No 6 Fretted Up
No 6 Fretted Up
I had planned a full day in the workshop but as usual it didnt happen. The 3 tonne load of firewood that was supposed to have arrived yesterday arrived today and half the day was spent stacking the stuff. Anyway I did get a quick fret job done on the classical. The bridge is sitting loose on the top...it wont get glued on till the instrument is french polished. The Englemann top has been sanded back to 180grit and it looks great...Graham Heins Englemann is simply great wood. For those wondering about the brown coloured patches on the bindings...its a epoxy/rosewood dust touch up job where binding didnt quite seat fully.
Looks great Martin, very clean and neat lines. The headstock looks very accurate. Same with the bridge. Nice work.
So, another 3 tonnes of 'firewood' eh. Sure it wasn't another 3 tonnes of AAA engleman you were stacking Martin.
Cheers
Dom
So, another 3 tonnes of 'firewood' eh. Sure it wasn't another 3 tonnes of AAA engleman you were stacking Martin.
Cheers
Dom
You can bomb the world to pieces,
but you can't bomb the world to peace!
but you can't bomb the world to peace!
- J.F. Custom
- Blackwood
- Posts: 779
- Joined: Fri May 01, 2009 9:13 pm
- Location: Brisbane
- Contact:
Hey Martin,
Beautiful work on that there classical. Englemann offsets Indian so beautifully and I love large bold rosettes. Is that a Spanish Cedar neck or something else? What build style did you follow for this one - as in Torres, Hauser etc... Ode to more time in the workshop that's for sure. Some more firewood wouldn't go astray either - we've already been sub zero and it's not winter yet!
I really feel your pain with the space issue, I mean look at it all! How are you supposed to work under those circumstances - which is why I am only to happy to help out and take some off your hands. And a general note goes out here to all others on the forum suffering the same trauma; it's a service I offer to those burdened under the sheer weight of quality timber.
Only to happy to be of service.
Jeremy.
Beautiful work on that there classical. Englemann offsets Indian so beautifully and I love large bold rosettes. Is that a Spanish Cedar neck or something else? What build style did you follow for this one - as in Torres, Hauser etc... Ode to more time in the workshop that's for sure. Some more firewood wouldn't go astray either - we've already been sub zero and it's not winter yet!
I really feel your pain with the space issue, I mean look at it all! How are you supposed to work under those circumstances - which is why I am only to happy to help out and take some off your hands. And a general note goes out here to all others on the forum suffering the same trauma; it's a service I offer to those burdened under the sheer weight of quality timber.
Only to happy to be of service.
Jeremy.
Jeremy,
Yes the neck is Spanish Cedar. The rosette is a stock item from Stewmac. Build style.....basically Torres but this instrument has very low profile fan struts after Hauser.
The IRW is opp grade from Allied. I have a fair stash of the stuff and IMo its great value for money. It has a few knots and other blemishes but for classicals you can easily work around same.
This is my first time using Englemann..previous classicals have had Sitka tops. Will be interesting comparing sound of my previous builds to this instrument.
Cheers Martin
Yes the neck is Spanish Cedar. The rosette is a stock item from Stewmac. Build style.....basically Torres but this instrument has very low profile fan struts after Hauser.
The IRW is opp grade from Allied. I have a fair stash of the stuff and IMo its great value for money. It has a few knots and other blemishes but for classicals you can easily work around same.
This is my first time using Englemann..previous classicals have had Sitka tops. Will be interesting comparing sound of my previous builds to this instrument.
Cheers Martin
- Nick
- Blackwood
- Posts: 3642
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:20 am
- Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Contact:
Nice work Martin very clean lines,should be a pearler. I'm impressed with the Englemann, will be interesting to hear how you think it sounds as compared to your previous Sitka topped axes. Is this the guitar you were making for for the fellow Kiwi?
Oh & if you keep buying tonewoods you'll only have enough room in your shop for building Ukes or you could be like an uncle of mine and start storing it in the dining room, I'm sure the boss would understand
Oh & if you keep buying tonewoods you'll only have enough room in your shop for building Ukes or you could be like an uncle of mine and start storing it in the dining room, I'm sure the boss would understand
"Jesus Loves You."
