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Hello everyone, Well the new bending iron arrived and this weekend was going to be the bending phase of my guitar build. Started out real good and I think I have the feel for it. Then the iron died. Checked out all the obvious causers but the iron is dead. Damm !!!! Has anyone had problems with bend...

Hi there Dave,

Gorgeous sounding guitar. Very haunting tone, beautifully played.

Thanks for sharing

Merry Christmas

Alan

Thanks Bob,

What a fine musician Jeff is !!! After seeing him perform on weissenborn here in Townsville about 10 years ago i'm now hooked on the sound of this instrument.

Cheers

Alan

Thanks for your comments Dave. I wasn't sure weather to go with bending first then profiling the sides or as I ended up doing. It sort of made sense to me to do the profiling first so I went with that method. Time will tell if it was a good decison or not.

Merry Christmas

Cheers

Alan

G'day Allen,

I used a finishing sander on the sides mate. Still took me a few hours. Then some hand sanding to get a straight edge for the top to sit on. The tail block didn't take long. Bloody hot work today mate.

Cheers

Alan

Hello everyone, Today the sides where profiled and thicknessed for the weissenborn copy. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/IMG_00014-1.jpg http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/IMG_00015.jpg The tail block was also made http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozzi...

Bob thats a beautiful guitar.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Alan

Hey Tim, the myrtle piece looks great. Thanks for you help. Thanks David, Kim, Allen, Tom, Ron and Serge for your support and encouragement. Yes Ron the cases are are full. I am a baby boomer so the collection has been growing for sometime. Two thirds of my guitar collection cost $250 or less. There...

G'day everyone, This weekend was cutting channel for the rosette and cut out the soundhole. It is my first effort so it is a very simple design. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/SassRosette.jpg No drama and I am very happy with the end result. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/...

G'day,

Yep, 35 degrees today here as well.

Mate, that is beautiful work there.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Alan

Hello Bob,

I would like a copy please!!

Cheers

Alan

Hi Jaz,

The cello has a beautiful, soulful haunting sound. Yours are no exception. You should be very pleased with your efforts. Congratulations.

Cheers

Alan

G'day Allen,

Traditionally, original weissenborns used fret markers like I have installed. I have seen some copies that have used fret wire too. Seen the strings don't touch the frets it is sort of pointless having wire frets. The maple fret markers are easier to see also.

Cheers

Al

A little more progress this weekend. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/IMG_00105.jpg These are made from Tasmanian Myrtle. There will be no fingerboard binding on this guitar and the fret markers are 1.5mm maple. Also I addressed the bridge hole placement issue from the first bri...

Hello everybody, This is my latest effort at lap slide guitar building all completed. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/IMGcomplete1.jpg This guitar is Sapelly Mahognay Body Indian Rosewood fingerboard and Bridge Single Humbucker Pickup At www.myspace.com/ozziebluesman there are ...

Good one Mathew!!! I just hope my headstock stays together as well as the stone one.

Cheers

Alan

Bob its a Ghost Gum in the neighbours property. I love the tree but this time of the year it loves to shed its bark and cover my back lawn along with fill the gutters. BTW how dose Ghost Gum go for stringed instrument building?

Thanks all for your comments.

Cheers

Al

Thanks Allen for you comments.

Sorry Lillian, the pics are back again.

Cheers

Alan

Hello everyone, Completed the headstock today with the chisel, handsaw, half round wood rasp and a small hand tool called a micoplane. The headplate is Tassie Myrtle and the headstock is Tassie Sassafrass. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/ozziebluesman/headstock19.jpg http://i146.photobucket....

Thanks Allen and Craig. Yep there is going to be a problem with the saddle placement. I think I will go with a round metal or brass rod for a saddle. I do have plenty of height to play with above the fretboard. So yes, if I had made the bridge for the weissenborn copy I would be in real trouble. I'm...

Thank you all for you for your suggestions on easier ways to make bridges. The info is very valuable. Bob I think the GMC Linisher is a great tool and will suit me for my applications. Craig L thanks for your encouragement. Here is another progress picture. http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r261/oz...

Sunday has been a great day for me. I have never made a bridge from a blank before. I am building a solid body lap slide so decided to give it an acoustic bridge. I wanted to get some practise in on making a batwing bridge for my weissenborn that is on the go. I started with an Indian Rosewood blank...

Hey Allen,

Gee thats beautiful work there mate!!!! You have em built while I'm still thinking about it.

Cheers

Alan

Thanks Serge. I will keep you all updated. Steady as she goes. Next job is to make the headstock, fingerboard and bridge. I have some Tasmanian Myrtle for that job. Will post pics.

Cheers

Alan

Thanks Bob for your encouragement. When moving the wood around on the tiled floor in my home the sassafrass sounded very lively, responsive. If that makes sense? At the time I had a slab of Westen Australian Jarrah and Sapele. When moving them around they both had a a totally different sound and ver...