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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:53 pm 
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With some of the other treads flying about, I thought it would be nice to post a newly finished build.
OM Wedged Fan fret with cutaway and soundport.
EIR/Lutz, Zebrawood rosette, light flame Jatoba (Brazilian |Cherry) bindings, Evo frets, Enduro-Var Silk finish.


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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.



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That is beautiful Colin!

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Thank you Steve.
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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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Very nice!! This is what I like seeing on this forum

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Agree with Aaron, and nice job.



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Nice!



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Superb instrument. How is the sound port on the upper bout supported?


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Nice job Colin!

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Beautiful work! Always intrigued by fan fret models--thanks for sharing.



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It's beautiful, Colin! Is this for you?


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I dig it! Excellent job of creating a cohesive design with an understated elegance. Nicely done!

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Thanks for the encouragement guys.
Mike2E, soundport has 2 plys behind it, a crossgrained mahogany veneer and a EIR 1.8mm IIRC.
Brad(!), it was made as a bit of a challenge to myself, and for a show at the end of the week.
it would be really hard to part with. When not being played, it just sits there and hums away to itself.
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Can I use that? laughing6-hehe [:Y:] :D

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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Beautiful guitar, Colin! The Jatoba bindings add a subtle amount of bling. Were they difficult to bend?

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Thanks Alex.
Not really difficult to bend with patience, at least with SSII.
They were an extra set of bindings done originally in a fox style bender at 2.1mm and went easily for my last (non-cutaway) build.
Then they were re-bent on an iron for the cutaway.
Couple of cracks started due to quite bad run-out and were superglued as I went.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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Well done Colin, I like the craftsmanship combined with the somewhat understated, organic, aesthetic.

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Colin North wrote:
a cohesive design with an understated elegance
Can I use that? laughing6-hehe [:Y:] :D[/quote]

Feel free!

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A very neat and tidy piece of work, well done

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i like everything, but the finish is so nice! I am leaning myself to satin/warm for my own guitars, so I approve!!

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Lovely work! I really like OMs, and built a fan-fret archtop a couple of years ago, so a multi-scale OM has been in my mind.

A couple of questions. First, what did you go with for scale lengths? Second, did you modifiy the bracing at all? I've read that some folks rotate the x-bracing to match the angle of the bridge.

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Hi Tony.
I don't have the precise scale lengths to hand, but used Doolin's method to cut the fretboard http://www.doolinguitars.com/articles/fannedfret/ making the aluminum guides from 25.34 Martin and 660mm classical scales, so around 25.4/25.9" with the perpendicular fret at 12.
Bracing angles were straight from the Kinkead "Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar " book, but I reducing their height and width from the plans, no rotation.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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SteveCourtright wrote:
i like everything, but the finish is so nice! I am leaning myself to satin/warm for my own guitars, so I approve!!

I do like satin finishes, and they seems to be quite popular at the minute.
But it's a pain in the proverbial b*tt to shoot a perfect last coat and keep it completely dust free. gaah

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.



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I take it that's a compliment?
Qatlho' !

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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Colin North wrote:
Hi Tony.
I don't have the precise scale lengths to hand, but used Doolin's method to cut the fretboard http://www.doolinguitars.com/articles/fannedfret/ making the aluminum guides from 25.34 Martin and 660mm classical scales, so around 25.4/25.9" with the perpendicular fret at 12.
Bracing angles were straight from the Kinkead "Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar " book, but I reducing their height and width from the plans, no rotation.


Thanks! So you kept the high E at 25.4, then pushed the extra length into the low end. How do you like that? On my archtop I went with 24.75 to 26", with perpendicular at the 7th. It makes for a bit more angle on the bridge, but I like the way the frets 1-14 feel pretty balanced. And I was dealing with 1.25" of fan vs. your 0.5". I like the idea of less fan. Just enough to give the low end a little help, especially in drop tunings.

Serious food for thought.....

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