Parlour Guitar Done

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Parlour Guitar Done

Post by KLW » Sun Jul 13, 2014 2:28 pm

Finished the Parlour Guitar I've been working on the other day it was one of those ones that fought me all the way, lots of issues & redos.. But it did turn out & Sounds quite nice..

Wenge Back & Sides
Sinker Western Red Cedar from Roy Tonewood on Haida Gwaii
Narr Neck
Zipflex Paua shell trim

Kerry
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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by charangohabsburg » Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:29 pm

A beautiful and very charming guitar! :cl
Congrats!
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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by Mark McLean » Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:53 pm

I like it a lot, and can't see any evidence of the battles that you say you had with it. Very nicely presented. Which plans did you use? It is a very sweetly proportioned body.
The wenge looks great. I have never tried it. Are the splinters as bad as everybody says?
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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by DarwinStrings » Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:59 pm

Wenge makes a nice looking B & S set. I like how my eye tried to squeeze the radial lines of the rosette in to a pattern at first, but then relaxed into the randomness of it.

My Wenge splinter memory is that even though I pulled the splinter out early the wound still got infected. That was 25 years ago and I still remember that splinter out of the many I have forgotten.

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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by KLW » Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:56 am

The plans were from LMI it is a Scott Antes plan called parlour/small concert..

As far as wenge goes, I'm quite happy with the look & tone I got (it's the new Brazilian ya know :wink: ) I'd say it is bright but combined with the cedar top I think it works. but what do I know this is my 6th guitar... I got a few splinters which I took care of immediately and had no infection issues.. but yes don't go stroking it lovingly :) bottom line a few splinters but not terrible. I also found it cracked easier than some woods along the rather large pore lines.. Yes it has big! pores, I used z-poxy for pore fill & took 4 full strength coats and a diluted wash coat to fill, but man it finished nice once all that was done.

I have 2 more sets and plan on using another this fall (too humid to build right now) so it has no properties that totally put me off using it.. I'm thinking drywall compound for the next try at pore filling it...

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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by kiwigeo » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:30 pm

Now THAT is a nice guitar. Nice simple lines...nothing too fancy.
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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by KLW » Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:41 am

And a sound sample for anyone who is interested

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/117 ... r%20Guitar

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Re: Parlour Guitar Done

Post by Kamusur » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:48 am

Looks very nice Kerry and hope i can afford some zipflex one day too.

Steve

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