Saturday, July 24, 2010

S907 #2 Neck and top

A friend saw a gorilla in the top



Spalted Flame top without the Gorilla and the Padauk body. I came no were near the padauk with the router... I have learned my lessons. I love the look and stability of Padauk. I hate the orange dust, the tear out, and the cantankerous nature when it comes to blades.


The neck sandwich after a bandsaw cut... and a trip through the router.




The scarf decoration will not be anywhere near the volute. At least the lines are lined up... nothing worse than pulling the clamps off to find all your lines are off.


Serious mess.

And a fretboard test.


So the tape is to prevent the titebond from bleeding through. Then we sand it up because you have to freshen up the wood in order for the titebond ot work properly. Then acetone to clean it. And every clamp in the shop.

S907 #3 Neck work

Neck out of the clamps. Then a cut with the bandsaw and a trip through the jointer.



A quick look at the fretboard.


Bloodwood top.

Friday, July 23, 2010

S907 #2 Updates

Scarf joint cut.


Originally I had planned to use a black veneer in the scarf joint but I noticed when I cut the veneer that it seemed softer than I would like. So for the heck of it I clamped a sample in the vice and wacked it with the hammer. The one side split right on the veneer. The other side the Padauk fractured and the veneer stayed. I am not going to risk a neck with results like that. So I came up with a different idea... you will have to wait and see.


I ended up pinning this one outside the neck so I could line everything up right. The headstock should be one piece...

S907 #3 Updates

The whole set.


The bloodwood stripes in the neck blend in right now. But when this one gets oiled it should pop right out.


Scarf joint cut and prep


Lining this one up was a bit harder. It is going to be 7 inline so I needed the overhang.


I used a big screw clamp for this one and the small clamps on the outer edges.

Pro Photo shoot

Finished up a photo shoot last night for a few guitars. Should have nice shiny new photos soon.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Fret work for the V

Fret work.


My favorite new tool for fretting. Angled side cutters ground smooth.


Side dots.


Nut cut.

S907 #3

S907 #3


Sapele/Bloodwood neck attached to a super thin Sapele/Bloodwood topped body with hipshot parts and custom pickups.
Again aiming for a dark sounding 7 string light enough to enjoy.

Neck : Sapele/Bloodwood
Fretboard : Ziricote
Scale : 25.5
Frets : 24
Trussrod : ALLPARTS

Body : Sapele/Bloodwood (33mm)
Tuners : Hipshot
Pickups : Diablo 7 Strings
Bridge : Hipshot
Electronics : 1 Vol 3-way

Wood pile


Body Blank


Fingerboards.


Neck blank glue up.


Bloodwood top.

Rear plate issue resolved

Rear plate recessed.

S907 #2

S907 #2


Paduak neck attached to a super thin Sapele/Spalt-Flame Maple topped body with hipshot parts and custom pickups.
Agian aiming for a dark sounding 7 string light enough to enjoy.

Neck : Padauk
Fretboard : Ziricote
Scale : 25.5
Frets : 24
Trussrod : ALLPARTS

Body : Sapele/Splated-Flame Maple (33mm)
Tuners : Hipshot
Pickups : Diablo 7 Strings
Bridge : Hipshot
Electronics : 1 Vol 3-way

Body blank


Ziricote Fretboard


Top



Neck blank



The whole set.