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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 16 “ Archtop |
Sitka spruce curly maple Cocobolo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Glen H [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Incredible! |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:25 pm ] |
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Looks grand to me. How's it sound? |
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| Author: | banjopicks [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:27 pm ] |
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That's a looker |
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:31 pm ] |
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Very nice, what finish did you use? |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:22 pm ] |
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Chris Pile wrote: Looks grand to me. How's it sound? Sounds great, both acoustically and plugged in. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
SteveSmith wrote: Very nice, what finish did you use? My usual -Nitro, Mohawk brand. |
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| Author: | Darrel Friesen [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Beautiful archtop Brad. Well done! |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:38 am ] |
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Real looker, sweet! |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
A beauty. 16” is the perfect size. Wood binding on the F holes? Any technique tips binding F holes with wood? I can see the appeal beyond aesthetics especially with dark woods as it would seem the joints could more easily be hidden and the wood to wood glue bond stronger than with celluloid or plastic. |
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| Author: | bionta [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Beautiful. Just looking at the pictures makes me want to pick it up and play it. If you don't mind, a few questions: Body depth? Scale length? "Parallel" or X braces? How do you attach your tailpiece? Pickup maker? All carved, or any laminations? Prob'ly exceed my quota with those questions so I'll stop. Thanks for posting it. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Terence Kennedy wrote: A beauty. 16” is the perfect size. Wood binding on the F holes? Any technique tips binding F holes with wood? I can see the appeal beyond aesthetics especially with dark woods as it would seem the joints could more easily be hidden and the wood to wood glue bond stronger than with celluloid or plastic. It's always a challenge to bind F holes with wood. Depending on how the wood bends there are two ways I do it: I thickness the binding down to around .050 and bend it on a very hot pipe or as in this case the coco didn't want to bend to the tight radius so I took 3 veneers (.020 each) and bent them separately on a pipe( they bent easily) and put them together as I glued them to the f holes-worked great. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
bionta wrote: Beautiful. Just looking at the pictures makes me want to pick it up and play it. If you don't mind, a few questions: Body depth? Scale length? "Parallel" or X braces? How do you attach your tailpiece? Pickup maker? All carved, or any laminations? Prob'ly exceed my quota with those questions so I'll stop. Thanks for posting it. You are welcome to ask me all the questions you want-I love "talking shop". Body depth is 3" scale length is 25-1/4" X- braced The pickup is handmade by Kent Armstrong-I encased it in cocobolo. interesting note, When I told Kent that I would be covering the pickup with wood he left the top layer of epoxy resin off the top so it would have better sound-That's custom! All hand carved -no laminations I make my own bracket for the tailpiece from brass or stainless steel sheet stock, then I bend it in a vise. I attach the bracket to the tailpiece by actually drilling and tapping the ebony for short machine screws. I have been doing it this way for 25 years with no failures. I tried doing this for the fist time with an all cocobolo tailpiece, but it just wasn't hard enough, so I made a new tailpiece out of ebony with a cocobolo veneer on top |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Kent is amazingly approachable isn’t he? I was a little nervous calling him the first time but a jazz guitarist friend that knew him and gave me his number said not to worry. He was right. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Terence Kennedy wrote: Kent is amazingly approachable isn’t he? I was a little nervous calling him the first time but a jazz guitarist friend that knew him and gave me his number said not to worry. He was right. Yes, I have been buying pickups from him for 25 years, he is a great guy and makes some of the best pickups in the world. |
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| Author: | Alaska Splty Woods [ Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Wow Brad, what a beauty! Was thinking that the absolute perfection of the top that it must be formica. But then I see what you found curing the carve in the lower right lower bout. Either a tiny whisker or a tiny horizontal pitch inclusion/pocket. How many yrs of history are recorded in the growth lines of that soundboard? 250-300? Man, sure is purty though! yep. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Alaska Splty Woods wrote: Wow Brad, what a beauty! Was thinking that the absolute perfection of the top that it must be formica. But then I see what you found curing the carve in the lower right lower bout. Either a tiny whisker or a tiny horizontal pitch inclusion/pocket. How many yrs of history are recorded in the growth lines of that soundboard? 250-300? Man, sure is purty though! yep. Yes, Brent another great top I got from you! I think of that tiny little inclusion as a "birth mark".... |
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| Author: | banjopicks [ Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 16 “ Archtop |
Are we going to get to hear this beauty! |
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| Author: | Quine [ Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:21 pm ] |
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WOW WOW WOW |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:10 am ] |
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banjopicks wrote: Are we going to get to hear this beauty! Yes, My friend is coming over next Friday to do some recordings. He is a great Jazz player.I will post some sound clips. |
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