Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

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Re: Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

Post by Ron » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:30 pm

My wife here to so it hard to sand the body down when she trying to work...guess I ll have to do it in the morning...good new

the market up today .11%wow ..... :D
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Re: Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

Post by Joe Sustaire » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:03 pm

Hey Ron,

I'm starting to get it. After you plane, sand, or scrape off the backing material you have the rope design on the side of the binding, right? From the top you get a checked binding. Going to be sharp, I need to try this, I love rope bindings, you often saw that on old "cowboy" guitars from the 30's.

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ps. - You were going to show the tool you use to counter-sink your bridge holes. Just a reminder.
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Post by Eben » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:04 pm

And I like WATCHING you post pictures and work!!

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Post by Ron » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:22 pm

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still need more sanding but getting close..

lots more to do here...well coming together ...perry good...

take a look..
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Re: Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

Post by Ventura Bill » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:14 am

Ron wrote:My wife here to so it hard to sand the body down when she trying to work...guess I ll have to do it in the morning...good new

the market up today .11%wow ..... :D
Hi Ron,

I'll bet that Tonya is breathing a big sigh of relief over that good news! 8-) 8-) I hope things continue to improve in the Economy.

So, you glue the Rope pattern onto a Maple carrier strip, cut it into strips, glue the strips into the Binding channel with the carrier strip (sacrificial) on the outside and when dry, Plane the carrier strip off and trim the Binding to size. Hey, that's a GREAT idea! Never would have thought to do that.

Keep it coming, Ron. I am enjoying seeing how you bring this thing together.

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Re: Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

Post by Ron » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:47 pm

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so i have the bridge and fret board to go...

moving right along.



bill we were really worryed about the market . I can'nt say but I think we hit bottom and were on our way back up...

who knows.

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Re: Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

Post by Ron » Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:27 pm

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on to the fret board ...am doing a vine inlay ...got some done today.
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Re: Ron Steiger Harp Guitar

Post by Ventura Bill » Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:21 pm

Gee Ron,

That inlay is going to look great! I don't know that I would be able to have a steady enough hand to rout out such a channel in an Ebony fretboard. Or anywhere else for that matter. :lol:

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