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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: K-Man on May 20, 2009, 09:18:32 PM
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of making a custom acoustic guitar:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/BraceWood.jpg)
to end up like this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/DreadnaughtGuitar.jpg)
This is a new venture for me, and hope to offer a couple of different styles of guitar - to include an acoustic version and a couple of electric guitars. The electric guitars will be cnc cut for the most part; the acoustic guitar will have more handcrafted work applied. A percentage of each sale will go to domestic violence programs.
I've ordered a number of pieces for the acoustic guitar and will take some pics as I progress.
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Kevin that looks really good! Nice job.
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Very nice, indeed!!
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Just want to clarify - I did not make the guitar pictured. That's what mine will basically look like when I'm through. I just started with the instruction and had only done up the pieces (braces) shown in the first pic.
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You'll do well!! :) :)
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Kevin, very cool and congrats on your new venture. Tom
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I'm excited about doing the guitar making. Lots of leather accessories I can make to go hand in hand with it. 8)
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Kevin:
I've got a guitar-playing son-in-law who is a budding songwriter in Nashville. I'll be watching your progress with more than passing interest. 8)
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Here's a progress report. The first couple of weeks were somewhat boring - doing nothing more than cutting braces, and more braces, and more braces. Finally got to do some things that show a bit more progress.
Here's the back of the guitar - made from mahogany. Two pieces glued, sanded, and cut out for rough shape.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/GuitarBack.jpg)
Here's the top of the guitar. Two pieces of Sitka being glued. Next week should be cutting out the rough shape, sound hole, and placing of the rosette.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/GuitarTop.jpg)
Here's one of the sides, also made from mahogany, being "shaped." Had cut the basic shape, wet the wood with water, and then shape it by the application of pressure and heat.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/GuitarSideShaper.jpg)
Here's the side initially set in the bracer after coming out of the shaper above.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/GuitarSideBrace1.jpg)
I've come home pretty much covered in sawdust. I think I can add to my resume now - maker of fine quality sawdust. ;D
More to follow....
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Looking good Kevin! Lots of jigs and braces needed to form those neat curved shapes. Looks fun to me.
Corey
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Kevin! Really nice work!! :) :)
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8) very cool
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That's some impressive work! :o
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Will there be a way to conceal a Glock 17 inside it somewhere?
;D
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Why not? In 1927 "Tommy Guns" were carried in violin cases.
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I can't wait till it's ready and I'll turn my sound up. ;) :D Tom
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We'll all tune in!! ;D ;D
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DDGator: I think the concealed weapon would work better on one of the Telecaster styles we're working on. Instead of the truss rod in the neck - put a rifle barrel. Then you could put a magazine in place of the front pick up, and use the switch right above that for the trigger. ;D Definitely would give you a different tune and would justify the term of hotrodding it.
On the guitar-making side, I'm already planning out my next acoustic. Trying to decide between Brazilian Rosewood or figured Bubinga for the back and sides. The BR is ~$1200 and the Bubinga is ~$400. I think the BR would look awesome with a mahogany top versus the more common Sitka.
Picked up a couple of chunks of african rosewood today for the bridges. They should blend in well with the guitar I'm working on now.
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Weekly update: Cut another brace for the center of the back. (I never realized how many braces are used on an acoustic guitar.) Thinned down and cut out the basic shape of the top. Also cut the sound hole and inlaid the rosette. The rosette is made from hawaiian koa wood. I wanted to give a little bit of color and variation to the top. The rosette ring was actually cut/split and then laid in the groove cut out for it. Had to do a little bit of trim for a good fit. Then it was sanded down flush with the actual top. Here's a couple of pics:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/GuitarTop1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Leathercrafter/GuitarTop1a.jpg)
Next week I should be gluing all the braces I've cut over the last couple of weeks onto both the top and the back. Will also be sanding some more on the top in order to smooth out the lines and slight variation in color. Also picked up some african rosewood for the bridge. It came from a hardwood flooring. Should make for a nice blend of the mahogany and the koa grain and colors.
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Still looking good!! Nice workmanship!! :) :)
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that is some very fine work there, very interesting to see this guiter being born. Tom