Sexauer/2020

[Richard Mott]

Bruce—If I am not mistaken, Sergei de Jonge may have made a Snakewood guitar, shown at Montreal in 2012. At least I have a memory of one, quite possibly a manufactured memory! —Richard

[Bruce Sexauer]

Originally Posted by Richard Mott

Bruce—If I am not mistaken, Sergei de Jonge may have made a Snakewood guitar, shown at Montreal in 2012. At least I have a memory of one, quite possibly a manufactured memory! —Richard

I remember he had a two tone waterfall Bubinga guitar possibly that year.

My process at this pointy:

The blocks are glued to the top with GREAT care to align them fo symmetry.

Then sides are carefully trimmed for exact length and glued to the blocks.

A hodgepodge of clamps are needed to hold the sides well enough to push on the peone w/o budging them:



And the peone in place:

[Richard Mott]

Bruce, you are exactly right about the Sergei de Jonge bubinga guitar at Montreal, I remember it more clearly now. So I checked on-line and found this from the Luthiers Collection, a snakewood back & sides OM he built much earlier, unfortunately sold so no pictures. https://luthierscollection.com/guita...i-de-jonge-om/

[Bruce Sexauer]

So far so good on this little number!

At this point, the ribbons are in, the cutaway reinforcement is coved, and the side-port reinforcement has been clamped/glued in place. I have "driven the bus" (just learned the phrase at OLF, meaning: sanded the radius into the rims on a powered dish with abrasive) to receive the back, and will drive again after the lining is on. I do not usually put a port in unless asked, but this guitar is intended for couch noodling, and the port seems like the right move.

[TomB'sox]

This one is going to be tough, Bruce knows I love Snakewood, bindings, bridge, and fretboard on my Sexauer...Now back and sides, be still my heart!

[Bruce Sexauer]

Don't sweat, Tom, it looks like someone has already put themselves in first position on this piece. Besides, I am thinking ebony trim and fingerboard, BRW bridge for light weight, and probably Snakewood again on the head plates.

I had already made a BRW fingerboard for it, but it looks wrong in my mind's eye. This will be a bit heavier than my typical work, and I had thought to keep the weight down.

[TomB'sox]

Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer

Don't sweat, Tom, it looks like someone has already put themselves in first position on this piece. Besides, I am thinking ebony trim and fingerboard, BRW bridge for light weight, and probably Snakewood again on the head plates.

I had already made a BRW fingerboard for it, but it looks wrong in my mind's eye. This will be a bit heavier than my typical work, and I had thought to keep the weight down.

That is fine, but you misunderstood me, I was saying on the Sexauer I do own we did the fretboard, bridge, and binding in Snakewood....

[Bruce Sexauer]

Here is the Neck block with title and signature. It gets easier to write as I get out of the corner.



And the box is ready to close.

[Bruce Sexauer]

I read that post again, Tom, and it still looks to me like the devil at your door.

[Bruce Sexauer]

Last night I closed the Couch Noodler, which mens I glued on the back. The four piece back, which meant I had a lot of extra marriage strips to deal with.

I dip my labels in shellac to encourage longevity and discourage defacement, and it can give the parchment a authentic patina.



Using my dishes as clamping cauls means it doesn't take too many clamps:



This morning!





This is not the pic I had in mind. I’m at lunch and will figure it out later.

[cigarfan]

Easy Tom. Calm down. I think Bruce said someone else already has designs on this one.

The Snakewood back looks awesome Bruce.

[Bruce Sexauer]

Thank you, Dennis.

My early exposure to Spanish methods through working in the Mediterranean Guitar Shop and subsequent exposure to Michael Dunn left me with a few traditional techniques I expect to die with, if not from. Top up building and peone construction are one, and another is using rope to bind my guitars.This binding will go on in seven discrete sections, of which this is the first:

[Rwpierce]

Cool picture Bruce. Do you do this with all your bindings?

[Bruce Sexauer]

Originally Posted by Rwpierce

Cool picture Bruce. Do you do this with all your bindings?

Yes I do.

Comes out like this, if I'm lucky:

[Bruce Sexauer]

My wife is using my computer to do the Taxes, and I only get a few minutes here and there with it. so here is the current state of the Snakewood FT-00-C as of yesterday:



Blew the focus on this one: