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Walnut ..
...a very nice looking walnut back Mark, once again.
I can also attest to the back bracing.. it is so nicely put together it looks almost like organically grown. ..in my own copy that is ;o) How - if it does - does english walnut differ sonically from black and claro ? Looking forward to seeing this Greta come together ! Good those build threads exist, it helps with not having an own one (for a change ;o) and also the waiting for a next progress report is not so ‚painful‘. |
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Here are a couple more pictures of the top braces going on the the sides being bent: M
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Mark, guess this is work coming out of the new Vermont shop. You state that you have set up a few previous shops. Has it gotten any easier, I would think by now you pretty well know what you want and don't what in a shop, tools, and set ups. Hopefully some of your great pics in the future.
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It’s true that I’ve set up a number of shops now and I do have well defined ideas of what I want and don’t want. This actually makes setting up much more complicated. I’m glad to be in the final stretch now, photos will follow! m
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Thanks JohnPaulD and welcome to the forum!
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Throated Sound Port
With the sides bent it is time to make the end and heel blocks which join the sides. In this case the guitar is getting one of my throated sound ports. The throat is an integral part of the heel block. This idea is to lower the air resistance of a typical sound port and to focus the sound toward the player:
I'm using a very lightweight Spanish Cedar for this to keep the weight down and Spanish Cedar will give it nice breath. m
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Hahaha I’d imagine most of us wouldn’t even know where to begin!
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Setting up Sides
I have glued in the support for the arm bevel and am now installing the Spanish Cedar kerfing. I use the triangular style kerfing with the cuts toward the interior of the guitar. Those who have set up a recording studios may understand the advantage of controlling standing waves.
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My favorite thing about the AGF is the guitar build posts. Your builds are just stunningly gorgeous. All of them. The designs are so well conceived, too. This particular guitar is breathtaking. I don't even have the words...
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I've got the sides pretty well ready to go. Tomorrow I start closing up the body;
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On Goes the Back
I voiced then back today and got everything ready so I could go ahead and glue on the back:
Tomorrow I will be voicing and installing the top. Thanks for following! m
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