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Oak ladder braced jumbo
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:48 pm
by ruby@magpage.com
I am getting started on #5 - a ladder braced Gibson J-185 in oak and red spruce. It will have some fancy decorations and I am just getting started doing the bracing after finishing the fretboard. I am using Pearloid (MOTS) for binding and fretboard overlay:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/ ... 776959267/
I love doing this stuff.
Ed Minch
Re: Oak ladder braced jumbo
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:01 pm
by tippie53
looking forward to the future pics
Re: Oak ladder braced jumbo
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:47 am
by Kevin Sjostrand
Ed it looks like this will be some special guitar. WOW awesome wood. Can't wait to see it come together.
Re: Oak ladder braced jumbo
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 11:08 am
by Diane Kauffmds
I can't wait to see how it comes together. It looks like a great project.
Re: Oak ladder braced jumbo
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 7:42 am
by penndan
Since you're doing oak AND ladder bracing, I assume you're a fan of Hans Brentrup's guitar building. If you're not, you should be.
http://www.brentrup.com/
Re: Oak ladder braced jumbo
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 8:39 am
by ruby@magpage.com
I have been conferring a bit with Haans. He just published a small book on building Larson-style guitars, both X braced and ladder braced, and the information is invaluable - the publication date is April 2015. Actually I have been talking to 3 well known ladder brace guys and am pretty blown away by the generosity with their knowledge.
This is a really fun fun fun project. There is more thinking than building involved.
Ed