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Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by ozziebluesman » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:10 pm

Hi to you all!

I received a phone call from a mate in Lismore recently and he has commissioned me to build him a weissenborn copy. He has no special requirement other than he wants a soundhole pickup fitted. I've used some lightly figured Tasmanian Blackwood for this style 1 copy and the accessories are East Indian Rosewood along with a simple three ring rostte and no binding. I have applied a sealing coat of shellac inside the box also as this guitar is going to be gigged in all sorts of environments.

I started building the guitar over the first week of the School holidays. The weather had been very kind with perfect building conditions so I put in some twelve hour days to get it to closed box stage before heading down to Brisbane for the second week of the holidays. Over this past weekend I have the guitar now ready to pore fill and start the shellac process. This is the same specs as the previous weissenborn copy I built but with a few changes. The bracing is lighter at 8mm x 8mm except for the transverse brace at 15mm x 13mm and all the braces have ramped ends.

Here are a few pictures for you to have a sneak preview.
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Thanks for looking

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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Daniel_M » Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:44 pm

Looks great Alan, nice and simple. Crisp.

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Post by P Bill » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:36 am

Very nice Alan. Do you ever sleep ?
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by charangohabsburg » Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:06 am

That looks gorgeous!
ozziebluesman wrote:I've used some lightly figured Tasmanian Blackwood for this style 1 copy
Lightly figured, hahaha!
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by stopper » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:30 am

Looks good Alan. Nice colours in that Blackwood. Looking forward to more pics.

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Post by ozziebluesman » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:37 pm

First few spit coats of shellac. Got to be happy with colours in this one! Almost a rainbow top. Now for some pore filling.
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Dominic » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:38 am

What are you going to pore fill with? I have a really nice set of BW in an L-00 I currently have at the pore fill stage. The grain and colour of BW calls out for Zpoxy but I have run out.
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Post by ozziebluesman » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:11 am

G'day Dom,

I will be using pumice to pore fill with followed by a french polish process. Zpoxy may do a better job but I only like to use natural products.

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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Alastair » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:04 pm

ozziebluesman wrote:G'day Dom,

I will be using pumice to pore fill with followed by a french polish process. Zpoxy may do a better job but I only like to use natural products.

Cheers

Alan
Hi Alan,

At the risk of a hijack, where do you get your pumice? I am looking at the same finish, and have not been having any luck locating it.

thanks
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by kiwigeo » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:42 pm

Alastair wrote:
ozziebluesman wrote:G'day Dom,

I will be using pumice to pore fill with followed by a french polish process. Zpoxy may do a better job but I only like to use natural products.

Cheers

Alan
Hi Alan,

At the risk of a hijack, where do you get your pumice? I am looking at the same finish, and have not been having any luck locating it.

thanks
I use Behlens brand 4F pumice which comes from Lee Valley in the US. Carbatec should have Liberon products which include pumice.
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Post by ozziebluesman » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:50 pm

Yep ditto to Martin's comments. I bought mine from Lee Valley.

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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Mike Thomas » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:06 am

When I lived in Adelaide, a few years back, I bought 4F pumice from Shell-Lap. They supply a whole lot of stuff, including a range of abrasive and polishing powders, for lapidary and optical lens polishing applications. They sell on-line, at http://www.shell-lap.com.au
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Alastair » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:03 pm

Thanks Mike,

That might be the go.

Martin,

Of the 3 grades offered (60/80/120#) which would you use for the FP fill/grind?

Local Carbatec only has the Liberon "Rottenstone", which I am not sure is the same?
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by kiwigeo » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:33 pm

Alastair wrote:Thanks Mike,

That might be the go.

Martin,

Of the 3 grades offered (60/80/120#) which would you use for the FP fill/grind?

Local Carbatec only has the Liberon "Rottenstone", which I am not sure is the same?
Alastair,

This is the stuff to get from Lee Valley: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.a ... 3040,20059

The stuff from shell-lap, I'd go with the 120 grade.
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by kiwigeo » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:39 pm

Alastair wrote:
Local Carbatec only has the Liberon "Rottenstone", which I am not sure is the same?
Rottenstone is usually a mixture of weathered limestone and silica. Ok for polishing but probably not abrasive enough for pore filling.
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Mike Thomas » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:51 pm

Alastair, the one you listed as #120 is, I believe the 4F grade, but confirm it with them. I don't know how it compares to the Behlen pumice from Lee Valley that Martin is suggesting, which I'm sure is very good. Behlen products are certainly reliable, but the stuff I got from Shell-Lap worked well. I used it for pore filling flamed maple on a violin. At $13 a kilo plus postage, the price seems reasonable.
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Re: Blackwood Style 1 Weissenborn copy

Post by Alastair » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:47 pm

Thanks Martin and Mike,

Confirms what I thought about the rottenstone. I'll get in some of the 120#.
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