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Author: | James Orr [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:55 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: My latest |
Brad Goodman wrote: Beautiful guitar! I really like the shape of the cutaway. I notice that the there is a significant amount of saddle above the bridge-This is not a criticism, I tend to like more than less, but I tend to round off the ends which visually makes it look smaller. Thanks, Brad. I agree. I left a little meat under the strings since it hadn't been under tension long enough to really dial in a long term setup, so there's room to to bring it down. Hesh wrote: Awesome James and I love the cut-a-way too. Thanks, Hesh! |
Author: | DennisK [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:16 pm ] |
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James Orr wrote: Clay S. wrote: Beautiful workmanship! What are you starting on now? Sickeningly, I’ll be re-topping this. I was cutting the binding off last night to touch up a few things, sneaking up on it pass by pass. I had a complete brain fart and set the cut for the final pass on the wrong side of the zero bar on my Elevate jig. I was in love with this top, but it’s just one of those things. Nothing to do but regroup and move on. How about adding a bevel/scoop to the cutaway? Especially if there will be an armrest bevel to balance it out visually. |
Author: | meddlingfool [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: My latest |
What Dennis said, you have an option! |
Author: | BradHall [ Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: My latest |
James, don’t beat yourself up too much. I just got the Elevate binding jig and after running a piece of scrap through to get it just right, I did the same thing you did. I was so sure it was right that I forgot to cut at the neck join first. Fortunately mine is only an inch long at the bottom joint. An old carpenters adage is; if you can’t hide it, accent it. I have a nice shell inlay that just fits and looks like a feature to anyone but another builder. Beautiful work on your first. |
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