Sunday, January 03, 2010

End of vacation update

Having been off for the last 2 weeks has been good for both my psyche and the guitar.
I was able to get lot's of stuff done.
I have the neck for the 12 string ready to carve. I'll cut the tennon tomorrow on the new table saw!


I know you're thinking, "Hey that wood looks just like the counter tops in the kitchen". Yes. I had some left over out in the back yard for the last decade or so. It's about 30" long and 1.5" square, laminated Rock Maple! Insanely hard. I ripped it down to 1" blanks then laminated it with 1/8" koa/maple/koa sandwich between them.




I bent the ebony binding with minimal scary noises. I just soaked it in the bathtub for a few hours then let it heat up for about 20 minutes before starting to crank it down.  
Marilyn made the label for her guitar!

I was able to get Sel-Mac/nylon body glued up.  Rosewood back and sides, western cedar top and spanish cedar neck.  Fingerboard ready to fret (well after I finish setting the neck angle on the heel and glue it to the neck)

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