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Once again, thanks to the Zootman for providing excellent materials! There is an Italian spruce top in the works for this one, along with Bob's ebony binding and purfling and a little bloodwood in the wedge. Here are a few "in process" pics:







It's a shame the last photo doesn't show the figure in the wood better, but it is super (as you can see in the first pic). Also...sorry if the "topless" guitar pic is offensive (JUST KIDDING EVERYONE!!!) :)

Where would we be without Bob and the other fine suppliers we have???? Maybe we need a national/international holiday to celebrate "zoot"..

russ

once again i'm impressed with the work i see on the forum.

could you explain how you have joined you back.

looking at the shot of the back befor gluing to the sim, it seems a straitforward backstripe inlay or, alternatively, the backstripe has been used to join the two halves of the back.

but when i look at the inside photo of the back glued to the rim there is the pale central stripe and no sigh of the coloured stripe on the outside. i'm just puzzled.

[QUOTE=crazymanmichael] russ

once again i'm impressed with the work i see on the forum.

could you explain how you have joined you back.

looking at the shot of the back befor gluing to the sim, it seems a straitforward backstripe inlay or, alternatively, the backstripe has been used to join the two halves of the back.

but when i look at the inside photo of the back glued to the rim there is the pale central stripe and no sigh of the coloured stripe on the outside. i'm just puzzled. [/QUOTE]

Michael,

On this guitar, I joined the Sapele pieces for the back, and when they were dry and sanded to approximate thickness, I routed a furrow for the back stripe (this backstripe is bloodwood with purfling, with ebony on either side) partially through the back and glued the backstripe into the furrow.

Then I thickness sanded the back so the backstripe was level, and then thicknessed (again on the thickness sander) it from the "inside".

The strip you see on the inside of the guitar is a cross-grained spruce reinforcement which is slotted to take the x-braces. The backstripe would not show on the inside even if the spruce strip was not there, since the "furrow" does not go all the way through the back.

Hope that is clear....it's easier to do than to explain.:)

Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it!

Russ,

Do you, by chance, have that rabbet in the headblock so that you can slip a piece of mahogany in there after you bolt on the neck?

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The rabbet in the headblock accepts a piece of ebony that serves as a cover for the bolt heads/washers. The ebony piece has a hole in it for accessing the truss rod end, so it doesn't need to be removed for adjustments.

To me, it just gives a cleaner appearance to the inside of the guitar.russ38454.0959953704

Nice work Russ,

is this a steel string guitar or a classical?

Great work Russ.
What holds tha piece of ebony in place?

John

To answer the questions...this is a steel string, and the ebony cover plate is held by one countersunk (black) wood screw, so it is hardly noticable....at least less so than the bolt heads for the neck attachment! :)