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A good day - she's finally all put together. Now comes the sanding, detail work, then a rich and shiny finish (I do most fervently hope). The back and sides are red oak and they DO match even though the pic does not show it - there is a pattern of grain on the back that shows as little squiggles in the pic but are very nice to see in person. She's gonna be a beaut. Back to work/play! Listening to bluegrass today - cannot always be the cosmopolitan sophisticate! :-)

DaveB

She sure is purty! I am looking at red oak or cherry for a future guitar project. Is tat bloodwood binding and such?

Tat is bloodwood binding. :-) I call it PITA and for good reason, it is a bugger to work with. Ask Ken Cierp - he had to bend the stuff. I also have the bloodwood veneer for the headstock and it is gorgeous. I'm cutting the slots in it tomorrow for the slotted headstock, a little nervous but I will man up in time to do it.
This may be my last cutaway unless someone requests it. Not only is it harder to do, I don't really like the lines as well as I do the 'regular' guitar lines.
DaveB

Dave, That is a nice looking guitar! I will be interested to see how your head stock slots go. I am planning an O sized parlor guitar for my brother and I am considering putting in a slotted head stock.

I keep looking at the nice jig that LMI has for routing and drilling the head stock, but the price keeps stopping me.

John

That definitely is beautiful, it's going to jump with some finish on it.

David L

deadedith wrote:Tat is bloodwood binding. :-) I call it PITA and for good reason, it is a bugger to work with. Ask Ken Cierp - he had to bend the stuff.

Mock my typo, will you? Why I oughta....do some sort of Moe from the Three Stooges type thing to you!!

I like the look of bloodwood, but I got a tiny splinter of it, and that little $%^%^* would not come out. Then it got all swollen and hurt like hell for two weeks before I could finally dig the little sliver out of my finger. I am binding three guitars with it. I might not use it again!!

Dave,
You know I have bloodwood binding and headplate on my current guitar, and I have to say the headstock under the finish looks pretty cool. Do you have a picture of yours?
So how does Oak compare to other woods for sound?

Kevin

Kevin - I will get a pic of the headstock when finished.
I'm told the sound is somewhere between mahogany and EIR. We shall see.
Hey, have you posted pics of your bloodwood headstock?
DaveB

Sure looks nice. The ray pattern is what I like about quartersawn oak.

Let us know how the pore filling goes! <smile> I like the idea of using domestic woods. One day I hope to try Cherry, Walnut, and especially Osage Orange. Not soon though.....next is a 00 in Cuban Mahogany and then a dreadnaught in EIR.

That's really looking good! I haven't tried any bloodwood yet, but it sounds alot like the workability of wenge. I love the look of the stuff, though, so I keep using it. Keep us up on this one!