|
|
#136
12-25-2018, 04:32 PM
|
||||
|
||||
The shell looks great!
__________________
Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) 
|
|
#137
12-25-2018, 06:37 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Fascinating to watch. The paua is gorgeous. I’m sure this will turn out to be a favorite Bob. Hope I get a chance to play it sometime.
Merry Christmas to ya!
__________________
Life is like a box of chocolates ....
|
|
#138
12-25-2018, 07:41 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks gents...Merry Christmas...
 . Come to Artisan Dennis. I will have it with me... Quote:
Quote:
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
|
|
#139
12-25-2018, 07:55 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Perfect.
Exactly what I expected. Might have to go visit Nick next month sometime...!
__________________
Larry Pattis on Spotify and Pandora LarryPattis.com American Guitar Masters 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists Steel-string guitars by Rebecca Urlacher and Simon Fay Classical guitars by Anders Sterner
|
|
#140
12-25-2018, 07:58 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
It should be done Larry in about a month. Why not swing by and audition it?
Quote:
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
|
|
#142
12-26-2018, 11:38 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Wow ... that sure is some zippy looking shell around the top ... love it!
__________________
David Wren
|
|
#143
12-26-2018, 11:51 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks David...Not exactly your typical utilitarian Style 18
.The Blue Paua Nick selected for both the rosette and top purfling does have some deep iridescent blues and greens that will hopefully be further set off by the contrasting golden brown hues of the Cuban Mahogany once under finish... Quote:
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings… Last edited by iim7V7IM7; 12-29-2018 at 08:34 AM.
|
|
#144
01-01-2019, 07:33 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Happy New Year!
The Honduran Mahogany neck blank has had a truss rod and end spline installed.
 Nick has moved on to preparing the fretboard. The Gaboon Ebony fretboard has been slotted for the frets and is being bound with Gaboon Ebony bindings and mitered Sycamore Maple purflings.  Here is the neck getting a bow scraped into it and being fitted to establish neck angle with the guitar’s body.  Finally, the bound, purfled, Gaboon Ebony fretboard is registered to the Honduran Mahogany neck via pins. The last shot shows the fretboard being glued to the neck. 
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings… Last edited by iim7V7IM7; 01-02-2019 at 04:58 PM.
|
|
#146
01-03-2019, 12:01 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks...
Yes, he is using Abalone Diamonds & Square Long Pattern (i.e. a diamond on 5th, two squares on the 7th, a diamond on the 9th, two squares on the 12th and one square on the 15th). We will also use Abalone dots in Ebony bridge pins as well to tie things visually together (rosette, top purflings, position markers and bridge pins). Yes, a bit upscale for a mahogany guitar, but isn't that what custom lutherie is all about? Quote:
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
|
|
#148
01-03-2019, 04:20 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Interestingly, that curly Cuban Mahogany set was a standard body wood (no up charge), but the 50 year old German Spruce (complete with its oxidative aesthetic artifacts) was an upgrade...
Quote:
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
|
|
#150
01-04-2019, 04:22 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I am enjoying watching Nick work as well...
Quote:
__________________
A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
|
