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Guitar Build

Posted By: ReelBusy

Guitar Build - 12/23/17 01:57 AM

Been working on this for a couple of months now. Building a OOO sized guitar based on a vintage Martin, it has a torrified spruce top with rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. It's been a challenge, seems half my time spent on this is building jigs.

Head and tail blocks glued on, sides joined. Gluing on the kerfling


Soundboard rosette glued in.


Top bracing glued on and bridge plate set.
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 12/23/17 02:08 AM

Built the spool clamps needed to glue the top to the sides

Takes lots of clamps to get things snug and even

Back goes on the same way, the back has a 20ft radius so the sides have to be sanded to match
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 12/23/17 02:11 AM

All glued up and trimmed the top and back, ready to cut the channel in for binding and perfling

Glued the truss rod in and glued on the ebony head plate

Nice color on the back

I didn't get pics of the binding going on, it was a royal pain. Glue everywhere! finally got it in and scraped down.
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 12/23/17 02:14 AM

Working on the fret board now. Fret markers and inlay dots going in. Screwed up the first fretboard and had to start over.
Posted By: Muzzlebrake

Re: Guitar Build - 12/23/17 01:57 PM

Holy fretboard batman! That's a lot of skilz. And work.
Posted By: SgtDag

Re: Guitar Build - 12/23/17 03:43 PM

Very impressive thumb

Can’t wait to see finished product
Posted By: Westside.

Re: Guitar Build - 12/23/17 05:47 PM

Cool project!!! Let us know how she plays when complete rockon
Posted By: fuzzion

Re: Guitar Build - 12/25/17 01:40 AM

Excellent work!
Posted By: Bob Davis

Re: Guitar Build - 12/25/17 03:53 AM

Wow, I did not know you were a luthier! Very nice work man. I have a few friends that built a guitar or two.
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 12/25/17 03:08 PM

Originally Posted By: Bob Davis
Wow, I did not know you were a luthier! Very nice work man. I have a few friends that built a guitar or two.


Luthier? roflmao Some days I'm lucky to not glue myself to the guitar. Thanks y'all, it's been fun and relaxing (mostly).

Posted By: Nocona Brian

Re: Guitar Build - 12/25/17 08:32 PM

That is awesome! I've thrown the idea around of doing a knockoff tele or strat, I couldn't imagine doing an acoustic. Very impressive.
Posted By: Cast

Re: Guitar Build - 12/25/17 09:18 PM

Wow! Very nice.
Posted By: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI

Re: Guitar Build - 12/27/17 01:26 PM

I want to try that some day but need to learn more about it.

Did you buy a kit or cut all the pieces out
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 12/27/17 02:23 PM

Originally Posted By: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI
I want to try that some day but need to learn more about it.

Did you buy a kit or cut all the pieces out


It’s a kit from Stewart McDonald. I plan on building another kit and then do more on my own, I’ll still get some of it pre-bent or serviced. Some of it requires specialty tools that I don’t want to buy.

Here’s the kit.
http://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_Sup...Guitar_Kit.html
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 12/27/17 03:42 PM

Did the neck fitting and finished hammering the frets in and then filed the fret ends smooth.




The neck test fitted to the guitar body. Finally looks like a guitar.



Next comes the initial bridge placement and then on to pore filling and sanding. The bridge placement is challenging, it will determine the ability to tune and intonation. Not sure if I want to buy a jig or measure 7 ways from Sunday to get it right.
Posted By: Nocona Brian

Re: Guitar Build - 12/27/17 03:56 PM

Man that's a good looking guitar. Keep it up.
Posted By: von rage

Re: Guitar Build - 12/27/17 10:59 PM

Very nice work. There is a group of guitar builders that meet at the Rockler store in Richardson once a month. One of them just opened up Guitars and Growlers. Only place I know where you can buy a custom guitar and a beer in the same store.
Posted By: Luke57

Re: Guitar Build - 12/28/17 09:52 PM

Great job. Something to be very proud of
Posted By: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI

Re: Guitar Build - 01/01/18 10:02 PM

Do you build all the clamps or buy them.
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 01/07/18 01:06 AM

Originally Posted By: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI
Do you build all the clamps or buy them.


