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LaurieW
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:34 pm 
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I’m looking for pics of a diamond volute with a backstrap. I am hoping to see how people blend the neck, backstrap and volute together.

I own a lot of guitars, but none have this combination :cry:

Appreciate the help as always.

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Barry Daniels
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Seems like those would be mutually exclusive.
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Barry Daniels wrote:
Seems like those would be mutually exclusive.

Not at all — but demands considerable skill. See the photo gallery on James Olson’s site:
https://olsonguitars.com/the-art/photo-gallery/


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I don't think that Olson's back veneer classifies as a "back strap". In my experience a back strap extends onto the neck shaft. Olson's is fitted around the volute.
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Not quite the same thing, but Doug Unger, the great banjo and mandolin maker, sort of builds the volute into his backstraps. Not quite a diamond volute, but the same idea, and could be done with a diamond just as not-easily...


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Any help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Uiy5PCoes

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

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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Colin North wrote:
Any help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Uiy5PCoes


Thanks a lot for posting this link. I've been puzzling over how to go about that for a long time and this video makes the process very clear.

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I think he is/was a member and posted the link some years ago,

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

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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An easy way to do the veneer "around" the diamond, is to do the modified bridle joint and glue a piece of veneer to the back of the peghead section before gluing it to the neck shaft portion. This picture doesn't show that, but I'm sure y'all can get the idea. As Barry said, it really isn't a backstrap, and doesn't perform the same function - it's cosmetic only.


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Here's what I do.

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And the process

http://www.patfosterguitars.com/opus/large-51.html


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Well done Pat. You've given me a modicum of confidence on doing a cutaway like that

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Well done Pat. You've given me a modicum of confidence on doing a cutaway like that

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Go for it Ed!

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