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SnowManSnow
 Post subject: New build!
PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:44 pm 
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000 12 fret this time!
Sapele bs w ebony fretboard :) rosewood binding and some rope purfling.
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J De Rocher
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Cool top. I like the ones where the bear claw patterns have symmetry like that. Nice fretboard wood too.

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J De Rocher wrote:
Cool top. I like the ones where the bear claw patterns have symmetry like that. Nice fretboard wood too.

Thank! Yea it’s almost a lightning look ha. I’m going to French polish the top. I can’t resist the 3d look fp gives the bearclaw stuff! Should look pretty slick


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Colin North
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Oooo!!

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Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.
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Sharp rosette!!


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Ken Nagy
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I like the choices you made. The fretboard with the simple.wide binding, and interesting shape is quite nice. Might as well make things that are different! Nice photos too.

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Looks good! I’m kicking off a 00 as well. Building it for myself.


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bcombs510 wrote:
Looks good! I’m kicking off a 00 as well. Building it for myself.


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Interesting that I always build for myself and don’t have any of my guitars ha


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Ken Nagy wrote:
I like the choices you made. The fretboard with the simple.wide binding, and interesting shape is quite nice. Might as well make things that are different! Nice photos too.

Thanks! Bending the binding was a challenge. I do t have a proper pipe so I used a heat gun clamped in my vise as one ha.


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SnowManSnow
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Got some binding work done today
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I believe Sapele (and Bubinga) make wonderful guitars, but aren't given enough respect because of the price. While I do have a 14' 4"x10" plank of H Hog, I've been using it mainly for lighter weight necks. Sapele can make a very good neck too, but is a little heavier.
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SnowManSnow
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bftobin wrote:
I believe Sapele (and Bubinga) make wonderful guitars, but aren't given enough respect because of the price. While I do have a 14' 4"x10" plank of H Hog, I've been using it mainly for lighter weight necks. Sapele can make a very good neck too, but is a little heavier.

Sapele is great actually. Light and resonant. But I ga is nice too… but I find it heavier and harder to get to a thickness I feel “works”… it does finish easily though:)


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Roughing in the neck..
Here she is clamped to the Fb and in place (mostly)
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