***** Guitar Project Jigs, Tools & Techniques Online Resources Archives OLF Video Page Library of plans MP3 Library Inlay Class
Offical Luthiers Forum





And our community proudly sponsored by:

RC Tonewoods | Stewart MacDonald | LuthiersForum
TasmanianTonewoods | OLF | OLF MERCH
Luthier Suppliers | Pacific Coast Woods | ELEVATE
OLF X | Tasmanian Acoustic Tonewood | Luthiers Forum Store!
Luthiers Forum | OLF Facebook | AVAIL SPACE
OLF | Alaska Specialty Woods | A.Hix Tonewood
Duke of Pearl | Birkonium CNC | Space




Official Luthiers Forum!

Owned and operated by Lance Kragenbrink
It is currently Mon Nov 25, 2024 11:58 am


Board index » Mandolin - Mandola - Ukulele Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Forum rules


Same rules apply to all forums at the Luthiers Forum.




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 12 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
johnparchem
PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:51 pm 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:42 pm
Posts: 1703
First name: John
Last Name: Parchem
City: Seattle
State: Wa
Zip/Postal Code: 98177
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Back, sides and top - Quilted Mahogany
Neck - Mahogany
Back, Sides and neck Pore filled with a thick finish grade CA
Finished with a few padded coats of Seal-Lac and untold padded coats of Royal-Lac
Head stock veneer is Amboyna burl and I think the back strap is Bobinga (I just grabbed something from my stash when I sanded too far into the back of the head stock.)
Binds and end graph is ebony.

Image


Image


Image


Image


Image


Image


Image

_________________
http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com


Last edited by johnparchem on Thu Jun 23, 2016 7:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.

These users thanked the author johnparchem for the post: edstrummer (Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:34 pm)
Top
 Profile  
 
Chris Pile
PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:15 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member
User avatar

Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:04 am
Posts: 5821
First name: Chris
Last Name: Pile
City: Wichita
State: Kansas
Country: Good old US of A
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional
Yummy!

_________________
"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince
Top
 Profile  
 
Bryan Bear
PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:00 am 
Offline
Brazilian Rosewood
Brazilian Rosewood
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:12 pm
Posts: 3293
First name: Bryan
Last Name: Bear
City: St. Louis
State: Mo
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Lovely!

_________________
Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.
Top
 Profile  
 
sdsollod
PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:21 am 
Offline
Koa
Koa
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1906
Location: Raleigh, NC
First name: Steve
Last Name: Sollod
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
That's a beauty John!

_________________
Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Quine
PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 11:59 am 
Offline
Koa
Koa
User avatar

Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:42 am
Posts: 1135
Location: Hudson, MA
First name: Kevin
Last Name: Quine
City: Hudson
State: MA
Country: Usa
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Now that's some pretty mahogany. very nice uke
Top
 Profile  
 
johnparchem
PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:07 pm 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:42 pm
Posts: 1703
First name: John
Last Name: Parchem
City: Seattle
State: Wa
Zip/Postal Code: 98177
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Thank you! Here is a quick video I made. I can not really play well but you can hear the instrument.


_________________
http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com
Top
 Profile  
 
frwilliams
PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:43 pm 
Offline
Mahogany
Mahogany

Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:27 pm
Posts: 76
Nice job, lovely mahogany!!
Top
 Profile  
 
BradHall
PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:34 pm 
Offline
Cocobolo
Cocobolo

Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:23 pm
Posts: 260
First name: Brad
Last Name: Hall
City: Windsor
State: Ca.
Zip/Postal Code: 95492
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
What a magnificent instrument ! I looks alive. Is that a harp ukulele on the wall? Got a soundclip of Both?


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

_________________
Brad Hall
Mystic Dawg Guitars
Top
 Profile  
 
johnparchem
PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:42 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:42 pm
Posts: 1703
First name: John
Last Name: Parchem
City: Seattle
State: Wa
Zip/Postal Code: 98177
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
Thanks for the kind comments!

You sort of can hear them in my you tube videos. The one posted above. I posted a clip of me trying to play the hard ukulele awhile back. I can not really play the ukulele let alone the harp ukulele.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjscvDpimg

_________________
http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com
Top
 Profile  
 
Don Williams
PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:44 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:25 pm
Posts: 7202
Location: United States
That's a mighty pretty uke!

_________________
"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."
Top
 Profile  
 
Imbler
PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:04 am 
Offline
Cocobolo
Cocobolo

Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:14 pm
Posts: 439
First name: Mike
Last Name: Imbler
City: Wichita
State: KS
Zip/Postal Code: 67204
Country: usa
Focus: Build
I don't think I've ever seen one nicer!
Mike



johnparchem wrote:
Back, sides and top - Quilted Mahogany
Neck - Mahogany
Back, Sides and neck Pore filled with a thick finish grade CA
Finished with a few padded coats of Seal-Lac and untold padded coats of Royal-Lac
Head stock veneer is Amboyna burl and I think the back strap is Bobinga (I just grabbed something from my stash when I sanded too far into the back of the head stock.)
Binds and end graph is ebony.

Image


Image


Image


Image


Image


Image


Image
Top
 Profile  
 
N.M.Strickland
PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:23 pm 
Offline
Walnut
Walnut

Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2016 1:31 am
Posts: 1
Beautiful, my man!
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 12 posts ] 

Board index » Mandolin - Mandola - Ukulele Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 36 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
phpBB customization services by 2by2host.com