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Native Olive OM

Post by woodrat » Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:32 am

I have finally been able to get this guitar finished. It has been a long time coming. I bought the Native Olive from Chris Searle in Stanley Tasmania last November and carried it (25kgs) back on the plane. We traveled with only carry on luggage but paid the extra $10 with Virgin Blue to get the full 23kgs baggage allowance.( I had an idea that I would bring wood back from Tassie :wink: )
So native olive is quite a new and interesting tone wood. It makes for a heavy guitar like the rosewoods do. I think that I will thin it a fair bit more next time as it is very stiff and strong. Perhaps the back nearer to of 2.0 instead of 2.5.
The top is WRC. The neck is Brazilian Mahogany and the fretboard, bridge and head plate veneer are ebony from Ashok Parekh in Mumbai, India. The Binding is highly figured NSW grown Blackwood. The tuners are Gotoh 510 Locking 21:1 with antique gold finish.The saddle is bone,slanted back about 9 degrees and is 3/16 inch or 4.5mm wide for easy compensation. The finish is Mirotone 3220 lacquer.
I will have to try to get it recorded and post here to be able to listen to it as well.

Thanks for looking.

John
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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by seeaxe » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:10 pm

That looks very elegant and refined, John, you would have to be pleased with that. Lovely body shape. Whose plans did you use??
I like the native olive very much.

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by woodrat » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:16 pm

Thanks Richard, Its pretty much a stock OM but I did make the template and mold from Jonathan Kinkades Book "Make an Acoustic Guitar". In the book he calls it the Kingsdown model but its basically am OM.

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by Bob Connor » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:28 pm

Lovely work on that OM John.

Also nice to see that there are now a couple of Native Olive instruments inhabiting the planet.

Your joinery work on the end graft is particularly crisp.

I'll look forward to the sound clips.

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by Nick » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:25 am

Nicely executed John, as Bob commented, crisp workmanship indeed. :cl :cl :cl
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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by DarwinStrings » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:59 pm

Nice couple of guitars John, a satisfying feeling to get them finished I am sure.

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by rod » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:16 pm

Beautiful craftsmanship John as usual ! I bet they sound beautiful as well?
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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by J.F. Custom » Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:36 pm

Nice clean sharp work and finish John.

Interesting timber that Native Olive too.

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by Jonny » Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:35 am

Hi John
That end wedge is awesome! :cl

It is the first that I have ever seen in that style with no line between the wedge and the guitar side.
How were those sides to bend?

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by stopper » Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:03 am

Nice work John. I thought it was camphor at a glance.

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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by Dave M » Wed Jul 12, 2017 6:12 am

As above that is a great looking guitar.

I suspect 25 Kilos of Olive timber is slightly more than enough for one guitar...?!

I am wondering what is meant exactly by 'native olive'? Is it an Olea or is that just a local vernacular name for something completely different?
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Re: Native Olive OM

Post by Bruce McC » Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:08 pm

Dave

In Tasmania native olive is vernacular for Notelaea ligustrina. There is also an olea species
Olea paniculata that occurs the coastal rain forests of New South Wales and Queensland
and is also called native olive
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