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bea

bea

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Hi folks,

although (or because?) the restauration of my new old house does not make sufficient progress, i can already use it as a workshop for Lutherie (and that's also a motivation not to give up with the house itself...)

The project is designed around an old body shape i designed for the 2nd version of my 1st (and failed) attempt to make a guitar. But unlike No 1 this will neither become a guitar nor will it become a solid body. My plan is to make a 2nd Bass VI and incorporate many ideas which are demanding to make. I like the thrill, and i own enough "bread and butter" instruments.

I started building a small workbench:

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which will of course also help a lot making some furniture for my forthcoming home.

Here some wood:

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Joining the top:

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the disadvantage of those highly figured woods is that they tend to warp stronger and less predictable than the smoother pieces...

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And a sketch - this baby will be a solid body sized archtop with fanned frets:

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bea said:
Hi folks,

although (or because?) the restauration of my new old house does not make sufficient progress, i can already use it as a workshop for Lutherie (and that's also a motivation not to give up with the house itself...)

The project is designed around an old body shape i designed for the 2nd version of my 1st (and failed) attempt to make a guitar. But unlike No 1 this will neither become a guitar nor will it become a solid body. My plan is to make a 2nd Bass VI and incorporate many ideas which are demanding to make. I like the thrill, and i own enough "bread and butter" instruments.

I started building a small workbench:

file.php


which will of course also help a lot making some furniture for my forthcoming home.

Here some wood:

file.php


Joining the top:

file.php


the disadvantage of those highly figured woods is that they tend to warp stronger and less predictable than the smoother pieces...

file.php



And a sketch - this baby will be a solid body sized archtop with fanned frets:

file.php
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Oh Yes! Exciting! I LOVE making things from nothing more than a drawing!!!!! Can't wait to see the progress!!!!!
 
To me that seems like a waste of timber. If you only need the ribs why not make a skeletal frame using small sections and just use solid timber (or even ply with binding) for the back and top? I know it may be a bit time consuming glueing all the bits together but it saves a lot of waste (and I know about waste having drilled and routed out four Ric style bodies from solid maple!).
 
I HAVE NO CLUE---- but I ask to learn---
Does not all that GLUE affect the sound? is not routing out better ????
 
javamagic said:
To me that seems like a waste of timber. If you only need the ribs why not make a skeletal frame using small sections and just use solid timber (or even ply with binding) for the back and top? I know it may be a bit time consuming glueing all the bits together but it saves a lot of waste (and I know about waste having drilled and routed out four Ric style bodies from solid maple!).
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Don't worry, i am going to retain as much of the wood as possible and use a jigsaw to cut the ribs. Nothing will be routed into dust, and the amount of waste will be comparable to making the ribs of small pieces.
Well, bending the ribs would mean less waste, but it would be *really* problematic to make those narrow horns at the cutaways.

But carved tops and bottoms for archtops unavoidably lead to a lot of waste. I actually hope that i'll produce less waste than i did with my archtop guitar (that was 5 kg of dust...)

A propos Eric Johnson: this will become a bass. Something semisolid.
 
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