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Today I put the fifth of a probably eight coats of varnish on the mini-D, but it's not what I'm thinking about, mostly. That fire will be rekindled in a couple of weeks when I string her up!
Today I also put two of the three side parts onto the JZ-16, and joined the back. Now this is what I get up in the morning for! |
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Hey Bruce, that is clever! That small (suggested) triangle is wonderfully creative.
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I have begun the genuine hard work, which will likely take a week or so: |
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The top and back look great Bruce!
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Awesome,
I can't imagine the up close and personal work that's being done here. Really beautiful guitar
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I spent too much time today on the carving, and may have to lay off tomorrow. I am up to scraper work on the outside, and have my center thickness in place on the inside. It seems to be going well.
For those of you (many, I suspect) who think the carved stuff is not what you are interested in, you might note where you saw this for future reference. Many guitar players (and makers) have a way of becoming more interested in archtops as they, um, mature. It's a whole new frontier! |
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Coming right along maestro! Hope you're having fun and all that scraping doesn't hurt your ability to throttle your motorcycle...
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Bruce, any thoughts on Western vs. Eastern Maple for your maple guitars?
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There are quite few Eastern maples, Rich. I have used rock/hard maple, and won't likely do that again. Aside from being EXTREMELY difficult to work, it sound pretty dead to me. There is something called soft maple whispch I have seen offered for architectural work, but never seen offered as I instrument wood. I have heard of Red maple as viable for carved instruments, but again have never been offered any.
The Big Leaf I use seems great for the task as it carves well, is very nicely figured, and has the acoustic properties I would seek. Besides, I have more of it than I am likely to use in this life, and I have had it for a long time. |
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Hard Maple vs Soft Maple
Hard Maple is a generic term used for Sugar Maple and Black Maple. All other maples are considered "soft". That includes Big Leaf, Red, Silver, Box Elder and a number of others too small to lumber. In the Eastern US Red Maple is the predominant native soft Maple of commercial interest. Imported Maples include a wide variety of Japanese Maples and Norway Maple (European Maple). Gibson used a lot of Red Maple as well as Big Leaf Maple. Most Birdseye Maple is Sugar Maple. The Birdseye figure only shows on the flat or plain sawn face.
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The back is thick enough on the edges to self-caul, I hope.
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That's a bunch-o-clamps! I count 28...
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Self-caul....does that mean to seal down to the sides without braces to interdigitate with the kerfing?????
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