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Rory comes across really well on camera. If he had a youtube channal on builds or just walking around Scotland I'd be a subscriber.
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Ha, well I am sure he will be glad to hear that. Maybe he can start doing walking tours of Glascow LOL!!!!
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This next set of pictures, are definitely different then most side constrution. Rory is a proponent of the stiff sides making for a better vibration of the back and top. The sides are three layers, Walnut on the outside, then the entire inner layer of Western Red cedar is kerfed throughout its width and then the inner layer of red, which I am not sure what it is. If I am wrong here, maybe Rory will see this post and explain a little more for us.
Anyway, here are the pics: The first pic is Western Red Cedar that is being kerfed it's entire width ataran guitar cutting wrc for kerfed sides.jpg ataran guitar kerfed sides 1.jpg ataran guitar kerfed sides.jpg ataran guitar kerfed sides bending.jpg Gluing the laminated sides together in a vacuum set up. ataran guitar vaccum gluing sides.jpg
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I think these next photos will help to fully explain the side construction. As you can see, it is quite unique and Rory told me he has been quite happy with the results!
Laminated pieces ready to go together along with what appears to be a little Scottish nutritional supplement! a taran guitar sides done ready to assemble.jpg Cutaway being attached to the sides. a taran guitar sides assembly.jpg Close up showing the three layers of sides. a taran guitar sides done close up.jpg Neck block constructed and ready to go. a taran guitar neck block ready.jpg Almost there. a taran guitar sides with neck block.jpg
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Kerfed Sides!
Very interesting and unique sides! This is fun
Paul
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Interesting--should definitely make for some stiff sides.
So does the the red layer have a structural significance (helping to reinforce the kerfed layer perhaps?) or is it purely decorative? Looking forward to seeing more!
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I host an annual guitar meet at our place near Southampton in the south of the UK. Rory has attended for the past couple of years and last year, July 2019, brought a Tirga Mohr with him which he'd literally only just strung up. Once I got around to playing it, I was pretty smitten. Rory's work is world class.
It so happens that it was me who introduced Rory to Martin Simpson, probably around 8 years or so ago. That introduction and their subsequent collaboration led to the genesis of the Tirga Mohr model. I am very pleased to say that I now have that particular guitar in my collection and find it particularly fitting that the whole story has come round full circle, so to speak. My Tirga Mohr is Adirondack over Malaysian Blackwood, I love it. I help Martin out with his annual workshop up in Sheffield and back in November last year we had three of Rory's Tirga Mohr models; mine, Martin's and a workshop attendee. All three are fantastic but obviously differ a little. I really am a fan of twelve fret guitars and a twelve fret guitar with a cutaway is a great combination. All the best, Ian BTW - my annual guitar meet is always on the third Saturday in July and increasingly attracts builders as well as guitar afficionados. Anyone interested in attending should PM me... |
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Wow, this is a really interesting and beautiful build. I can't wait to see and hear it at BIG! I love the bow like back braces. What a cool idea.
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....... Rosette fitting today - always love seeing the details start coming together! |
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Alas that guitar cost me dearly: I am now on Rory's wait list, and some way out. I like a wide neck (pretty much identical to the one Martin Simpson plays) and find myself tripping up on more conventional instruments, otherwise I'd have nabbed that one before Ian got to it. Interested in what Martin has got coming next Rory: Whats the brief vs. his current instrument? Cheers, Steve |
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I love how you fellows describe Rory's guitars, I am in for a treat!
For the record, it was the stories I had heard about Ian's party in England that inspired my attempts to do B.I.G. in Texas. I thank him. Rory has begun work on the rosette. If you have heard of a technique called a hot sand fade, Rory seems to be quite a master of it. I poorly understand it, but I believe it is as it sounds, heating sand and placing the wood in that to darken it. How you control the amount of color change I assume is due to the heat and the duration, but I don't really know that. For my rosette, Rory has done a double hot sand fade with Scottish Burr Elm with white and red detailing as you can see below. I am hoping the next time Rory drops in he can explain what the double fade refers to. You can see three bands of the Burr Elm with the accents in the final rosette. First is the Scottish Burr Elm chunk ataran rosette burl.jpg Burr Elm Fillet with red and white accents and top ataran rosette burl and trim colors.jpg Burr Elm after hot sand fade process: ataran rosette.jpg Rosette close up, you can see how Rory has alternated the dark from the hot sand fade with the lighter bits on each ring, I believe this is where the term double fade comes from. ataranbuild rosette.jpg Mocked up rosette and top ataran rosette and top.jpg
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Wow ... that rosette ... !
Reminds me of M.C. Escher ... quite possibly my favorite rosette ever. ...
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I was interested to see how this looks on the redwood, as it has great contrast against to spruce and really catches the eye. I think on the redwood, it looks much more understated but is none the less attractive as a result. And since Tom's getting so excited hearing about how they sound, the thing that blew me away about Rory's guitars wasn't so much the tonality, but the dynamic range. The best way I have found to describe it is that I couldn't find the edges of the instrument. When I played as quietly as I could, it still rang and sustained, but when I opened up and strummed as hard as I could, it just got louder and louder with no change in the character of the instrument. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun exploring what it can do. |
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Hey Tom, can I post a couple of these in my Facebook B.I.G. album? That thing is getting lots of likes.
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