Nice to hear in church but not in a Mexican prison.
Nice to hear in church but not in a Mexican prison.
That's really nice, Martin.
Geez, not an Emu any more. May have to change my Avatar.
Geez, not an Emu any more. May have to change my Avatar.
Waddy
Build Albums 12 done - 1 in process
Clip for #1 Barrios' "Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" - Not me playing
Build Albums 12 done - 1 in process
Clip for #1 Barrios' "Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" - Not me playing
- sebastiaan56
- Blackwood
- Posts: 1279
- Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:23 am
- Location: Blue Mountains
- Hippety Hop
- Blackwood
- Posts: 175
- Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:18 am
- Location: Moorabbin
- DarwinStrings
- Blackwood
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:27 pm
- Location: Darwin
Very stylish mat you have to work on there Martin am wondering if you have a hooka just out of shot there. I was a little disappointed in the thread at first but your second post made up for it. Looking past the mat and the pile of spruce though I do see a very fine guitar and once again hope that when it is finished I get to hear a bit of sound from it.
Jim
Jim
Mister Super Clean.....LOL. The guitar might be a clean build but the workshop is currently a mess. Its gotten so bad that today Im going to have a huge clean out.
Thanks for all the positive comments. I dont know about the comparisons to Colin and Ron's fine work but they are builders whos work I strive to emulate. Ditto for everybody else in the forum....
Thanks for all the positive comments. I dont know about the comparisons to Colin and Ron's fine work but they are builders whos work I strive to emulate. Ditto for everybody else in the forum....
- John Steele
- Blackwood
- Posts: 152
- Joined: Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:58 pm
- Location: Wilson, NY. 14172
- Contact:
French polishing in progress on No 6. Pore filling went ok but there was a bit too much leaching out of colour on the back for my liking. Pics of body sessions in progress. My munecas are cheesecloth from local paint shop and the outer layer is well used T shirt material. The shellac is LMI super blonde and the oil Im using is walnut oil from Victoria.....Ive just started using it after trying olive oil and baby oil.
A few drops of meths..IMS grade. I charge up the meths and shellac direct to the wadding rather than onto the face of the muneca ala Milburn Bros Tute.
A few drops of shellac. Im using a 2 lb cut from the bottle which gets diluted on the pad to somewhere in between 1 and 2lb cut. The purple stuff in the glass....vodka and cranberry juice (ran out of soda water and couldnt be bothered going to the shops). On the chair in the background is "Arnie the Armadillo" with the cardboard template for the first rib pinned on.
The muneca gets tamped on typing paper until it gives a patchy impression on the paper. Once Im happy a few drops of walnut oil go on the pad.
Working on the back. You can make out the filmy plume that tells me the shellac is going on. The analogy is the film a car windscreen wiper leaves on a windscreen that has a bit of oil on it.
Working on the sides.
Look at that reflection! This is after two bodying sessions.
A few drops of meths..IMS grade. I charge up the meths and shellac direct to the wadding rather than onto the face of the muneca ala Milburn Bros Tute.
A few drops of shellac. Im using a 2 lb cut from the bottle which gets diluted on the pad to somewhere in between 1 and 2lb cut. The purple stuff in the glass....vodka and cranberry juice (ran out of soda water and couldnt be bothered going to the shops). On the chair in the background is "Arnie the Armadillo" with the cardboard template for the first rib pinned on.
The muneca gets tamped on typing paper until it gives a patchy impression on the paper. Once Im happy a few drops of walnut oil go on the pad.
Working on the back. You can make out the filmy plume that tells me the shellac is going on. The analogy is the film a car windscreen wiper leaves on a windscreen that has a bit of oil on it.
Working on the sides.
Look at that reflection! This is after two bodying sessions.
Last edited by kiwigeo on Sat May 30, 2009 11:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Ron Wisdom
- Blackwood
- Posts: 420
- Joined: Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:18 am
- Location: Arkansas, USA
- Stephen Kinnaird
- Blackwood
- Posts: 287
- Joined: Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:45 pm
- Location: Texas, USA
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 171 guests