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Post by Blues Dues on May 6, 2010 18:25:43 GMT -5
Laying out the bracing ...
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Post by Blues Dues on May 17, 2010 3:14:10 GMT -5
May 16th .... in the vacuum jig Body together ...
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Post by rickc on May 17, 2010 16:30:21 GMT -5
Looking Good!
Ready for the Abalone purfling LOL!
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Post by Blues Dues on Aug 15, 2010 4:34:30 GMT -5
Been a while for updates due to work schedule. Sylvan is great and understands. Here's John's guitar as of August 14th. Not shown is fitting of the neck. Getting close to finishing!   |
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Post by gdobro on Sept 25, 2010 12:15:12 GMT -5
The guitar freshly painted. Awesome! Attachments:
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Post by Blues Dues on Sept 29, 2010 6:59:01 GMT -5
Strung and played for the first time at Sylvan's workshop. Congrats, John ... and thanks to Sylvan and Rick.  |
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Post by vi6guitars on May 1, 2012 8:47:52 GMT -5
Hey Blues Dues,
I saw this thread and thought I would butt in. Not trying to be rude, I really just want to get connected with some guys that know what they're doing. I get some solid advice on my next project because I want to go big and I can't afford to mess up. I have never built an acoustic, but I built an electric for my senior project in high school 3 years ago and it ended up pretty well. I am gonna be in Alaska fishing the coming summer so I will have money to drop on this project when I return. So far I have decided that I want to make it a chambered body with a mahogany base and 5A Quilted maple laminate. I am unsure about the neck, I was thinking of going full Indian rosewood. Indian Rosewood shaft and fretboard. I want a really warm kinda dark Les Paul tone; but I don't want it too dark. What would you recommend for the neck? Also do you know of people that are good with inlays? I want to get a fairly simple inlay on the headshaft and fretboard. I also want to get the neck half scalloped. What are your thoughts!? No worries when the project starts I will update with pics often. Thank you so much for any help or insight you can offer.
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Post by Blues Dues on May 2, 2012 4:04:05 GMT -5
Hey Blues Dues, I saw this thread and thought I would butt in. Not trying to be rude, I really just want to get connected with some guys that know what they're doing. I get some solid advice on my next project because I want to go big and I can't afford to mess up. I have never built an acoustic, but I built an electric for my senior project in high school 3 years ago and it ended up pretty well. I am gonna be in Alaska fishing the coming summer so I will have money to drop on this project when I return. So far I have decided that I want to make it a chambered body with a mahogany base and 5A Quilted maple laminate. I am unsure about the neck, I was thinking of going full Indian rosewood. Indian Rosewood shaft and fretboard. I want a really warm kinda dark Les Paul tone; but I don't want it too dark. What would you recommend for the neck? Also do you know of people that are good with inlays? I want to get a fairly simple inlay on the headshaft and fretboard. I also want to get the neck half scalloped. What are your thoughts!? No worries when the project starts I will update with pics often. Thank you so much for any help or insight you can offer. Welcome to the Re-Tunes Forum! It's too bad you are on the west coast. If you were near Massachusetts, we could arrange for you to visit our shop and talk to Rick Celia and Sylvan Wells, visit his luthier shop and get some good info on guitar building. Meanwhile, I am sure Rick would be happy to answer any questions you may have. He has built electrics (using Warmoth parts) and also acoustics from scratch. Rick also does all the repairs, setup work, modifications, etc. at the shop and is very knowledgeable regarding the selection of the components used to achieve a particular sound. You can reach Rick directly at: rick@acousticpassport.com Good luck on your project! |
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