There was a request in the myrtle thread of a little update of what i'm working on at the moment, so here it is!
This guitar is the one that will hopefully get me my HND (higher national diploma) in musical instrument technology.
I went a little wild on this one - it's going to be a fanned fret 7 string, euro walnut B+S, euro spruce top, multi-lam neck and other such fripperies.
I'll post the pictures I've taken so far, with a small description of each.
First, the back and sides
Now the neck blank. I can tell you glue up was tricky, and messy! Because of the fanned frets, the nut is at an angle. When I come to thickness the headstock I will do so with a twist, moving the break angle and keeping everything neat
Sides bent (on a hot pipe, though I'm planning to build a side bender soon) Since the photo was taken I've put the blocks in and added the linings.
This is the rosette in it's current state - because of all the weird angles on the instrument I've had to do something strange here too - so spiral it was! The inlayed section is Brazilian rose, as will be the bindings and fretmarkers. The MDF is a mock-up fretboard end to cover what's not to be seen ;)
I've also nearly finished bracing the back. It's a self designed X. Hope it works!
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