neck fretted & attached, heel block glued on.....
then after a bunch of final sanding, a few coats of varnish.....
and then a bridge.....
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
# 50 is done!!
my mate & former collegue Paddy who is a semi pro player with a stable of guitars to DIE for was in for a days supply teaching today.
I invited him down to have a look as he's never played a fanned fret guitar and was intreagued.
He LOVED it
far more bass than he'd expect from a small body, and apart from a few fret buzzes that are only to be expected as I hadn't done any set up on it, & the stings had only been on it for half an hour, he got some great music out of it.
standing in front of it there was no difference from what you'd expect from a guitar with a soundhole, and Paddy said that playing it the tone was great from the sound ports.
I spent a bunch of time on the setup this afternoon, and I just WISH I could play the blasted thing!!!!
ah well, maybe by the middle of the summer......
of maybe after we get back from France in mid August.......
then, this evening I had another user report on it. Al who leads opposite me in church (and a Lowden & Takamine owner) dropped by earlier.
on opening the case "oh my word"
on seeing the twin soundholes "Oh my WORD"
on playing it for 10 minutes... "that's got really crystal clear tone and loads of bass. that's incredible"
yup, I'm REALLY looking forward to being able to play it myself!!!!
my mate & former collegue Paddy who is a semi pro player with a stable of guitars to DIE for was in for a days supply teaching today.
I invited him down to have a look as he's never played a fanned fret guitar and was intreagued.
He LOVED it
far more bass than he'd expect from a small body, and apart from a few fret buzzes that are only to be expected as I hadn't done any set up on it, & the stings had only been on it for half an hour, he got some great music out of it.
standing in front of it there was no difference from what you'd expect from a guitar with a soundhole, and Paddy said that playing it the tone was great from the sound ports.
I spent a bunch of time on the setup this afternoon, and I just WISH I could play the blasted thing!!!!
ah well, maybe by the middle of the summer......
of maybe after we get back from France in mid August.......
then, this evening I had another user report on it. Al who leads opposite me in church (and a Lowden & Takamine owner) dropped by earlier.
on opening the case "oh my word"
on seeing the twin soundholes "Oh my WORD"
on playing it for 10 minutes... "that's got really crystal clear tone and loads of bass. that's incredible"
yup, I'm REALLY looking forward to being able to play it myself!!!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
busy few days on various bits & pieces.
Mandola #49.......
varnish complete, tuners in, tailpiecs in, bridge rough cut, nut rough cut then strings on. once its sat a day or two under tension I'll do final set up.
#50, the tuners on,
and then after a lot of humming and haaing, I got the bridge sorted and glued in place. the preamp will go on the top edge so I was able to use that hole to reach in with the clamp.
and the two mandos are now bound (with walnut)If I get the mandola & guitar finished before the end of term I'll be delighted.
Mandola #49.......
varnish complete, tuners in, tailpiecs in, bridge rough cut, nut rough cut then strings on. once its sat a day or two under tension I'll do final set up.
#50, the tuners on,
and then after a lot of humming and haaing, I got the bridge sorted and glued in place. the preamp will go on the top edge so I was able to use that hole to reach in with the clamp.
and the two mandos are now bound (with walnut)If I get the mandola & guitar finished before the end of term I'll be delighted.
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