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I’ve never played a Sacha B&S but it sounds intriguing. Which model did you get? Would love to see some pics!
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Top and back getting glued. (Mine is # 182) Hard to tell from the lighting, but the back almost seems to have a hint of a purple hue. Will be fun to see how it looks sanded and finished.
Dry mock up of the center ring of the rosette. Simple but elegant. Just what I was looking for. |
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Imgur links are failing me.... will give another try for the top and back. Thanks for getting the rosette pics up and for the tip cmd612!
Last edited by Allentown; 01-05-2019 at 05:11 PM. Reason: Many efforts to get pics attached.... |
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Here are a couple of shots of my Lochsa. |
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Try just one image at a time.
That rosette is very nice - "simple but elegant" is right: |
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Stunning! Love that burst on your lochsa Jeff.
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Well, the build process hit its first wrinkle. John sent me a photo of the top, which is sanded to the thickness he uses for assembly.
https://imgur.com/a/w2QlPO1 John alerted me to an anomaly in the wood grain, just below the rosette. It’s a little hard to see unless you zoom in, but the grain waivers and blurs right next to the top seem. You could sort of see this in the photo of the raw top, but we thought it would sand out. It almost did. John told me he always wants things to be perfect so he would start over if I wanted. I was really torn about that decision. Part of me thought the flaw was so minor and cosmetic and would be under the strings anyways that I could overlook it. The other part of me was worried I would be staring at the top after I got the guitar and regretting it. In the back of my mind was also the fact that I loved the rest of the top and the rosette was perfect. And I disliked the idea of wasted effort and materials. I decided I needed to sleep on it before I made a decision. The next morning, before I could respond to John, he let me know that it was bothering him enough that he just went ahead and started a new top with similar color and grain. He still had enough Brazilian rosewood from the back and sides to do another rosette. Class Act! It really says a lot about John as a luthier that he would make the call on his own that something just isn’t good enough for him, especially at that stage of the build and the minor nature of the issue. The new top looks amazing and now just keeping my fingers crossed that this is the one! https://imgur.com/a/EZG9dpz |
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Hmmm, that looks like a bit of bearclaw to me, and doesn't strike me as a flaw at all. And I can be quite hung up on aesthetics.
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Definitely didn’t strike me as bear claw, particularly right at the center seam. But I can appreciate your perspective.
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It looks to be a knot shadow, I probably would have also started a new top. I would not toss it as it is just a visual defect and I am ok with wood with character.
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Fred |
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Box is sealed and binding channels are routed!
https://imgur.com/gallery/Ib92FAQ https://imgur.com/a/AumT5ig https://imgur.com/a/AkijlON I didn’t get a picture of the bracing but John described as follows: Red Spruce, scalloped X, with Jersey barriers! I just call them that, the braces along either side of the sound hole look like the barriers on the highway. Rift sawn, hard maple, bridge plate. The X is notched and capped. The X and shoulder brace ends are tucked into the kerfing. All glued with hot hide glue. A traditional OM has a 3 7/8” sound hole but I made this one 4”. Brace placement is pretty traditional. |
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Moving on to lacquer tomorrow.
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Looking good!
That headstock inlay is awesome. John is a great guy. When we visited him in May of 2017, he was planning his summer floats out. He also just finished up his spring batch, and there were some amazing guitars at the shop to play that day! Can't wait to see the guitar after finish. |