Hawaiian Koa parlor guitar reading for final sanding and fin

johnnparchem · Post by **johnnparchem** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:00 pm

I finished the construction of the “create from scratch” guitar that I have been making under the guidance of Rick Davis at Sound Guitar Workshop. I was really excited to carve my own neck. Once I learned the correct way to use a rasp the neck pretty much carved itself.
I am building this as another guitar for my daughter. The 12 fret parlor is a great size for her. Doing a custom neck allowed me to minimize the fret board size and thickness of the neck to fit her hands. All in all I am really happy with the way the guitar is turning out.
Being a minimalist I kept the guitar relatively unadorned, but my daughter got to pick out the fret board inlays.
Now I just need to see it though the finishing process.

Ken Hundley · Post by **Ken Hundley** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:28 pm

She's gorgeous, John, can't wait to see closeups and hear a sample!

David L · Post by **David L** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:12 pm

Nice color contrast. I like the parlor style, been thinking about making one (sometime).

David L

Kevin Sjostrand · Post by **Kevin Sjostrand** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:21 pm

Looking really good John,
Isn't fun to make your own neck? Probably the most challenging aspect of the craft. We will look forward to seeing pics of this one done.

Kevin

johnnparchem · Post by **johnnparchem** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:05 pm

Thanks for looking and the comments.

I still find setting the neck angle on the cheeks the most challanging task. I am horrible with sanding blocks and tend to make a nice curved surface for the neck to rock on. I am switching toward using chisels and scrappers to set the neck angle. I spend more time on that one task than the rest of the neck (or so it seemed.)

tippie53 · Post by **tippie53** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:44 pm

MORE PIX WE WANT MORE PIX I can't wait to see this shiney and strung

David L · Post by **David L** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:22 pm

I agree John, pictures, pictures, we want pictures, c'mon, c'mon!

David L

johnnparchem · Post by **johnnparchem** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:44 pm

Don't egg me on you can be sure I have a lot of pictures. I will post the next set of pictures after I finish the guitar.

I did add my current moon and hawk logo inlay. (although it looks a little more like a crow)

Ken C · Post by **Ken C** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:09 pm

Great looking guitar, John! I really like the dark bindings on it. What are they?

Ken

Kevin Sjostrand · Post by **Kevin Sjostrand** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:29 pm

Yeah, that is really really nicely done. Did I say how much I like it?

Kevin

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