Cornerstone Baritone? Watch the build!

[Cornerstone Guitars]

Originally Posted by nobo

Ooooh - I'm excited about this one. I'm speccing out a custom baritone at the moment. This is pretty much exactly what I'm after - the only thing I'd add is a soundport!

What sort of tunings and string gauges are you planning to use with it?

All the best,

Dan

Oh yeah....you bet it will have a soundport! Just haven't decided what!

[axmaster]

As a hobby builder these threads are incredibly helpfull. I look foreward to the rest of this thread! Thanks for sharing!

Regards,

Peter

[missouri.picker]

Originally Posted by worshipguitar

Oh yeah....you bet it will have a soundport! Just haven't decided what!

what tuning will you use on the bench testing, will it be B-B, what baritone strings will you use? What is the scale length, I am not familiar with the multi-scale length.

[Cornerstone Guitars]

I will bet setting it up for B-B on .016 - .070 gauge strings. 27.75" scale length on the low B side feathering down to 26.9" scale on the high B. In essence each string will have its own scale length.

[tpp]

Pretty redwood. Nice.

[Ryan Alexander]

I know, and totally understand!! The only thing I would change on my Zion would be to make it fan fret. I'm excited to watch this build, and I just know it's going to be a beast

BTW I noticed you were asking some questions about string spacing and strings. Mine is 1 13/16"-2 3/8" and strung .066/.056/.045/.035/.026/.017 tuned B-B (28" scale). Good mix of playability and tone for days.

Originally Posted by worshipguitar

Sorry I wasn't ready when you ordered yours... I am a research freak and needed more time.
I'm ready now!

[Cornerstone Guitars]

A bit more progress...

The soundboard joint is probably the most critical joint in the whole guitar.
A good seam can be hard to get...


Shape traced


and here it is ready to sand to final thickness

[tpp]

Very pretty, pretty indeed.

[Cornerstone Guitars]

A few more steps completed today.

Sand sides to final thickness


Using a template to trace the taper of the sides




Cutting to size


And ready to bend!

[tpp]

Great progress! What are your plans for other appointments, e.g., bindings, purfling, etc.?

[mmmaak]

Originally Posted by lightmage81

Anychance this guitar can make a roadtrip to Singapore, I hear that Singapore probably has the highest concentration of Conerstones anywhere in the world!

That's probably quite true!

I've asked before, though (about a roadtrip to Malaysia); not going to happen

[Cornerstone Guitars]

And here it is. It is a precision CNC cut multiscale ebony board. I am happy with the spread position. Not too radical of an angle.



may be a bit hard to notice the angle frets but they're there...

[Cornerstone Guitars]

A precisely measured amount of high strength industrial Epoxie ready to be mixed.


After mixing, the adhesive is applied to one of the sides and spread sparingly with this high tech spreading devise!


After is evenly coated I scrape off the excess to limit to weight.

And a few thousand pounds per inch of vacuum clamping power should do the rest....

[Cornerstone Guitars]

Well, I am leaning towards a more organic for this build so I decided to use a spalted maple rosette as I believe it will offer a nice contrast with the soundboard. What do you guys think?

here's the blank


in the fixture


designated tool to do this one job.


Done deal


and the final product.

[tpp]

Great progress! I can barely see the angle at all on the fan frets.

I think the spalted maple ring will be very nice high contrast with respect to the redwood.