Build #1_pineapple tenor - mostly wooden scrap materials from shipping container
Hi, this is my 1st build originally planned as test-build but a moment into the initial build, I decided to give it a good try. I have not regretted since.
Materials list:
1. The neck material looks like pine probably (no expert in wood identification) but definitely softwood and have good grains, a 2x3 taken out of a shipping crate from Orange imports from South Africa
2. The sides, back and Soundboard looks Chinese pine laminates used in vegetables imports from China
3. Fretboard a local Malasian wood (Merbau)
4. Bridge is made from Malaysian Blackwood (unfortunately) no dark parts available
5. The bracings, Kerf linings are all local Malaysian wood, the Agathis
Building style: Spanish Style neck, Fan-braced, Tenor Pineapple 17" scale
All build processes used no machineries except simple hand tools like 15" handsaw, 1/2" Japanese chisel, coping saw, UK rasp, Stanley wood file and a made-in-China electric drill, the only power tool used and some good F-clamps.
Hi, this is my 1st build originally planned as test-build but a moment into the initial build, I decided to give it a good try. I have not regretted since.
Materials list:
1. The neck material looks like pine probably (no expert in wood identification) but definitely softwood and have good grains, a 2x3 taken out of a shipping crate from Orange imports from South Africa
2. The sides, back and Soundboard looks Chinese pine laminates used in vegetables imports from China
3. Fretboard a local Malasian wood (Merbau)
4. Bridge is made from Malaysian Blackwood (unfortunately) no dark parts available
5. The bracings, Kerf linings are all local Malaysian wood, the Agathis
Building style: Spanish Style neck, Fan-braced, Tenor Pineapple 17" scale
All build processes used no machineries except simple hand tools like 15" handsaw, 1/2" Japanese chisel, coping saw, UK rasp, Stanley wood file and a made-in-China electric drill, the only power tool used and some good F-clamps.
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