Walnut on Walnut.

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Walnut on Walnut.

Post by printer2 » Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:00 am

As a side project I took some pretty much flat sawn walnut and a neck that did not work out well with the body that was built with it. Just an experiment as I did not know what it would sound like and did not want to waste wood or time on it if it turned out to be a dud. Don't know it it will survive once the humidity rises but at the moment it sounds pretty good.

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Back with one coat of wipe on poly on it along with a walnut spruce I am building.

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Strung up.

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Top response.

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Back resonance 207 Hz

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Top resonance 171 Hz

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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by kiwigeo » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:11 pm

Interesting use of tantalones under the top...any specific reason for this as opposed to kerfed lining as youve used on the back?
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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by printer2 » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:33 am

Thought I could get a better joint when using hide glue. Also when gluing the sides to the top the pieces of wood were not under any stress. I would like to work towards having the lest stress built into the guitar as possible. Whether it effects the performance of the guitar, no idea.

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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by printer2 » Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:46 am

A buddy took it home and did a quickie for me on a hand held recorder.

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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by printer2 » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:38 am

Just realized I didn't list the frequencies. Hole, 95, top which I am guessing are the two peaks of 178 and 217. Ant idea what is going on there?

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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by Trevor Gore » Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:18 pm

178Hz looks like the T(1,1)2 and 217Hz looks like the T(1,1)3

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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by printer2 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:31 am

Trevor Gore wrote:178Hz looks like the T(1,1)2 and 217Hz looks like the T(1,1)3
As I bang my head against the wall for not realizing the obvious.

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Re: Walnut on Walnut.

Post by Jim Kirby » Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:46 am

Like a Northern version of a type 15! Very cool.

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