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I've decided i'm gonna take a werner herzog approach to building... Plans and drawings are the instruments of cowards. Nothing i build stays according to initial plan and nothing is according to any drawing. People ask me if I can build 'this' - nope. I can build, that's it. The padauk fretboard got glued on wrong so i had to replace it with this ebony one with not that appealing inlays... it was the only 25.5 i had left. Thermomaple neck is 🙂 nice

No bracing. Toata bucata unde e bridgeul e lasata acolo. La fel si un perete unde e doza de neck (for looks si ca sa fie mai mult lemn la neck joint). Restu e facut copaie cu bench drill. Am lasat lasat 'spatele' la un cm ca are contur pe spate. Are bridge normal nu activeaza topul si topul nu are nicio tensiune, deci nu are nimic cu acustica asa ca nu e nevoie de bracing. Daca ii pui bridge floating sau pinless atunci e nevoie de un bracing, un X fara extra bracing pus si la nimereala e de ajuns.

Parallel bracing vs X bracing on 2 archtop alsp one has thomastik flats one bronze strings

Dupa 3 luni...

Madagascar almond (Terminalia mantaly) for an OM acoustic 18 inch Carpathian top and back archtop waiting to cure epoxy in dovetail Spalted Beech OM acoustic ready to cut binding channels

The top on the OM is by far the thinnest i've gone. Although it is thick at the upper bout. Also braces are thinner than the usual.

Nanmu tele (phoebe wood) Spalted beech from Maderas Barber. Box built between 40-55 Same as the archtop. De săptămâna asta incepe sa se încălzească si sa crească umiditatea afara... De obicei vara cu ac si dezumidicator o tin la 50-55.

Au înnebunit sakura

practice more, post less

Pixel 4a 5G

Another productive day

Emperor style archtop body finished after more than 2 months. Tele vandut Pisco sour production is good

Da man. E la Târgoviște. Are un sunet aparte. Maine le tai

Acu de anu nou tai din nanmu pt un tele si vad tai pe jumate niste okoume ca sa fie nanmu asa ca lemn tradițional de anu nou, sarbatoare, alea alea, pac pac Dar e pe planu... 5 electrica. Si electricele in general. Pe astea de le am nu le finisez decat daca e cineva interesat sa le cumpere. A venit unu care avea un prs SE de xaxa si i-am schimbat ceva la saddle ca muta coarda... Cica vrea si el o chitara noua. A incercat din ale mele.. tot prs se si-a luat. Suna ca o... chitara. Ma intreba daca sa isi ia epi ES. Plm. Intre timp mi-am luat un bass acustic fretless. Always wanted one. Just for the sound. It's nice. And huge.