Guitar #2. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
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johnnparchem
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
The guitar will look great with the pommele mahogany bindings. I hope all is well.
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Benjy
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
I hope everything went well with your surgery!
Can't wait to see you get this one done. I am still admiring your fret board scheme!
Can't wait to see you get this one done. I am still admiring your fret board scheme!
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Diane Kauffmds
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
It went great. The VA put a dorsal spine stimulator in for me, which is a blessing.Benjy wrote:I hope everything went well with your surgery!
Can't wait to see you get this one done. I am still admiring your fret board scheme!
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Benjy
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
Have you been able to make any progress? I can't wait to see the fret board completed!
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Diane Kauffmds
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
Nothing yet. I'm thinking of trying to start the fretboard inlay though...and thinking...and thinking! LOLBenjy wrote:Have you been able to make any progress? I can't wait to see the fret board completed!
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Diane Kauffmds
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
Well, you all are in trouble now!
I'm beginning today and as a lot of you know, I blog everything I do, along with photos. This way, I can look back and learn from past mistakes. It also makes for a very long blog.
So, without further adieu, I have to turn this puzzle/rubic's cube abalone, into a vine for the fretboard. Thankfully, I have a photo of the original vine, but I have to make changes to fit it properly to a short scale, 12 fret ebony fretboard. I'll lay out the vine and glue it to the board. After tracing around it with an X-Acto knife, I'll take the inlay off of the fretboard and rub white chalk around the "tracing".
Then, the fun really begins.
I'm beginning today and as a lot of you know, I blog everything I do, along with photos. This way, I can look back and learn from past mistakes. It also makes for a very long blog.
So, without further adieu, I have to turn this puzzle/rubic's cube abalone, into a vine for the fretboard. Thankfully, I have a photo of the original vine, but I have to make changes to fit it properly to a short scale, 12 fret ebony fretboard. I'll lay out the vine and glue it to the board. After tracing around it with an X-Acto knife, I'll take the inlay off of the fretboard and rub white chalk around the "tracing".
Then, the fun really begins.
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Diane Kauffmds
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Need Opinions
I need opinions.
The vine inlay that I bought was made for a long scale, 14 fret guitar. I had to do a little redesigning, to get things to fit this fretboard, which is a short scale, 12 fret at the body.
I need to know if it looks balanced and reasonably centered, before I etch around it. If something looks a bit off, please tell me.
Thanks!
The vine inlay that I bought was made for a long scale, 14 fret guitar. I had to do a little redesigning, to get things to fit this fretboard, which is a short scale, 12 fret at the body.
I need to know if it looks balanced and reasonably centered, before I etch around it. If something looks a bit off, please tell me.
Thanks!
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MaineGeezer
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
Can you get more of a gradual sweeping curve at what appears to be fret #4? To me, the vine looks broken there instead of curving.
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Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
When things are bad, try not to make them any worse, because it is quite likely they are bad enough already. - French Foreign Legion
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Diane Kauffmds
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
Yes, I can! Thank you for pointing that out. After staring at the pieces for a couple of days, you don't see what needs correction.MaineGeezer wrote:Can you get more of a gradual sweeping curve at what appears to be fret #4? To me, the vine looks broken there instead of curving.
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Diane Kauffmds
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Re: New Project. 00-12 Fret with Engelmann/Cherry
Well, I let the fretboard sit for a couple of days and came back to it with a fresh pair of eyes. I knew "something" was off. I decided that I put too much detail at the bottom and that I needed to make a couple of changes to balance it out.
This is the cleaned up design. I smoothed the curve on fret 4. It would probably look better with a more gradual curve, but I'm not sure how much more I can take off of it before the vine gets too thin.
The small "crimp" on the vine at fret 4 is part of the tape that's holding the small pieces together. Suggestions for improvement are welcome. Does the design seem in balance the length of the fretboard?:
This is the cleaned up design. I smoothed the curve on fret 4. It would probably look better with a more gradual curve, but I'm not sure how much more I can take off of it before the vine gets too thin.
The small "crimp" on the vine at fret 4 is part of the tape that's holding the small pieces together. Suggestions for improvement are welcome. Does the design seem in balance the length of the fretboard?:
