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Willy, this is beautiful craftsmanship. As a fellow woodworker (though not of your calibre) I am truly impressed. Continue to the end please.Part #5 of the Self Indulgent Story (AKA good grief, Willie, when is this going to be over .. ??) .. during the planning phase, I struggled with keeping this as a classic, full size Acoustic Dreadnaught, but decided eventually I would make it a cutaway style .. cutaway meaning the lower "bout" would curve in, which allows much easier access to the lower frets .. the detail PIC below shows the curvature as well as the continued detail used to "frame" the neck and the beginning of the cutaway .. same materials as mentioned previously ..
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This presented a problem .. if anyone recalls, I think, Part One, I mentioned that I had bookmatched the back rosewood, and the sides are rosewood as well from the same tree, and I had a limited amount of wood to work with .. combine that with the hard headed idea that I also wanted to bookmatch the end of the body .. so, what's the problem .. ?? I'm glad you asked ..
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As you can see, it's not quite spot on bookmatched, but, it's the best I could do .. the decorative piece had to be used since I was out of wood and luckily just had to fill in a small area, which I then continued the motif on as I had on the top edge, back edge and neck ..
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Thanks guys. I just put the glass of water on it to show how strong and stable it is. Obviously, I will not use it to hold my water. too high up to make it useful, but I will be putting some of my figurines on it that I used to put on the older monitors. THEY had a built in shelf to accommodate the vacuum tube monitor.oh wow that's wonderful!!
Ken.......that shelf is so kewl!! Jup, no liquids for me either, in fact would knock just about anything I put on there that I reached for, but it's still really kewl! Love seeing the things you print!! That still just sounds odd to me though.
the shelf is surprisingly sturdy. I saw one on a specialty site that was $24 and was NOT adjustable except for a swing-down arm. looked flimsy and I wanted to make a sturdy one.
To be honest I wish I had been around during the whole process because I think it would have made a great one time series for PBS or such and i would have liked to have filmed the process over time. The how along with the why would be a great thing to share over the whole build. What would you think about doing it again?Refer to Part 1 ..
The wood is green Palo Verde .. which I have used throughout the embellishment process .. it's actually green, but my camera picks it up as blue sometimes .. it is inlayed along with the rest ..
We could call it "Master Craftsman: Guitar".
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Very nice. We're in the process of getting Christmas together here at the new place. Got the tree up and lit but, Mom didn't have any ornaments (said lights were enough) so we had to buy some as our keepsakes are still in Virginia. Post some pics when I'm done. Lit the outside too.Well it's starting to look like Christmas around here. The tree is up and the Village is setup. Just in time for our daughter to arrive tomorrow night.
lol I got broke a long time ago! Not sure tape or glue will help........wonder iffn I kin git Ken to print me up some new parts!!
That insert & trim all give that part a very Decco look.Part #5 of the Self Indulgent Story (AKA good grief, Willie, when is this going to be over .. ??
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This presented a problem .. if anyone recalls, I think, Part One, I mentioned that I had bookmatched the back rosewood, and the sides are rosewood as well from the same tree, and I had a limited amount of wood to work with .. combine that with the hard headed idea that I also wanted to bookmatch the end of the body .. so, what's the problem .. ?? I'm glad you asked ..
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As you can see, it's not quite spot on bookmatched, but, it's the best I could do .. the decorative piece had to be used since I was out of wood and luckily just had to fill in a small area, which I then continued the motif on as I had on the top edge, back edge and neck ..
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Exactly! Perfect analogy, Yiddle! There are no mistakes, only opportunities.As mentioned in posts about quilting....perhaps that is what the Amish would refer to as your "God patch".....
It's a fantastically beautiful piece...made by what I consider a master artisan craftsman......and I strongly suspect 99.99999% of the population , looking at it, would see no flaws.....
They're doing that these days. In research only for now. They actually print living cells on a "organic scaffold" to make new organs such as livers.
Edit: they have printed actual human skin for burn victims that's been used.
You can't be too .... when it comes to your art.Continuation of Part #5 just to add some additional small bits .. (Why does Willie not just post a PIC of the whole durn thing ... ??) Well, it's just not possible to convey VIA a whole PIC what the detail work is unless you hold the thing in hand or see the detailed PICs .. I'll post whole PICs eventually ..
One of the things that plagues both acoustic and electric guitars (especially Gibson electrics) is the fragility of the area where the headstock begins .. headstock being the flat area high on the neck where the tuners are installed .. it's a design flaw in so many guitars, I could probably make a good living just specializing in repairing snapped off headstocks .. and, you would be surprised just how easy it can be to snap one off .. it's also one of the common issues that comes about when a guitar is shipped and not packed right ..
The answer .. ?? (you knew it was coming
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Bridge Pins are used to, by friction, hold the end of strings onto the bridge, you insert the ball end of the strings, then insert a bridge pin, pull the string tight and then push the pin fully down until it is firm .. but why go with off the shelf pins .. ?? Ebony pins with a tiny brass ring and an abalone dot in each, along with a hand carved ebony saddle .. along with a hand shaped bone bridge (bridge being what the strings lay over) which is tonally superior to any man made material that I know of .. am I just getting way to .... at this point .. ??
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Oh how precious! They are beautiful! LOL, everybody was wrong & so much for Dad always gets what he wants! Congratulations, Grandma!
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