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Jfurry
 Post subject: Macassar ebony 12string
PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:31 pm 
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Here's the beginning of my newest build. ( third build)
So far I've glued the back with tropical epoxy and scraped them. Proformaxed the sides to 90.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:33 pm 
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Sides and the clamping of the back


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The cutaway is new for me so I'm excited to see how that gos together.
Haven't decided on neck yet, I'm thinking maple with Purple Heart. Carbon fiber will stretch into the body all the way under the finger board.
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Jfurry
PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:21 am 
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Bent the sides today. Sanded the top to 150. Laminated a neck. Maple flamed hard rock ,outside and middle. On either side of the center maple two stringers of Purple Heart. 14 fret hope that made since .
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Jfurry
PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:39 pm 
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Update pics


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Jfurry
PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:43 pm 
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So the neck is laminated.
Sides are bent.
Back is sanded to 90
I'll bend the cutaway piece on Monday and get the rims together .


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Jfurry
PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:25 pm 
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Today I put the back braces on and cut and installed the Rossette.


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:57 pm 
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Working on the top. Rosette installed sanded to 120 with the proformax. Decided to do double cross braces. Cut them out of quarter sawn red spruce


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red spruce braces cut and ready . Decided to double x brace,so i had to re engineer the insides. moved the top one up 1/2 inch and put the bottom one that would not be in the way of the pegs. took one tone bar out added a finger brace on the other side. Hope that made since. sanded edges of the side to the correct angles.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:13 pm 
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Bracing is glued on the soundboard. Kerfing is installed and angle sanded. Will be away from the shop for a couple days.


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Interesting bracing. Do you still have to shave the braces in the last pic? If not, it looks way over braced in my opinion. You can take off quite a bit of the meat on those to loosen and open her up. She looks good so far though!

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Chris, yes the braces haven't been shaved in that pic just first shaping with the edge sander. I haven't been to the shop for a week stuck in the day job.
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Got the box together today, fret board slotted . Picture of the shaved braces.


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Looking good, Jeff!
I wish I had the skills to make an acoustic.
I'm still reading books and the postings here.
I need to improve my woodworking skills and learn how to use hand tools.
Gonna look sweet shined up!
I dig the Ebony.
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Nice of you Dan. I'm pretty certain our skills blow mine out of the water. I really dig the ebony also,can't wait to get back to it after a week or so away.
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Carbon through the neck and into the body.


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Headstock ready to engrave, bridge ready to cut,


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So where's the pic's off the finished guitar???

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Getting close Bob.Yesterday I finished the head stock and glued the finger board on.


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Nice! Really nice. [clap]

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Should be starting the finish tomorrow. To many days off are hard on the novice builder.


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Thanks Bob.
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Fantastic, Jeff!
I really like the headstock.

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Thanks Dan , I really like Steve's style as well. Toda I should be sealing it. Man this one seems to be taking forever. [headinwall]
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