Think Ive already posted a pic of this guitar strung up prior to french polishing the top. Here it is finally finished and waiting to head off to its new owner.
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:11 am ] |
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Think Ive already posted a pic of this guitar strung up prior to french polishing the top. Here it is finally finished and waiting to head off to its new owner.
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| Author: | KiwiCraig [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:22 am ] |
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WOW WOW WOW Martin !!! That is just superb !. I adore the rosette ,,,,,also the bridge tailblock ,,,, in fact the whole guitar is tremendous . Great work mate 
Now could you just slow down a tad., Your pace is making me feel real bad 
Man I'm impressed ! Cheers Craig |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:55 am ] |
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Dont panic mate, you'll be happy to know that No 4 (Hauser based classical) has developed a nasty dip in it's back so Ive had to rip the back off and replace same. I also have to head back to work next week so that should slow me down as well. |
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:42 am ] |
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Well done Martin! |
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| Author: | JBreault [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:07 am ] |
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Bravo Martin!
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| Author: | Bobc [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:35 am ] |
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Very beautiful guitar. |
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| Author: | bob_connor [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:56 am ] |
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Very, very nice Martin.
I've been following the progress of this one on Neils forum. Hope things go OK with the back repair. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:04 am ] |
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That's a great looking classical. I particularly like that rosette. It blends so well with the other woods. |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:00 am ] |
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That is a very beautiful looking guitar! Great job!
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:58 am ] |
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Nice looking classical Martin. [QUOTE=kiwigeo] ...No 4 (Hauser based classical) has developed a nasty dip in it's back so Ive had to rip the back off and replace same. [/QUOTE] Ouch! Any idea what happened? |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:41 am ] |
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Hi Carlton, Possible a humidity issue with back braces but may also have something to do with going too thin with the back. The new back will be a bit thicker and maybe put in an extra brace. |
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| Author: | Andy Zimmerman [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:56 am ] |
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Beautiful!!!! A closeup of the the rosette???? |
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:58 am ] |
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You want a close up of a stock standard Stewmac rosette?? I havent been brave enough to make my own rosette yet...on the list of things to do this year. |
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| Author: | AStass [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:53 pm ] |
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Great guitar Martin! It's not easy building those classical ones, is it? I really like the simplicity of what you've done here. Just let the wood do the talking, that's my direction, too. Alan.
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:28 pm ] |
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Beautiful work, Martin! No. 2, huh? wow...
Steve |
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| Author: | Kahle [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:46 pm ] |
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Nice looking work 
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:10 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=CarltonM] Nice looking classical Martin. [QUOTE=kiwigeo] ...No 4 (Hauser based classical) has developed a nasty dip in it's back so Ive had to rip the back off and replace same. [/QUOTE] Ouch! Any idea what happened? [/QUOTE] Carlton, I removed the old back and made up a new one and have successfully fitted same with good results. I made the new back a bit thicker (0.125 rather than .090") and added a fourth back brace in bout area. I also took the sides down a bit at the tail block and heel end of the sides to accentuate the lengthwise arching of the back. Its quite possible the sides were originally too low in the bout area. Anyway all fixed up and the new back is holding its arch nicely in all directions. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:54 am ] |
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Excellent! I like good news! 
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| Author: | AStass [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:58 am ] |
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Yay!!!
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:28 am ] |
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Nice looking guitar Martin.
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| Author: | Kim [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:59 am ] |
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Very Nice Martin, And I am glad to see that you over came the challenges of No4 as well. 
Cheers Kim |
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