Gorgeous guitar! I love that sloped heel! I might just shamelessly steal that idea...
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| Author: | DannyV [ Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:33 pm ] |
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Hi There. I haven't posted any guitar pics for a bit and HEY! Not too many others have either. Remember. Everyone loves photos. Anyway. This was a cool build. My friend and customer spent a lot of his career in the bush as a timber cruiser on Vancouver Island. He had moved to the very beautiful Savary Island where he acquired a Lucas saw mill and built the Savary Island Resort. Very cool spot. Being a logger type he fell a lot of trees on and around his property including a massive Maple and a Yew that was about 1000 years old. His neighbour wanted the Yew out of his yard. Mike, the customer, milled them up. We met a number of years later in the gym and we were talking guitars and I mentioned I build them. And he's like "well hey"! He brought me some Maple and Yew boards. A little spalted but not too far gone. But no neck material. I didn't think this B &S would look very good with a creamy Maple neck but he said he had a chunk on the Island. Off we went on the Lund water taxi to the Island. He had a massive block, 24" x 24" by about 8 ft of Curly. If I can figure out how to resize a photo from my android phone I would post a pic. We took an Alaskan mill to it because he had since sold his Lucas. It was a little rough. Maple needs to be processed within the first month or 2 of falling or it starts to decay. This had been sitting for years. We took off a couple big slabs and I got enough for a 2 - neck blank. And there's the result. Curly Maple back, sides and neck Bearclaw Sitka (photos don't do justice) Yew bindings and bevel End Grain Spalt Maple Rosette (Thanks Brian!) Gold MOP (DePaule) We both could not be happier with the tonal outcome. Bright, even and great bass. He sprung for an Anthem P/U and this guitar deserves it. Attachment: rsz_2img_7522.jpg Attachment: rsz_4img_7512.jpg Attachment: rsz_img_7514.jpg Attachment: rsz_img_7488.jpg Attachment: rsz_img_7497.jpg Attachment: rsz_img_7499.jpg Thanks for the advice from my pals here on my first Venetian cutaway. And thanks for looking. Happy Easter. Cheers, Danny And when I told him DePaule messed up and double shipped the shell and II have the other half of of the neck blank he said, "Can you build me a 12 string"! haha Why not eh! |
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| Author: | Cal Maier [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 12:00 am ] |
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Sweet!!!! Cal |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:33 am ] |
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That's a true beauty!!! |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:56 am ] |
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Thanks for posting Danny, an interesting back story and a lovely build. Hope to see the 12 when it's done too. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:16 am ] |
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Very nice Danny! |
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| Author: | bcombs510 [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:26 am ] |
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A beauty! Is the heel sloped? There was a discussion about that a week or two ago. I like the look. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | A.Hix [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:40 am ] |
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Very nice, Danny!! Beautiful work! |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:41 am ] |
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That's a looker for sure. |
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| Author: | George L [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:58 am ] |
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Exceptional work, Danny. Instruments with an interesting backstory are destined to be heirlooms. Well done. |
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| Author: | ernie [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:59 am ] |
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vy nice w. maple |
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| Author: | Bri [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:17 am ] |
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Nice Danny, I need to go check on my stash because I have some backs pretty similar. It better still be there. B |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:36 am ] |
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Colin North wrote: Thanks for posting Danny, an interesting back story and a lovely build. Hope to see the 12 when it's done too. Thanks Colin! I love a good back story. I'll have to post a couple photos of one I did last year for a friends grandson. Made from a couple of Yellow Cedar logs his great great grandfather dragged up the beach in my part of the world. Although I've been trumped by a friend of mine. Keep your eyes peeled for when Rueban Forsland goes more public with his latest project. I will say it involves a long deceased, very well known guitar player. |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:41 am ] |
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bcombs510 wrote: A beauty! Is the heel sloped? There was a discussion about that a week or two ago. I like the look. Thanks Brad! Yup it is. Pirated the idea from a great BC luthier and all around cool guy, Michael Dunn. I could have made the angle more pronounced and possibly a little thinner but after grinding away on it for about an hour with a decent rasp I proclaimed, "Good enough". End grain Maple is HARD. |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:46 am ] |
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Bri wrote: Nice Danny, I need to go check on my stash because I have some backs pretty similar. It better still be there. B Don't look at me pal. I haven't been sniffing around your wood pile..... yet. haha Thanks Brian. |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:58 pm ] |
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Very nice! |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:19 pm ] |
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Beautiful! |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:35 pm ] |
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Beauty! Love that bit of ink line in the back! Alex |
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| Author: | J De Rocher [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:42 pm ] |
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Beautiful guitar! |
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| Author: | truckjohn [ Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:13 pm ] |
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I am a sucker for curly maple... You will have to tell us what "went bad" on that guitar - it looks fantastic. |
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| Author: | Goodall [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:41 am ] |
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truckjohn wrote: I am a sucker for curly maple... You will have to tell us what "went bad" on that guitar - it looks fantastic. What a beautiful guitar. Thanks for sharing that stuff. And made my day! |
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| Author: | tysam [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:27 am ] |
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Nice work. Danny. |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:45 am ] |
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Gorgeous guitar! I love that sloped heel! I might just shamelessly steal that idea...
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:58 am ] |
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Danny, Beautiful guitar. I love the curly maple, especially the neck. Your heel design is interesting. It's similar to the one I posted a while back. Yours is more angular than mine. The majority of folks that commented didn't seem to like my design. I think it may have been the neck lamination configuration that threw it off. Since that photo, I carved it to a symmetrical shape. Again, I like yours. ...really nice work. |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:43 pm ] |
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Absolutely BEEEUUUTIFULL!!!! Did I spell that right? Mike ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:59 pm ] |
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That is a stunner!! |
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