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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Curlybear SpruceCaster |
This thread will document the building of my SpruceCaster, made from a billet of Mario's World Famous Curlybear Lutz, that started of 4X7X25, bookmatched into a solid body blank, and rough cut, in these photos. Nothing ground breaking here, but I just thouht I'd like to share. More to come........ ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") Attachment: 1 bookmatched and glued web.JPG Anybody know how to attach more than 1 photo? |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Here's the finished rough blank... |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Cool! Are you going to ruin it with a cap?  I like building slab gits wit softwoods. |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
alan stassforth wrote: Cool! Are you going to ruin it with a cap? Ha! Of course not! It's going to get a PRS style Triburst finish both sides, black edges, red, then either yellow or natural for the center, I haven't decided. I'll probably go with natural, making it a two tone burst, but we'll see. This is a premium piece of spruce that would have produced master grade tops, with zero runout, which may or may not give the strictly acoustic guys fits, but I figure spruce is still plentiful. I almost decided to save it for brace stock, since I consider brace wood selection to be as or more important than top selection, but I have a few more billets on the way to splt braces off of. Off we go! |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Sounds interesting, to say the least! |
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| Author: | VirgilGuitar [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Nice! - I'm watching! |
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| Author: | Ian Cunningham [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
I built a guit out of Bald Cypress. It's a unique look and people seem to like it. Doesn't sound bad..... |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Here's some more pictures with comments attached to the photos. For some reason they are the opposite order than I would have liked, but that's okay. You get the idea. |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
I've built 2 redwood, and one doug fir lap steels, and I like the way they sound. Bet yours will sound great, especially unplugged. Nice and light, too! Nice work so far. What about the neck? |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Probably going to be birdseye maple with some kind of rosewood, if I can find a light enough piece of birdseye, otherwise simple flatsawn maple will do. I'm using Callaham hardware and Lollar Blondes for pickups. In it's current form it weighs 3 pound 3 ounces, I expect to lose some more weight when I contour it, and then gain a slight amount back when it is finished. I'm hoping to achieve a weight under 3 pounds without hardware and before finishing, but we'll see. I'm concurrently working on a SequoiaCaster as well, with a slight flame figure. This one weighs 5 pounds six ounces as is. |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
More pitchers with captions.......  These steps took a total of about 20 minutes. The Padma-ism in the first caption was unintentional. |
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| Author: | VirgilGuitar [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Shaping up brother! looking forward to hooking up again soon also! |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
That sequoia is so sick!!!!!! I love it! Put the same pickups in each one, and do some soundclips, okay? |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Thanx guys! I will most likely use the same Callaham hardware and Lollar Blondes for each guitar, as I was going to do a sound comparison anyway. I just have to find some sister necks out of my stash. |
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| Author: | Mike Baker [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
That is going to be one beautiful strat! There was a spruce build on TDPRI(Ron Kirn), but I think he did a thin, bent maple veneer for the top. Been contemplating a strat build myself. Already got a couple, but this time I'm thinkin' hardtail. Keep the pics comin'! Gonna enjoy this. |
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| Author: | oval soundhole [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
hows the build going.... |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Moe just sealed it. Hopefully it'll be done with finish end of next week. |
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| Author: | VirgilGuitar [ Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
theguitarwhisperer wrote: Moe just sealed it. Hopefully it'll be done with finish end of next week. ((((((((((insert drum roll here!)))))))))) |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Picked up the Sprucecaster from Moe today,came out AWESOME!!! I love Moe. The finished weight is 3 pounds, 1.4 ounces, a very lightweight instrument. I'm making the neck now, will post pics later. It will be birdseye maple with a birdseye maple fretboard. Here's some pics |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Looks like Moe knows what he's doing! So cool, a solid body spruce git! Uh-oh, looks like my next slab build might be spruce. Yikes! I'm getting way too many ideas, and not enough time. Wish I didn'e have to work a regular job. |
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| Author: | Mike Baker [ Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Lovely strat body. I especially like the deep belly and forearm contours. More like the older strats than the newer, shallow, modern contours. Much more comfy. I assembled this one from a used body and cheap aftermarket parts. Before I laid on a finish, I deepened the belly and forearm contours significantly. For what it is, I love this little strat.   You can bet when I finally get around to building a scratch strat, it'll have the deeper contours. Again, gonna be a sweet looking strat, there. |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Thanx! I like your paint job. If you saw my belly, you would understand the need for deep contours. If you look t my other thread with the Chameleon strat body, it has even deeper countours. After I did that one, I decided it was possible to go TOO far, and went back to what you see in this one. |
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| Author: | Mike Baker [ Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
theguitarwhisperer wrote: If you saw my belly, you would understand the need for deep contours. HAHAHA! Sadly, i know from whence you speak! |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
That's sweet. If I could find a steady supply of that I'd load up. Turning out VERY nice! How hard is that stuff? |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curlybear SpruceCaster |
Zlurgh wrote: That's sweet. If I could find a steady supply of that I'd load up. Turning out VERY nice! How hard is that stuff? This particular piece of sequoia is actually a little harder than some of the mahogany pieces I've worked, and the weight is more than some alder pieces I've worked, but most of the flamed Sequoias I have are pretty light and pretty soft, like the cedars. I have some really cool redwood lace burls as well. I got them all from this guy on ebay several years ago when times were better. He only has 3 pen blanks up now. |
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