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Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00 Finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:52 pm
by johnnparchem
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:05 pm
by johnnparchem
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:32 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
Awesome burl. You are getting mighty fancy in your old age.
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:39 pm
by johnnparchem
Thanks Kevin I do like Amboyna burl.
I managed to close the box this afternoon.
I used a scalpel to mark out and a small die grinder to route for the braces in the linings.
I used a bunch of clamps and glued on the back (using the mold to keep the rims square)
While waiting on the back glue up I did a bit of prep on the top, clean up sabding and gluing down a linen strip on the x-brace
The back glue up went well so I used even more clamps to glue on the top. The back really set the rims so I put away the mold.
I findly decided on Australian Black wood with a BWB purfling for my bindings so I got that going as well.
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:02 pm
by Danl8
I'm enjoying seeing this build. This will be a very nice instrument. Can you comment on the end block design? It looks to be laminated and presents a fairly small top/back gluing surface. Is this typical in 00-sized guitars? Also, I'm curious about the bracing style. What would be the expected tonal difference in scalloped vs uncarved bracing all other variables comparable?
-d.
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:28 am
by tippie53
a guitar is born
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:04 am
by Phil
I always enjoy your builds John. Turning out to be another nice looking guitar!
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:12 pm
by johnnparchem
Thanks all for the positive comments.
My heel block is a pretty standard sized block (actually on this guitar I purchased it from LMI). I make my tail blocks out of birch plywood. I take the ends down to the size of the linings just to keep a consistent sized gluing surface, hoping to avoid having the tail block show on the top after a bunch of years.
All of my x-braced guitars have been scalloped, but I have been seeing that some very good luthiers do not scallop their braces. The general argument I hear is that non scalloped braces provide more balance across the strings. I also heard they take a bit more effort to get a big sound. I really do not know, but I thought that I would try it. I know that I will end up with a pretty good sounding guitar. This commissioned guitar is a gift for a non player who will probably never be a player, so I though I could experiment a bit from what I usually do.
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:27 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
coming together nicely John.
Re: Claro Walnut \ torrified Adi 12 Fret 00
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:42 pm
by johnnparchem