Sexauer/'16

[tadol]

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Congrats Tad...

From an owner of a guitar made from a sister pernambuco set, 2,600 miles to the east...

Oh, I remember that guitar - and very, very well -

but its another of yours thats on my top ten list, and as long as I don't have your address, you have nothing to worry about -

[Bruce Sexauer]

I've heard the name. I will go listen to him and find out exactly how embarrassed I should be. The vast majority of the music I listen to is made by people I actually know, since high school, anyway!

[frquent flyer]

Tadol,From the owner of another L00 wrx pernambuco} I agree with your comments.Tom

[Bruce Sexauer]

I put strings on the BRW classical today:

[iim7V7IM7]

Boy that's purdy...

Kudos...

[Bruce Sexauer]

I made myself a Jazz guitar this last spring, as many will recall. I did show it at Woodstock, but I put a price on it high enough to be confident it would not sell. I am now making another that I will price realistically. If I have it at the Santa Barbara event I will offer it there. I plan to make this one aesthetically similar to the last, but am targeting a different character. The last was more traditional, this one will be more contemporary.

[iim7V7IM7]

Beautiful Bruce...

I remember the figure in that black cherry billet. It's a stunner!

Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer

I made myself a Jazz guitar this last spring, as many will recall. I did show it at Woodstock, but I put a price on it high enough to be confident it would not sell. I am now making another that I will price realistically. If I have it at the Santa Barbara event I will offer it there. I plan to make this one aesthetically similar to the last, but am targeting a different character. The last was more traditional, this one will be more contemporary.

[Bruce Sexauer]

This cherry is significantly more challenging a carve than the big leaf maple I've mostly used in the past for my JZ series. I did make one from hard maple once, but like childbirth (they say), I can scarcely recall it.

[printer2]

Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer

This cherry is significantly more challenging a carve than the big leaf maple I've mostly used in the past for my JZ series. I did make one from hard maple once, but like childbirth (they say), I can scarcely recall it.

How is it challenging Bruce?

[Bruce Sexauer]

Originally Posted by printer2

How is it challenging Bruce?

Sorry about the ambiguity, I meant it is harder to carve. Not because it is wild, but literally harder. I am sharpening more often.

[iim7V7IM7]

Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer

Sorry about the ambiguity, I meant it is harder to carve. Not because it is wild, but literally harder. I am sharpening more often.

This likely illustrates how you need to take published hardness data with a “large grain of salt” and judge the piece at hand:

• Bigleaf Maple - 3,780N
• Black Cherry - 4,230N
• Sugar Maple – 6,450 N

I suspect Bruce’s billet is much “harder” than the published hardness for black cherry and more towards Sugar Maple.

[Bruce Sexauer]

If the rest of Bob's Janka scale were right by my experience, I'd put this cherry at about 5550.

[Bruce Sexauer]

Plates are carved, sides are bent, and I am doing a bit of assembly today:

[iim7V7IM7]

It appears that you have flattened your arch on this new JZ and also adjusted your x-brace angle and junction location. Your last JZ is shown in the lower photo of each of these composites.

Beautiful work...

[Bruce Sexauer]

I also moved the ff holes out board some as well as a bit north, and it will have 7/32" shorter strings.