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Amazing indeed. How's that archtop serving you?
It’s great! It’s a little overbuilt but has a sweet sound. It can’t compete with a GJ guitar for volume but I’m hoping the next one will be better.
I am working on a 16” cutaway. The body is pretty well wrapped up. Working on the neck now.
Wow Joshi, that’s already beautiful.
And thanks, Buco, that was beautiful too…
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Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
Yes, please give us updates on the new guitar. I loved seeing the pictures from the first build.
Thanks! It’s so rare that post, I didn’t think anyone remembered. Guitar making, for me, is purely recreational. Sometimes, I might go two months without having a chance to work on it. Or I might only get a couple hours here and there. But, it is what it is. I’m in the home stretch now and motivated. It is freezing cold here(about 1.5 hours north of Toronto). Luckily I can start doing some of this inside. I only lasted an hour in the garage the other day.
Im already thinking about the next guitars though. I have two, very nice, matching cedar billets from a friend. I’m planning a ‘twin build’. I want, two, 15” archtops. Matching materials. Only the bracing will be different. More for the educational purposes.
I have also completed an Archtop tenor Uke since I last posted. I will attach some pics
Hmm, it’s not letting me right now. I will try again later
You don't have an interest in building Selmer style? Seems less time consuming than carving.
I like it. A lot of Ken Parker?
Re Ken Parker, I wondered if you're going to build one (Josh) without any cuts in the top, only the side soundport? I heard him say something like "you're relying on this plank of wood to vibrate with as much energy as it can and then you put a hole in the middle of it...". That stuck with me. But if it was that much of a night and day difference, a lot more people would be doing it by now?
I also once assumed that carved instruments were harder to do, but my opinion radically changed when I started making Selmer-style 3-ply laminated/formed backs and sides from 1mm exotic wood veneers.