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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cedar and flamed birch |
Finally completed this guitar that I had been building over the winter. Chocolate coloured cedar top, flamed birch body, curly shedua neck, ebony finger board and bridge. Scale length is 25 1/4”. Internal JJB-ELECTRONICS surface mount pickup. Guitar has an access port at the tail end which, when opened, allows a hand and forearm to reach inside the body. |
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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
...a few more pics... |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Nice! |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Beauty! Love the neck! How do you like it? I've never heard of that wood. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Nice. I love flamed birch. How is the access hatch attached? |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Very cool. I'd love to see a bracing pic. |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
That's a beauty, the access port is very cleaver. I've never used birch but some of my best sounding guitars have had cedar tops. |
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| Author: | Doc [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Nice looking guitar! Hope we can hear a sound clip. |
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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Thanks for the kind words folks. DannyV wrote: Beauty! Love the neck! How do you like it? I've never heard of that wood. Shedua is quite a hard, dense wood. A bit on the heavy side but maybe about on par with a hard maple neck. I’m very happy with it. |
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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Brad Goodman wrote: Nice. I love flamed birch. How is the access hatch attached? I recently posted some pics of how the acces port cover is attached in another thread about a purpleheart and maple guitar - http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=50656&hilit=Access+purpleheart |
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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
jfmckenna wrote: Very cool. I'd love to see a bracing pic. Here you go. |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Nice looking guitar Andy! The flamed birch may be a wood people should consider for " native wood guitars" some are switching to. It was used by guitar and mandolin manufacturers quite a bit in the past. "DannyV wrote: Beauty! Love the neck! How do you like it? I've never heard of that wood." Shedua, like Pau Ferro goes by a number of different names. Two you may have heard of are Ovangkol and Amazique. A number of guitar companies are using it as an alternative to rosewood. It is somewhat related to Bubinga. |
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| Author: | Mike Baker [ Wed Jul 04, 2018 7:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Lovely. Very cool bracing scheme, as well. Is that an OM size body? |
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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Mike Baker wrote: Lovely. Very cool bracing scheme, as well. Is that an OM size body? It’s my own body shape, similar to Martin OM or Taylor Grand Auditorium. In fact that’s a Taylor GA case that the guitar is in. |
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| Author: | Andy Bounsall [ Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Here are links to a couple of sound clips... https://www.dropbox.com/s/qyo6rs5zz15xa6i/Bounsall%2314-fingerstyle.mp3?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/no6g4c69vim8ony/Bounsall%2314.mp3?dl=0 Enjoy! |
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| Author: | violinvic [ Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
Cool guitar. I like it mucho. Great job. |
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| Author: | DanKirkland [ Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
That is VERY cool. Very nice work! |
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| Author: | Alaska Splty Woods [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cedar and flamed birch |
That must be yellow birch huh? I cut and log hauled quite a bit of it in Wisconsin back in the late 70's.. Never saw some with figure though.. Cool! |
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