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Hi folks, well, it seems that all the freaking batteries i had at home were dead, even the new rechargeable ones! Went to the corner store and bought regular ones and guess what? My Camera WORKS!!!!!!!!!


The hippie hippie shake!

Here is some pics, the sides were already bent, the reversed kerfed linings glued in and so were the neck and tail block

Here's the completed rosette scraped flush





the white ash rim, i know, i'm not going to glue it like this!





Here are some of the components that will make the appointments of that guitar



the cutting of the soundhole with Rod's amazing jig!!!!
Thanks Again Rod!





Cutting the contour of the top plate, i decided to cut what will be the center seam for the white ash back



et voila...







Tracing the braces on the undertop





And finally glued some dots...



Sorry for those with dial up but i've been missing that camera so much that i could not help myself!

Thanks for watching!

Serge

I really dig that rosette. It is a pretty shape. Are the wooden pieces maple? That ash looks great!

Good stuff buddy!

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ditto on the rosette Serge, looking good my friend.

Mike

Thanks Homey and Mike, the rosette is EIR and maple pieces with rope purfling towards the outer ring and BWB inner ring

Oh and BTW, that white ash taps really nice and really bends like butter!

Thanks brother Hesh! Yes, i'm about to start another thread to show the mess in my shop!

Very cool Bro. Awesome rosette. I got to try that some day.

Is that an SJ? Looks good bro

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Thanks bro!

Yup, an OLF SJ with Michael Payne's original mold and plans, it is a treat to work with these!

Looking good!

I just love a good build thread

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Serge, I was just looking at another guitar made of curly ash earlier today. The neck was laminated from 3 peices of ash with thin rosewood strips between them. Something similar would really look good on Your current project.

Al

What a great beginning! Ash isn't a wood that I would have thought to use. I can't wait for you to finish the guitar and tell me what you think of it. I'm all for using domestic woods. Though Sweetie has bought me a mahogany b&s set for Christmas that I'm excited about. Well, Sweetie doesn't know yet, but.... I'm only taking Hesh and Kim's advice.   

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Thanks Chris and Al!

Al, i'll look into that, not sure yet what the neck woods will be, i have a choice of Mahogany, maple and Jatoba, i have some ebony bindings and bridge but i don't have any ebony fretboard so i might go the EIR route like you suggest, would make perfect sense!

Thanks

Serge

Thanks Lillian, sure will let everyone know how it sounds but the rim taps nice for now and so does the back, sounds promising so far!

Good luck with Sweetie!

Looking really good, Serge. I like that ash and you did a very fine job on that rosette. You really get a lot done when you finally get to work.

Ron

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How are you coming up with these cool combo's? I like the looks of this already!

Redwood on white ash - Tres Cool! An ash neck would be nice!

That rosette has a certain, je na sais quoi! I actually like it a lot, I just wanted to say "je ne sais quoi"!

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Now that's kicking some serious butt!! Love that rosette Serge...woo eeee yeah

     How long have you been building this bad boy? Man it seems like your flying....

Your like the..... Serginator!!!

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Serge that sure is looking good. The ash looks really nice. I think it will be a great sounding geetar.

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Thanks a lot everyone!

Yes Ron, i was hoping Alain would call for a race to the finish but since he didn't, i thought it would be a good time to try and catch up with him!

Thanks Billy, it's not redwood, it's red cedar unless both mean the same??? Love your French accent BTW! Tu es trop gentil mon ami! OTOH, that pic of me in a Serginator should have you banned tho! Just kiddin'! I love it!

Thanks Anthony and Bob, sure will have lots of cleaning to do on the top but i feel confident about the outcome at the end, this will be a gift to my Godfather Norm, he knows about it but not when he'll receive it!

Thanks fellas!

Serge

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Good job, Billy.

Ron

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Man,you amaze me at what you can accomplish in a short period of time Serge. It looks so good so far. Ash and cedar is going to be a great guitar and I really like your rosette design.WTG buddy

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Serge, that's going to be a beautiful guitar....almost Elvish by appearance (sorry, LOTR influence!!)

The ash back and sides with the rosette is looking stunnning already!!!

What is ash like to bend?Sam Price39040.5509259259

Thanks Dave and Sam!

Thanks Dave, it looks like i've done a lot but all this work was done over a couple of weeks by nights and week end!

Thanks Sam, ash has been the easiest thing to bend for me so far, really went easy and no cracks whatsoever and even the sides tap really nice!

Cheers

Serge

Thanks Billy for helping my hair situation!

You want hair? I can give you hair!

Thanks Ron!

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