I built the spool clamps and bought the others
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 01/07/18 01:08 AM

It's finally warm enough to start the pore filling. Using a finishing resin on the rosewood and mahogany. Nice to see the color and grain of the rosewood.



Posted By: Westside.

Re: Guitar Build - 01/13/18 06:13 PM

Really nice work thumb
Posted By: JavelinJ

Re: Guitar Build - 01/17/18 09:00 PM

Very nice! You make my cutting board project look like it was made by a ruhtard.
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 01/18/18 03:53 AM

Waiting on warmer weather to apply more pore filler. Building a mold for the next guitar, makes squaring everything up much easier.

Like this
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 01/23/18 02:00 AM

It was finally warm enough to get the pore filler on. Sprayed the two coats of vinyl sealer and ready to spray lacquer.


Posted By: SgtDag

Re: Guitar Build - 01/23/18 03:12 PM

Dang that’s turning out great!!
Posted By: mouldybits

Re: Guitar Build - 02/21/18 01:21 AM

Very nice! Any more progress?
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 02/21/18 07:24 AM

First one is mostly finished. It sounds surprisingly good. Will post some video and pics tomorrow.
Posted By: Westside.

Re: Guitar Build - 02/21/18 08:00 PM

Originally Posted By: Hancock
First one is mostly finished. It sounds surprisingly good. Will post some video and pics tomorrow.


Hell ya rock
Posted By: COFF

Re: Guitar Build - 02/26/18 09:22 PM

Originally Posted By: txfour
Very nice! You make my cutting board project look like it was made by a ruhtard.


Wait, you mean that you are't... now I am confused.
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 02/27/18 07:11 PM

Took it to a friends house and got a short clip of her playing it. I'm really pleased with the sound.

Posted By: river-rat

Re: Guitar Build - 02/28/18 09:31 AM

That’s pretty cool
Posted By: SgtDag

Re: Guitar Build - 02/28/18 09:49 AM

Well done! You should be proud of that accomplishment
Posted By: Bob Davis

Re: Guitar Build - 02/28/18 05:46 PM

Wow, sounds great, that is awesome!
Posted By: Bee'z

Re: Guitar Build - 02/28/18 07:36 PM

Outstanding job Sir. That is awesome cheers
Posted By: Westside.

Re: Guitar Build - 02/28/18 10:55 PM

Originally Posted By: Dag²Bill
Well done! You should be proud of that accomplishment
Posted By: mouldybits

Re: Guitar Build - 03/01/18 10:33 PM

Might need to work on that dog note she picks grin sounds pretty sweet!nice one! thumb
Posted By: TexasTwoGunz

Re: Guitar Build - 04/02/18 09:15 PM

Wow
Posted By: lconn4

Re: Guitar Build - 04/07/18 05:42 PM

Really Wow!
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 04/07/18 07:26 PM

Guitar #2 is almost done. I'll post up some pics in a bit.
Posted By: Indianation65

Re: Guitar Build - 07/11/18 07:12 PM

Nice job, but clearly, the demo video should be longer.

Show us the guitar, talk about it, then play it, then "sing" and "play" it.

Great-looking guitar...

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Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 07/11/18 11:12 PM

Originally Posted By: Indianation65
Nice job, but clearly, the demo video should be longer.

Show us the guitar, talk about it, then play it, then "sing" and "play" it.

Great-looking guitar...

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Thanks! I'll get a longer video. There was more to that one but not suitable for here!
Posted By: nethingthatbites

Re: Guitar Build - 07/12/18 03:13 PM

thumb

those wing nut driven spool clamps look a lot more convenient than a mess of screw and web clamps.
Posted By: 96speed

Re: Guitar Build - 07/13/18 05:03 PM

Excellent work.
Posted By: deucer02

Re: Guitar Build - 09/23/18 05:15 PM

Future project: Copy of Willie's Trigger.
Posted By: krawlin 47

Re: Guitar Build - 09/24/18 06:52 PM

Really Really cool!
Posted By: ReelBusy

Re: Guitar Build - 09/25/18 12:47 AM

Originally Posted By: deucer02
Future project: Copy of Willie's Trigger.


Been reading up on the history of Trigger for a while. The hole can’t be replicated.
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