Friday, January 29, 2010

lots more sanding and a first coat of finish on the 00 zouk

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and a start made on the neck for the jumbo.

5 piece laminate: mahogany, cherry, mahogany, cherry, mahogany, and for the REALLY pedantic, the outer two layers are MDF clamping cauls, not layers of neck!!

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Lots of sanding done on the 00 zouk.

the neck permenantly attached

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and the heel cap glued in place

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

jumbo has the bandages off....

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and a fair bit of work on the 00 zouk...

tuner holes drilled

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neck fitted (temporarally at least!)
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still a LOAD of sanding to do before glueing the neck in and sorting the heel cap, but its starting to look like it actually might be a musical instrument soon!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

jumbo top rough cut out....

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tail "wedge" done using the piece of wood that was cut from the end of the side, so its a REALLY good match, with two pencil lines of maple to carry the eye from the front binding to the back.....

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and the binding is on!!

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Glen's Les Paul Jr continues....

the remaining fret slots were cut, the body was shaped to the correct outline and the long sanding process begins.......

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Jumbo has the body closed..... forgot to take a pic of the carved braces... ah well!!

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00 zouk....

neck dots.

mark,

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Drill

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glue in the rod

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cut flush

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frets in,

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and neck pocket STARTED. there is a LOT more work to be done before then neck/body join is done.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

some more bracing onto the jumbo.....

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and a support patch bend & glued into where the soundport will be....

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fretboard profiled and marker dots fitted to the neck of the 00 Zouk

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

bandages off the 00....

Lots of sanding to do, but that's normal.

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the back is on the Jumbo and the edges are rough trimmed.....

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and the soundhole support patch glued in and soundhole cut, and some of the braces on...

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

would you believe I've started a student!!

one of my 1st year technology pupils, (11/12 years old) wants to make a guitar, so who am I to stand in his way? he's keen, his Mum is keen, even his big sister is keen, so here we go!!

he's decided on a Les Paul Junior type of thing.

here's the wooden bits...

Braz. mahogany body & 3 piece neck & ebony fretboard

I've priced around to see how much this little block would cost "off the shelf".....

over £100 inluding post......

I think I may have underquoted his Mum for this fine old piece from my stash.... but hey, life's too short to let a few £ get in the way of having fun, right?

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neck glued up

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fret slots measaured, marked and started sawing

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so, Christmas has been and gone, as has the school open night, so I can at LAST get back to some guitar making.

Rosewood binding on the 00 zouk

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and some carving on the neck.....

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the cutaway jumbo....

at last, the abalone ring arrived from the US for the rosette.....

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back braces glued in...

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and the linings on one side of the body...

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