And now for something completely different

scot · February 8

I was so taken by the design and look of the D'Aquisto Centura that on two occasions I almost bought a Japanese Sunburst Centura (3 on Reverb right now) just so I could have something that beautiful in my house. Still seems like a good idea...

bbwood_98 · February 8

@Buco and @paul - so yeah, next time you have to do that Buco just do it from the soundport - I suspect It will be easy. I learned this trick from a teacher years ago who played archtops, so I;ve tried to do this the most with F holes.

Of course, my gypsy guitar has those . . .

paulmcevoy75 · February 8

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/119865#Comment_119865

I actually played the Blue Guitars D'Aquisto and tbh it was sort of an odd instrument. There were certain details that were kinda strange. I think the fretboard markers are like big triangles that are painted on. If I remember.

I really don't love the headstock and the bridge. But I still think they are some of the coolest and most original guitars ever.

Anyway I know a guy with a Selmerish version for sale....

pdg · February 8

John Le Voi built a baritone gypsy jazz guitar with a D'Aquisto-style bridge (and a height-adjustable tailpiece):

https://www.djangobooks.com/Item/john-le-voi-baritone?srsltid=AfmBOoqEtwT8Mt25kXMjTINCdFzQLbvDn45ySuJ-IVzjV-0GB3WG_Q_j

i built some guitars with that sort of bridge. But for regular GJ guitars the design is too heavy, what with the wooden "walls" on the base part of the bridge.

paulmcevoy75 · February 8

That's a pretty wild one. I like it.

paulmcevoy75 · February 10

New Blue Guitar made it to the big Apple and got played by some hot shots. Thanks to brand ambassador @tbleen and forum member @bbwood_98 for hanging out.

Travis took me to Alex Simon's session which was super fun. The Borsht was great at the Polish restaurant.

Seems like people like the Blue guitar, it was pretty great to hear it played so well.

I have some great videos, here's one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYU5loQC_6o

paulmcevoy75 · February 12

This is the last of my batch of 7 from last January (well there is a retopped classical).

I just did a quick string up to get it set up and took some pictures. Better pictures later.

This is a multiscale, 670mm on the Low E and 660 on the high E. Top is Sitka and the back and sides are Chechen. The neck shaft is Douglas Fir and the headstock is Wenge with a Rosewood headplate. Fingerboard and bridge are Wenge also.

I gotta work on these tailpiece ties. I made them out of dyneema because it's crazy strong and supposedly doesn't stretch but the knots stretch...oh well. Back to the drawing board.

Like all of these guitars from last year, this one has some cosmetic issues, mostly because of one kind of hard to explain mistake I made on all of them. Oh well, they are all cool guitars and I like them. There's no hiding it.

flaco · February 12

Great details on the headstock joint and that back strip!!

billyshakes · February 12

Agreed. Love the aesthetic of the wood grain aligning with the black back wedge and also how the headstock join mimics the arrow of that back wedge. Also, the choice of black tuning buttons is cool.