well heres my first photos of the build...I got this at a craft store but after trying them ! They really did'nt work so I had to go back to the wood strips
I think they were to thin and hard to work with..
mahogany 3 piece top and back.. 6 sub bass strings
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mahogany 3 piece top and back.. 6 sub bass strings
well heres my first photos of the build...I got this at a craft store but after trying them ! They really did'nt work so I had to go back to the wood strips
I think they were to thin and hard to work with..
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This was taken with my phone ...ok ...I got the saw to resaw stright and was able to cut about 12 pieces and ...thickness sanded and ready to glued them together...
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am sure this is going to be a first !taken 3 pieces of wood and making a top at of it...ok I bookmatch them and got them sanded and glued together.
they really look good ...surprized ...
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ok this is not glued yet...I just wanted to show were am running my lines...this top is off set ,,ill get back to Y i did this ...
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after I glued the 3 pieces together I started on the rosette ...am going with 3 maple and 2 ebony strips..simple and clean....I also did the harp smaller hope
that turn out really nice..
and the rosette done ..and for the braces..
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It is SO COOL to have you back and building!
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yes all the photo are from my iphone...take good photos...ok back to the build ...
and I got 2 tops done ,.on to the get thing..
A good friend of mine said HI guys ...Am going to hang one of my guitar in her shop....soon...might be this one...lol...
more to come...
and I got 2 tops done ,.on to the get thing..
A good friend of mine said HI guys ...Am going to hang one of my guitar in her shop....soon...might be this one...lol...
more to come...
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Re: mahogany 3 piece top and back.. 6 sub bass strings
Ron,
Looking good !! Great use of wood. Are you making two all mahogany harp guitars at the same time?
Looking good !! Great use of wood. Are you making two all mahogany harp guitars at the same time?
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". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010