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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Neck pocket – July 2016
Before the bridge and pickups can be located, the next step is to cut the neck pocket. The bridge has a range of 10 – 15mm for string height, so I’ve gone for a depth of neck pocket to leave … Continue reading
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Top glued and trimmed – July 2016
The top has been glued, left for a few days (mainly due to lack of time) and then trimmed flush with the body. The end result is pretty good, though the centre line is a bit off at the back … Continue reading
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Test Dye #2 – July 2016
Now I’ve rough cut the top to size, I can use the offcuts for real testing of the dyes (as I was using different bits of wood before). The flame grain isn’t very strong to the naked eye until you … Continue reading
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Drill the “F-Hole” – July 2016
Semi hollow guitars normally use the “F-holes” seen on violins, cellos and arch top guitars. Instead, as previously mentioned, I’ve gone for something a bit more modern (and simple to do). I designed a pattern of holes using coins while … Continue reading
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Bookmatching top – July 2016
Lacking a thicknesser / planner, I had to get the wood cut for me. In general this isn’t a good idea, as wood doesn’t stay that true for gluing up over time – especially after being posted! However, I’ve had … Continue reading
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Cutting control cavity – July 2016
Cutting the control cavity is far simpler when you can drill through from the front and clear out most of the wood. I’ve reused the control cover template from the previous guitar, as it fitted, meaning it was very quick … Continue reading
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Hollowing out body – July 2016
Above is the end result of removing the wood for the semi-hollow chamber. As previously mentioned, before I stopped the project last time, I hogged out the wood to the wrong guide line – meaning I couldn’t smooth out the … Continue reading
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Shaping Body – July 2016
With the template is finished, the next step is to copy it’s outline onto the guitar. After this, I’ll turn my attention to finishing the internal hollow sections, including drilling through for the guitar controls. The lack of dust extraction … Continue reading
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Finishing body template outline – July 2016
Up until now I played super safe with the neck area of the template. Now the neck shaping is finished, it’s time to tidy up the neck area of the template. Using a spare piece of wood as a straight … Continue reading
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Neck shaping finished – July 2016
I had the wrong lens on my camera for today’s photos (my 50mm prime), hence the super strong DOF. I’m calling the neck shaping “done”, there is still a whole lot of sanding before a finish could be applied, but … Continue reading
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