Highly Figured Cocobolo Hatcher SJ Build - Page 7

Mark Hatcher · #91 10-12-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dlowry

Wow - that is the Rolls-Royce of neck supports! What are the rest of your jigs/fixtures like?

Thanks Everyone!

dlowry--That's a sand filled leather bunny ear neck rest--5 pounds of bench top decadence!

Someone should start a contest on who has the most decadent shop tool. A tool that you don't really need, costs too much, but you love to death!

Thanks for viewing

fulfillingsoul · #92 10-13-2011, 07:20 AM

Lovely pictures! Does cocobolo back always come with the sapwood along the centre back?

jaymarsch · #93 10-13-2011, 08:04 AM

Hi Mark,

Just stumbled across this thread this morning over breakfast - WOW! I love cocobolo as a tone wood and this guitar is just stunning. I like a lot of your aethestic choices and exquisite attention to detail. Would love to hear sound clips. Actually, I would love to play the darn thing, but I am 3,000 miles away...oh, well.

Thanks for taking the time to share the process of building this beauty with us.

Best,
Jayne

Sage97 · #94 10-13-2011, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by fulfillingsoul

Does cocobolo back always come with the sapwood along the centre back?

No it does not.

Mark Hatcher · #95 10-13-2011, 05:50 PM

Thanks Fullfillingsoul. Sapwood is a choice. Kind of an organic center strip.

Thanks Jayne. Check back on the thread from time to time, I'm thinking of doing a road trip with this guitar and maybe you would like to play it.

Mark Hatcher · #96 10-13-2011, 06:02 PM

Hi

Here are some pics of setting up the tuners and a couple shots of the guitar mostly put together.

Here's the tuner head with the tuners in. It isn't lit up yet under finish.
I'm really happy with my new technique to get a tight fit on the truss rod cover.

And here are two pics with the guitar all pieced together

Thank-you for viewing!

mcoliver77 · #97 10-13-2011, 07:34 PM

Wow! That's a real beauty.

dlowry · #98 10-13-2011, 11:50 PM

Beautiful work. Its going to look amazing under finish.

Drew

jaymarsch · #99 10-14-2011, 07:49 AM

Thanks for the heads up on the road trip opportunity. I would love to be on the list and have a chance to play it! I will keep checking in to see what develops.

Best,
Jayne

Battleman · #**100** 10-14-2011, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher

Thanks Fullfillingsoul. Sapwood is a choice. Kind of an organic center strip.

Thanks Jayne. Check back on the thread from time to time, I'm thinking of doing a road trip with this guitar and maybe you would like to play it.

I would love to play your guitar. Count me in Dude!

Solo

Mark Hatcher · #**101** 10-16-2011, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mcoliver77

Wow! That's a real beauty.

Thanks Drew and mcoliver77!

Jayne & Solo, Thanks for your interest as well! I am planning to do a road trip with this guitar and I will PM you and anyone else interested as we get closer to finishing the guitar. I imagine this will happen right after the first of the year.

Again, thanks everyone for following this build and your comments!

I'll have more pics up soon on fretting.

Mark

Joeval · #**102** 10-16-2011, 08:28 AM

That's probably one of the prettiest builds I've seen on here!

Well done, I hope she plays as good as she looks.

Mark Hatcher · #**103** 10-16-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Joeval

That's probably one of the prettiest builds I've seen on here!

Well done, I hope she plays as good as she looks.

Thanks Joeval.

I'm really happy with the response I'm getting to this build thread. The question of sound and playability can't be answered with pictures. That's why I've decided to put this guitar on the road so people have a chance to try it out and compare.

I've been building guitars for over nine years now, but understanding how to make them sound good in a controllable way didn't start until almost four years ago, when I attended the Masters Voicing class with Ervin Somogyi. Since then, I have built upon what I learned, and believe my guitars sound as good as they look.

As for playability, there are a number of standard features I offer that really help. I'll soon be putting up my fret work which includes the semi-hemispherical fret end dressing. This is very comfortable to play, and also offers more usable fret to the edge of the fretboard (plus it looks more finished). I make the necks by hand so I can easily adapt them to the player's preferrence. Certainly the collaboration process a hand builder has with his client allows for many adjustments to the player's style.

Brew · #**104** 10-19-2011, 06:47 AM

Mark not only is that a stunning guitar but your photography/lighting are outstanding. What are you using if you don't mind me asking?

Mark Hatcher · #**105** 10-19-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Brew

Mark not only is that a stunning guitar but your photography/lighting are outstanding. What are you using if you don't mind me asking?

Hi Bruce,

Thanks! and I don't mind. I've gotten a lot of compliments on the pictures so I put a photographing guitars thread up in general discussion;
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...hlight=Hatcher

I use is a Canon G11 point and shoot camera