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Too late! Man I love that shot!
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When I am working with a highly figured wood I'll often go with laminated sides. It gives the sides more strength/stability and when you bend highly figured wood at full side thickness they can come out pretty lumpy. On this guitar I am using maple laminates. This side is being compressed in the mold as it sets up: ![]() Thanks for following! Mark |
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Here are the neck and heel blocks going on. This process also joins the sides;
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Is there a reason why you picked Maple for the interior laminate?
Have you discovered previously it matches up with Paudauk sonically? it is a good combination structurally? or is it simply a looks thing? The choice of the "interior" wood for use with double sides is something I haven't manage to spot any specific trends in yet. Thanks David |
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I am really loving this beauty! Nice story about your house and the reflections on the ceiling.
My pal Steve has a spectacular Padouk John Kinnaird axe that is both beautiful and super musical. Nice wood and makes me hungry! Cheers Paul
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Padauk is an excellent tonewood. I only hear two types of complaints; one is it can be difficult to bend and when your sanding the usual red brick colored Padauk the red color gets everywhere, places you really don't want it to show up on/in! Best Mark |
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Bacon and scrambled eggs?
Mark, You got me looking in my wallet again. Alan the Pina
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Mark,
What's your take on Macassar vs ebony for fretboards?
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The biggest difference is the looks. Black Ebony being the more traditional black, though lately that straight black is often assisted with dye. Sometimes the streaky gray is left to show. Macassar can have some beautiful grain and depth similar to Brazilian Rosewood. |
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The back braces have been shaped and we're closing the body up. Here is a picture of the back going on:
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We are going with a sound port;
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How about a picture of the bracing through the sound port?
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OK, A bit of a trick but, my IPhone with a little fish-eye attachment lens did the trick:
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Cool shot, Mark!
This one is looking great--still loving that Padauk...
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Now that is cool! Awesome shot Mark.
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