but if there is a thing as too tight and too straight, we might be close with those sides!!! (Yes, I know they don't contribute to sound...)
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#37
|
|||
|
|||
I love snakewood or lacewood for bindings, good choice. Looks fantastic against the BRW. That looks like primo BRW too.
|
#38
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Thanks for following along!
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#39
|
||||
|
||||
I am posting this next picture for those of you who have not had the pleasure of experiencing a custom build. Every detail is considered along the way.
Example one: Ben was doing a mock up of the headstock with a nice BRW veneer. His trademark is a diamond on the headstock and usually built into the rosette. His name is then inlaid on the back of the headstock veneer. He glued the diamond on the front of the headstock and was not 100% convinced that he liked the look specifically the way it interacted with the grain of the veneer, so off it goes, no diamond, even though that is his thing, perfection comes first...I mean for 90% of us, this looks great, but he was not happy so off it comes. You gotta appreciate that! headstock.jpg
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#40
|
||||
|
||||
Grab attention!
Quote:
What a looker! And yes I believe that grain is straight enough... haha Have fun boys! Paul
__________________
3 John Kinnaird SS 12c CUSTOMS: Big Maple/Cedar Dread Jumbo Spanish Cedar/WRC Jumbo OLD Brazilian RW/WRC R.T 2 12c sinker RW/Claro 96 422ce bought new! 96 LKSM 12 552ce 12x12 J. Stepick Bari Weissy WRC/Walnut More |
#41
|
||||
|
||||
Headplates
I've been making a lot of my head plates from book matched wood lately. I love the patterns, and the symmetry matches the symmetry that you find on the back and top. It just seems to make sense. I used to put my name on the front of the headstock, but then I decided, who needs to look at that all the time? So it was banished to the back, and now, more and more, I am enjoying a completely unadorned headstock. Just letting the wood itself and the joinery do the talking. It may be speaking quietly, but I love what it has to say. Three cheers for simplicity!!!
|
#42
|
||||
|
||||
Sides are bent, in the forms and liners and blocks are in place!
bent sides.jpg bent sides 1.jpg bent sides 3.jpg bent sides 2.jpg bent sides 4.jpg bent sides 5.jpg
__________________
PS. I love guitars! |
#43
|
||||
|
||||
Schweeet! I see the soundport position on the form. Are you getting one?
__________________
Life is like a box of chocolates .... |
#44
|
||||
|
||||
Soundport
Yes- if you look carefully you can see that the wood is doubled between two side braces on the upper player's bout. There is also a layer of thin maple sandwiched between the two plies which will not be visible until after I have cut the soundport out.
|
#45
|
|||
|
|||
Wow--yet another beauty from Ben and Tom!
Love the wood combo and look forward to hearing it sing. Very curious about the mysterious "treatment" to the top...
__________________
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) |