00-12 Sapele/Red Spruce
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:15 pm
During my final day at Blues Creek we bent a set of sapele sides for a 00-12 fret for my first project after the BCG experience. (BTW, highly recommended for anyone who can take a week or two for some excellent training and good company.)
The top is red spruce/Adirondack, I think it's from LMII, second grade, but to my eye as nice as much of what I've seen at the local factory. The sapele is reject wood from the local factory. The rosette was going to be a nice old vintage piece, but was too small when I got around to the routing setup. So I made up one and threw in some pearl, too.
The top bracing is std 00 pattern, although due to comments made here in the forum, I contemplated a single tone bar and side bars. I decided to go std, but lighter than the measured thicknesses on typical 00's. I am going to do some slight shading on the box, something like 0.017" off the bass side, etc. Whether tapping or hole-humming the box is really lively. We shall see...
The box is HHG assembled. I can't believe I still don't have a go-bar deck yet. Not having one is a unmitigated PIA. Two unresolved issues -- I have a K&K pure mini to maybe install and decoration for the head and fboard. I'm making a 1.875x2.3125" board for finger-style playing. The tuners are vintage brass from Stewmac (complete with a factory-buggered screw for an old timey effect). Pictures follow. Second post will have two more pics.
The top is red spruce/Adirondack, I think it's from LMII, second grade, but to my eye as nice as much of what I've seen at the local factory. The sapele is reject wood from the local factory. The rosette was going to be a nice old vintage piece, but was too small when I got around to the routing setup. So I made up one and threw in some pearl, too.
The top bracing is std 00 pattern, although due to comments made here in the forum, I contemplated a single tone bar and side bars. I decided to go std, but lighter than the measured thicknesses on typical 00's. I am going to do some slight shading on the box, something like 0.017" off the bass side, etc. Whether tapping or hole-humming the box is really lively. We shall see...
The box is HHG assembled. I can't believe I still don't have a go-bar deck yet. Not having one is a unmitigated PIA. Two unresolved issues -- I have a K&K pure mini to maybe install and decoration for the head and fboard. I'm making a 1.875x2.3125" board for finger-style playing. The tuners are vintage brass from Stewmac (complete with a factory-buggered screw for an old timey effect). Pictures follow. Second post will have two more pics.