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Since I plan to use padauk for a fingerboard and bridge I thought I'd bind the sound hole with it... Oh yea, I also put in zebra radial Purfling and I will use radial Purfling around the body....

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

I like it. I'd like to see a pic of the fretboard laying on the top. I bet its going to tie in nicely. Thats some serious shell too. Wow!

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Jason Moe
LaCrosse WI 54601

Looks cool! Care to share how you did that chore?

Loves me Padauk. The smell makes me giddy...

Doc,
For the radial purf I used a Stew-Mac no-stick filler strip with the abalone and B/W/B pieces http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Speci ... 1&xsr=1198. After routing out the channel I sprayed shellac in and around the channel and to make sure it didn't get too thick in the channel I used my finger and finger nail to clean out any extra build up in the channel (hands on approach...). I used thin CA for glue up and pulled out the no-stick filler strip about 1/2 hour later. Then I inserted the zebra strips into the filler strip slot and flooded with CA. I used my fret slotting jig to cut strips of zebra to just slightly thinner the the 0.060" filler strip. (Actually, I probably cut then out the same size as the filler strip because I used it to set up the jig, then I sanded the pieces to make them fit.) Once the jig was set up, I made enough strips for the rosette, the top, and maybe the back as well (I have more zebra if I need more.) I put a zebra center strip in the back. I will use zebra binding and possibly a headstock back strap, heel cap, and end wedge.

For the bound sound hole, I cut a strip of padauk off a board I had, used a plane to take out the saw marks, and a scraper to get it to about 0.060". I bent it on my home made bending pipe. I used a sound hole cut out to test the size as I was bending. I was concerned with the padauk bleeding into the end grain and decided to use Weld-on. It worked fine. I cut the binding end diagonally and pulled the binding tape tight... That's about it.

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Just a few pics of my attempt at a bound sound hole...

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

I am going to do a bound sound hole on my next guitar (an Oscar Schmidt inspired ladder braced Grand Concert). However, I was going to install it to the top at the same time i do the rosette, and inlay the the sound hole binding, then cut out sound hole after rosette etc done, then thickness from the other side.

Glenn

That's pretty much the way I do it Glenn. Nice feature is that half the soundhole is exposed spruce...
Will that be a 14-1/2" box with a 26.5" scale?

Hi Hans,

Yes wrt size (I am modeling this off 2 of my guitars, the Joseph\Nettuno Grand Concert, and my Stella Grand Concert). However, I am going with a 25.4 scale on this one (Next one will be the longer scale however). Both guitars are have are 26+, but wanted this a bit smaller. I am thinking of going with flat fingerboard tho, as I want to play bottleneck on this as well.

Glenn

I'm using a bound sound hole in the mandolin that has been languishing in my shop between fits of frantic work on a banjo. I think bound sound holes can be quite nice. Looking forward to seeing how this all comes out. Seems to me it will work well on your guitar.

Thanks Steve, as well as Doug, Glenn and Haans. Always nice to know other ways to do these neat ideas. Years ago I learned the hard way about padauk and how it bleeds, especially with a lighter colored wood next to it. I've been a bit shy to use it since, but am looking forward to seeing this project completed--imagine it could be stunning!