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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:56 am ] |
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This is the first time I have built 2 at the same time. These are my fifth and sixth guitars. Both are OLF SJs, Florentine. One is an all Koa short scale, with bloodwood bindings/rosette. The other bear claw Sitka on EI Rosewood standard scale with spalted maple rosette and bubinga bindings. 
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:03 am ] |
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Lovely, and I love your choice for inlay on the backs, lightly contrasting but not too much so. |
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| Author: | peterm [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:04 am ] |
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You certainly have been busy!! 
Looking good... is that an Adi top? |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:17 am ] |
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Steve, Looks good so far - keep us updated. Are you building two of the same model to compare the different wood combination sounds or the different lower bout bracing direction (or are they lefty/righty)? Are their going to be other differences between the two? |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:18 am ] |
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Steve, Looks like you are off to a great start. Love the woods you are using. |
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| Author: | Lillian F-W [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:26 am ] |
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Understated elegance. I can't wait to see them, and maybe hear them? once they are finished. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:39 am ] |
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Lokks good so far Steve, good idea to test some differences between the two, they sure will be as elegant as the previous ones you showed us! 
Keep on going! Serge |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:42 am ] |
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Very nice selections Steve.Man,I love koa and short scale too! That will be a great guitar.Both will, I'm sure. |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:00 am ] |
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[QUOTE=peterm] ... is that an Adi top? [/QUOTE]No, it is bear claw Sitka. [QUOTE=Dave White] Are you building two of the same model to compare the different wood combination sounds or the different lower bout bracing direction (or are they lefty/righty)? Are their going to be other differences between the two?[/QUOTE] The koa is a lefty. The other difference is scale length. [QUOTE=Aoibeann] Understated elegance. I can't wait to see them, and maybe hear them? once they are finished. [/QUOTE] Understaed elegance, I like that, a lot. I'll keep posting some pictures. The koa is a lefty, so I probably won't be able to play it well enough to record. If you are in So Cal, come on by. |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:07 am ] |
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I got a bit more done today. 
I don't like that A. I'll see if I can't talk him out of it.  
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| Author: | Jeff Doty [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:11 pm ] |
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Steve, Impressive work. Very tasteful and clean looking. They are going to make a couple folks very happy. Jeff |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:59 am ] |
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As you can see in the first picture in this thread, the koa guitar is a lefty. I managed to make the ebony saddle for this guitar as a righty. I'm understanding why there are often extra charges for a lefty guitar..... The good news is, I was able to talk him into a rosewood bridge.
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| Author: | Lillian F-W [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:28 am ] |
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[QUOTE=SteveS] As you can see in the first picture in this thread, the koa guitar is a lefty. I managed to make the ebony saddle for this guitar as a righty. I'm understanding why there are often extra charges for a lefty guitar..... [/QUOTE] Well, Steve, thats one less thing you will have to do on the next right-handed guitar. So... you are a step a head on that one. 
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| Author: | Marc [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:36 am ] |
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I like the width and color of the back purfling/binding, the contrast and clean thin solid line looks good. |
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:00 am ] |
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[QUOTE=SteveS] As you can see in the first picture in this thread, the koa guitar is a lefty. I managed to make the ebony saddle for this guitar as a righty. I'm understanding why there are often extra charges for a lefty guitar..... [/QUOTE] Haha, lefties are the bane of the Luthierie world, aren't they? 
That's why I am making my own leftie guitar to suit my leftie needs.... Your builds are looking great so far!!! |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:34 am ] |
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Here is the new bridge. 
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:38 am ] |
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I built the necks this weekend. - Mahogany/maple/bloodwood on one, Mahogany/maple/walnut on the other. 
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| Author: | D Stewart [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:10 am ] |
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Love your necks. Nice contrast. I bet they are nice and stiff to. Donovan |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:40 am ] |
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Donovan, Yes they are stiff. They don't respond much to truss rod input, but very little adjustment is ever needed. The neck with the bloodwood strip will go with the koa guitar that has the bloodwood rosette, bloodwood back-strip, and will also have blood wood bindings. |
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:09 am ] |
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Steve, you need to write a book on guitar builds...very clear, with great visuals!!! |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:59 pm ] |
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I'm trying to decide something for the koa guitar. It will have bloodwood bindings, rosette and backstrip. The headstock is koa with an abalone S. Would you go with bloodwood dots on the ebony fretboard or abalone. I have a picture below. 
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| Author: | Kim [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:09 pm ] |
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Lots of people use ab and for good reason, it looks great but then so does the bloodwood. Either will work but seeing how you already have ab in the headstock, I would stick with it for the fretboard. Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:07 am ] |
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I'd say abalone, but smaller. Your "S" is tastefully subtle, so I think some 2mm dots would look great. Or, leave it bare--it's hard to go wrong with basic black. |
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| Author: | Lillian F-W [ Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:36 pm ] |
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Definately the abalone to help tie it all together. |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:06 pm ] |
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I've been working on the bath room remodel. It is hard to do that and build guitar! I did decide to go with the abalone. 
I managed to make a wedgie too. What are these things called? 
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