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Many years ago I ran into an opportunity to buy a case of these battery terminal clips. They came in pairs of red and black, of course. The unexpected quality was that the springs in the black ones were roughly twice as strong as the springs in the red ones. I have lost track of the red ones at this point. The black ones are so strong that I had to remove the teeth on the clips as they could damage any wood softer than Brazilian, which I learned on a mahogany guitar that has an interesting pore filler pattern just inside the back's side purfling.
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This L00ish will have a sideport as well as my JB/2 MultiScale tweak, Cutaway, and subtle wedging. In addition it will not be as deep as Gibson made their Nick Lucas series. These differences are why I add "ish" to L00.
Here is the sideport reinforcement going in: |
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GeeWhiz, it'd be pretty dull if battery clamps were the most subtle thing in these pictures! Still, I am not sure what Tom sees.
Here's the side port as I am about to close this box: |
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Earlier today in Petaluma
Bruce installed the back reinforcement strip.
Here is the label in Sexauer model nomenclature. FT means flat top; L00 means a Gibson L00 size; JB/2 means a 1/4" multi-scale and Kerala means 13-fret. One of the unique things about working with Bruce is his mold-less approach box construction. It provides him with tremendous flexibility. So when we discussed is project, we didn't to be constrained to a particular model that Bruce had made before. While it is similar to a Gibson L00/Nick Lucas in some respects, the guitar's voicing will not be Gibson but be pure Bruce. Bruce is installing a honduran mahogany side sound port reinforcement. You can see the difference between the individual peone used on the top side vs. the continuous kerfed linings that he prepared for the back.
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In some ways, for me, this guitar is done at this point:
In reality, of course, it's not even half way. What I mean is that nothing after this point is going to make a huge difference . . . barring various possible catastrophes, knock on wood. |
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Do I see a set of micrometers hiding in the pack???
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No, Tom, that would be a 3/4" "C" clamp because I didn't have room for a clip. I don't own a micrometer, though I do have a digital veneer caliper. My biggest measuring indulgence is a Hacklinger gauge.
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Closing z box
Here is the open box showing the newly installed soundport reinforcement and contoured the cutaway block.
The adirondack spruce ladder bracing against the amber pernambuco. The pernambuco back is mostly quartersawn with just a touch of rift on the outer edges of the lower bout. The backstrip is mexican kingwood with maple purfling. Bruce used some dense, stiff, german spruce that has been air drying for 30 years. A simple, elegant elliptical soundport on the upper bout. I wish that I could say that I had accomplished this much at my office today!
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"C" clamp it is, eyes going along with most of my other senses. Nice looking work as always.........lucky customer.
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I am taking ALL of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to clean my shop as I am hosting the Northern California Association of Luthiers (NCAL) semi monthly meeting on Sunday, 9/21/14. I expect around 50 or 75 folks interested in Guitarmaking to show up, many of them pros, and I will do a presentation on my fret slotting systems. I have two, somewhat related, and I have never seen another to compare. Mine are simpler, faster, and more versatile than others I've seen, giving nothing away as far as precision is concerned either. If I were so inclined I could make hundreds of dollars a lifetime sell them, too! Pretty small market.
There will be other presentations as well as show and tell and a smattering of materials for sale, including a few of my own long hoarded sets which I doubt I'll ever get around to using. Anyway, if any of you are in the Bay Area and are so inclined, the meeting starts at 1 pm and you'd be welcome. |
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That Pernambuco L00 looks great Bruce.
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Wish I was there for that..........seen a hint of it in a earlier post.Good luck with the crowd and have fun.
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I wish I was close enough to come to that meet today,
what a wonderful opportunity, lucky folks. |
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Bruce's Shop
Taking advantage of straightening up that occurred for Bruce's NCAL meeting yesterday, I requested that Bruce photograph his shop. I always find seeing a builder's shop gives you insight into themselves and their work processes. Here are a few shots of Bruce's workshop.
Here is his office where many AGF posts come from (looking North) The hand work room looking West (I happen to like the last guitar on the left on the wall rack). The hand work room looking South. The hand work room looking East. Looking towards Bruce's machine room. Into the machine room. Some of the Bruce's wood locker
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