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I made a jig to help rough out the angled V cut in the headstock but, I hand cut an 8 degree angle in the walls of that V. The neck cuts are all sawn. In the end it is all refined by hand until it slides together leaving a .020” gap and a mallet knocks it in tight. I would imaging when done right you wouldn’t need glue for this to hold. I really like the mechanical aspect of this joint.
Interesting ! Until now. All I saw were necks like this cut& carved from 1 piece.. This is cool.. but the only reasons to do this I can see is that one probably saves wood.. seeing it is so old and rare ? ..maybe it is the satisfaction and enjoyment you can do it... any other reasons ? Ease of Maintenance/repair ? Stability ? ..possibility to combine different woods ? Thanks for sharing ! |
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It aligns the wood grain along the length of the headstock. The bird‘s mouth joint is stronger than an angled cut in solid wood. This is particularly important to have on my Woodsman because it does not have center laminates or a backstrap I feature traditional methods and designs with my Woodsman model. It is a very lightweight design and that has to include a lightweight neck to keep the overall balance right. I am using lightweight neck woods like Spanish Cedar and selected Mahogany and it is important to optimize the strength without adding weight. That is what the bird’s mouth joint does. A bird’s mouth joint doesn’t show on a traditional style paddle headstock. Yes, and I do enjoy challenging my skills doing this kind of work. It feeds the learning curve! M
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Have a great weekend and thanks again! Lonzo |
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The Finish
I was very happy with the look, weight, and tone I was able to get with the old traditional style French polish I did on my first Woodsman guitar.
I used the thin outer albumen layer (the watery egg white part) to seal the wood: The shellac flakes I used were the harder unbleached flakes and Everclear alcohol: I like to use the Everclear because you don't need to wear gloves to apply it and the fumes won't immediately give you brain damage. I am not using any oil so the sense of touch during application is even more important. The weak link, as I see it with French polish is the alcohol, well not necessarily the alcohol but the impurities in it that cut down how hard the final finish is. With Everclear a 190 proof bottle is 95% alcohol the rest is water. That is about as pure as you can get when distilling. Denatured alcohol which is often used instead of Everclear has additives to cut down on the water by basically adding poison. I found a small distiller in Maine that does small batch distilling and then uses a molecular filtering system to remove the water leaving 100% (200 proof) Ethenol alcohol. I look forward to giving this a whirl! Cheers! Mark
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It's both according to Homer Simpson
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I have to say I don’t find myself drawn to drink this stuff. I imagine it would quickly lead to a staggeringly short and forgotten night!
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Setting up Sides
I've got the Mahogany sides joined and have the Spanish Cedar kerfing and the side braces in place. Here are a few pics from along the way:
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Fiddleback Tree Josie small jumbo update
For those of you following my posts here is an update on this Fiddleback Tree Josie small jumbo model I've been working on:
Here are two pictures with the guitar sealed, primed, and the first gloss coat applied: This is my second Fiddleback guitar I've made and am confident that it will sound as good as the Fiddleback Tree wood looks! I was fortunate to acquire another quality Fiddleback Tree back and side set that I have available for a custom build. Mark
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The Fiddleback Tree Josie
That looks great Mark, thanks for the update!
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Yowza!
..that looks mighty fine !
Congrats to both of you ! |
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Nice stuff Mark
That fiddleback Tree Mahogany has a beautiful color as well as figure! Almost light enough to appear like Maple...
As always your pics are super nifty! A very Merry Christmas and a COOL YULE to all Paul
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Thanks Lonzo!
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Merry Christmas to you too! Mark
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Closing up the body on the Woodsman
I have the back all braced for the Woodsman and am gluing it on here:
I work with a lot of very figured wood but, a nice clean quartered set of does a wonderful job accenting to shape of an instrument. The body profile of a OO guitar is one of my favorites: Here is a picture of the inside as a work to brace and voice the top which will soon close this guitar body up: Thanks for following! Mark
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