Hatcher's Studio '19 #2

[Lonzo]

Hi Mark,
.. wowzaa.. that looks nice and fits very well, the woods and shapes and all...
I wonder if the minimized ‚open space‘ for sound to reach the player is sufficient to be similar to the design without the „ floating egg“ (or maybe even better ?)

Hope it does, it looks cool (but that shouldn‘t defeat the purpose).

... and how is it attached and held in place ? ... couldn‘t make that out in the picture

Fun to follow this as usual !
Lonzo

[Nemoman]

This is such a cool detail!

Love seeing how it all comes together to form such a perfect union...

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by Nemoman

This is such a cool detail!

Love seeing how it all comes together to form such a perfect union...

Thanks Nemoman! It's the kind of detail that I want to take a picture of because it all gets covered up in the end.

Originally Posted by Lonzo

Hi Mark,
.. wowzaa.. that looks nice and fits very well, the woods and shapes and all...
I wonder if the minimized ‚open space‘ for sound to reach the player is sufficient to be similar to the design without the „ floating egg“ (or maybe even better ?)

Hope it does, it looks cool (but that shouldn‘t defeat the purpose).

... and how is it attached and held in place ? ... couldn‘t make that out in the picture

Fun to follow this as usual !
Lonzo

Thanks Lonzo!

I'm confident I have enough of an opening spread across a large enough area because I've successfully done something similar on a Piña before:



How did I do it? Using the sheer force of my will and creative energies I was able to overcome the mere forces of nature (using a Black Ebony armature) to hold that floating Koa oval suspended in position .

Thanks for commenting,
Mark

[Lonzo]

How did I do it? Using the sheer force of my will and creative energies I was able to overcome the mere forces of nature ..

Well accomplished you have that Master Hatcher

[Erithon]

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher

How did I do it? Using the sheer force of my will and creative energies I was able to overcome the mere forces of nature (̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶B̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶E̶b̶o̶n̶y̶ ̶a̶r̶m̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶)̶ to hold that floating Koa oval suspended in position .

Mark, I've amended your quote to read how it should

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by Lonzo

How did I do it? Using the sheer force of my will and creative energies I was able to overcome the mere forces of nature ..

Well accomplished you have that Master Hatcher

Originally Posted by Erithon

Mark, I've amended your quote to read how it should

Thanks for the support!

Mark

[IBKuz]

Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher

Thanks for the support!

Mark

No pun intended I’m sure

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by IBKuz

No pun intended I’m sure

I glued on the back yesterday and cleaned it up a bit this morning:







Thanks for viewing!
Mark

[Mark Hatcher]

And the body:



Is closed:



Thanks for viewing!
Mark

[Mark Hatcher]

I cleaned up the top this morning:



Now it's starting to look like a guitar!:



Next up will be the flamed Koa binding.

Mark

[Lonzo]

...looking good ! Another beauty! Looking forward to hearing her.

[Mark Hatcher]

Originally Posted by Lonzo

...looking good ! Another beauty! Looking forward to hearing her.

Thanks Lonzo, I’m confident we will have fine sounding instrument here. Voicing the top went well and tapping the closed body is giving me everything I want to hear!

[Stevied63]

Can’t wait to see the Koa binding - will really enhance the beautiful lines on this guitar. Starting to think about fretboard markers - I don’t want to go crazy with bling inlays, but do want something distinctive, unique, and clean. Probably something in metal, but not sure. This is part of the fun of the custom build journey - working with the luthier to craft an instrument that is unique and connected to you.

[Mark Hatcher]

The last step before I start the binding is selecting and installing the Koa end graft:

[Mark Hatcher]

Here I am gluing up the curly Koa binding and purfling on the back: