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Old 03-09-2023, 04:00 PM
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Andy, that walnut looks AMAZING under finish!
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Old 03-09-2023, 04:54 PM
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Andy, that walnut looks AMAZING under finish!
Lovely piece of wood for sure. It looks even better in person.
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Progress update: So begins the boring part of building these two guitars - applying lacquer. Spray…wait. Spray…wait. Spray…wait. Spray…wait. You get the idea. Slowly building up about a dozen or so coats over the course of the next 5 or 6 days. Then leave it for 3 weeks to cure before levelling and buffing. There won’t be much to see on these guitars for the next month.

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Old 04-02-2023, 01:18 PM
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Progress update: Seems like I’ve been waiting forever but the lacquer is now sufficiently dry. Time to get back to work levelling and finish sanding. First the necks, then the bodies.

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Necks are sanded up through the grits to 1000. The head plate on the front will get buffed to a glossy shine but the rest will be left with a satin sheen.
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Time to start level / sanding the body.
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Old 04-09-2023, 08:20 PM
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Progress update: frets have been installed, tuner holes prepped, bodies sanded and buffed and ready for assembly.

Frets get pressed in.
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Two fretted necks: one with gold frets, the other with cryo-wire.
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Tuner holes: 1/4” pilot holes are drilled first, then the holes are opened up with a piloted reamer.
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Drilling and reaming results in nice clean holes with no chipping or tear out.
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Everything is buffed and shiny and waiting for assembly.
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Great build thread, Andy. Both guitars are looking terrific.
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Old 04-11-2023, 08:28 AM
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Hi Andy.

Could you post the specs on the one that is available for purchase.

PS Love my Bounsall custom.

Thanks.

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Old 04-11-2023, 05:55 PM
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Progress update: assembly begins with sanding the correct radius into the bottom of the bridge, gluing it on, attaching the neck, and gluing down the fretboard extension.

The bottom of the bridge is sanded to exactly match the slight dome of the top.
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Bridge is glued on and clamped in place while the glue dries.
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Neck is attached and fretboard extension is glued down.
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Old 04-12-2023, 09:31 AM
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Hi Andy.

Could you post the specs on the one that is available for purchase.

PS Love my Bounsall custom.

Thanks.

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Hi Daniel. Rather than derailing this build thread, I’ve created a new thread featuring two acoustics that I currently have available.
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Old 04-15-2023, 04:13 PM
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Progress update: inching towards the finish line. Fret work done. Bone nuts and truss rod covers done.

Frets get leveled…
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…crowned…
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…and polished.
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Bone nut gets made.
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Truss rod cover held in place by small magnets and a tiny block of wood.
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Truss rod cover held on invisibly.
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Looking very nice. I really like your truss rod cover attachment.
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Old 04-20-2023, 07:24 AM
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Progress update: Tying up some of the many final details on these two guitars. They’ll both now settle in under string tension for a bit and then get a proper setup before being pronounced as done. Glamour shots and sound samples to come.

Tuners installed.
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Measuring location for saddle.
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Cutting the saddle slot.
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Reaming bridge pin holes.
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Cutting string ramps.
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Shaping the bone saddle.
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Walnut 00 strung up for the first time.
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Sapele dreadnought gets its first strings.
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Old 04-29-2023, 11:41 AM
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For those who’ve been following this build thread, thanks. The guitars are now completed and I’ll post photos of each in their own new threads.
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