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PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:00 pm 
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Hey all,

This one was finished out of order. I had it almost done about 18 months ago, but while I was doing the final polish, I sanded through the finish in one spot. That took the wind out of my sails a bit, so I re-coated the offending area and set it aside.

Then last week decided it was time to finish it. I very carefully sanded the lacquer level again in that spot, and almost sanded through again. But it’s not too noticeable, and anyway, I’m done. :D I buffed it up, glued on the bridge and neck, and strung it up.

This is the third 12 string acoustic I’ve made, and I tried a few new things. I used the shared-pin method, where the bridge only has 6 pins, with two strings per pin. (Thanks to whoever did the tutorial on that!) And I compensated the saddle, which should always be done anyway of course, but I just didn’t bother with the other two. I also put two carbon fiber bars in the neck.

I used Arizona desert ironwood for the bridge, fretboard, and head stock veneer. The bindings are curly maple. The rosette is osage orange and abalone. The top purflings are abalone also. The top is lutz spruce from Shane, and the back and sides are osage orange from the county south of me. The action needs some more work, but it sounds great! I also need to make a cover for the truss rod access slot, and I need to level the frets.

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PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:01 pm 
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Nice guitar, that Osage Orange is spectacular.


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Man.... I wanna build with Osage Orange, too.

Very nice guitar, well done!

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Beautiful job! I also like the bridge treatment. Well done!

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So unique in so many good ways. Nice, nice job.

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Very nice....lots of glamour there :)


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That's really nice, way to go!
You should do Damascus steel frets on your next one! :)

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That's really nice, way to go!
You should do Damascus steel frets on your next one!
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Looks great, Phillip!
I`m looking forward to using my set of Osage Orange.
Did you do anything to reinforce the bridgeplate to accomodate for the ball-end pressure being pretty much in line?
I`m just curious.
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PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 11:41 am 
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Looks great, Phillip!
I`m looking forward to using my set of Osage Orange.
Did you do anything to reinforce the bridgeplate to accomodate for the ball-end pressure being pretty much in line?
I`m just curious.
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I'm sure you'll love working with the OO. It bends easier than any other wood I've used.

To answer your question, not really. I made the plate a little bigger (if I remember correctly) and made sure it was flatsawn, not quartersawn.

Thanks everybody for your comments! I'm really happy with how this one turned out, though there are still areas that could use improving...

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Sweet. I love smaller bodied 12 strings. That's some of the nicest osage orange I've seen!!
Very interesting using only 6 bridge pins. Its a much cleaner look


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I love the boldness of that rosette.


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That all works! Very nice looking guitar.

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Very nice!

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Beautiful work and beautiful guitar.
Is the Ironwood stained, or is that it's natural color?
If the latter, how prevalent or available is this wood? A readily available North American fretboard wood would be something I could get into.

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:19 am 
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Mike Baker wrote:
Beautiful work and beautiful guitar.
Is the Ironwood stained, or is that it's natural color?
If the latter, how prevalent or available is this wood? A readily available North American fretboard wood would be something I could get into.


That's the natural color. It comes in different flavors. The stuff I used on this guitar is about as plain and straight grained as you can get with DI. It's more common to see it like it is on these two latest knives of mine:

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It's a protected species, so you can't harvest live trees anymore. But it's still available, for now...

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It's beautiful wood, even the straight grained stuff you're using.

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