Russ
Russ
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RE: first scratch build : a neck through 12 string semi hollow telecaster style guitar

Great start @tyreman. Keep those pictures coming. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Then I bent the sides into shape using the pipe bender. I then held them in place in the guitar mould. ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Then plane the edges flat on the shooting board. ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Then cut into shape on the bandsaw. ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Onto the sides now. I used cherry for the sides on this one. Planed and scraped down to 2.0 - 2.1mm thick. ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Excellent repair job @koendb. Toolbox? ๐Ÿค”.... there's an idea. ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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RE: What's that? Another one?

I do like that fretboard @nsj. ๐ŸคŒ ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Cheers @koendb. How's your build coming on? ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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RE: Hello from Nampa Idaho USA

@rey_rchotmail-com Welcome Rey. Enjoy the ride. Hope you don't get too much sawdust in your dinner. ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Then I carved out each end of the centre strip to accommodate the heel block and end block. ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Time to carve the back braces into shape. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Then glue in the four back braces. ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

The next stage was to mark out each of the areas of the centre strip where each of the four back braces will pass through. Then carve them out ๐ŸŽถ...

2 years ago
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RE: What's that? Another one?

Your putting us procrastinators to shame @nsj. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚

2 years ago
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RE: 1st guitar: Archtop based on Benedetto plans

@peter-c-f Keep us posted Peter. I'm keen to have a go at this. ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

I'm the same @swepri. I just borrow other people's ideas. ๐Ÿคฃ ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™‚

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Cheers @swepri The shooting board has a series of holes at even intervals along the length of the board. I think mine were set at 8cm apart and abou...

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

......then glued it onto the inside of the back ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

I used an off cut from the soundboard to make the centre strip for the back ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™

2 years ago
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RE: ๐Ÿ“Russ' Parlour Nยฐ2๐Ÿ“

Then I cut out the shape of the back ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ™‚๐ŸŽธ

2 years ago
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