hoji
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Hello, I thought you might be interested in seeing how this one turned out. I used a piece of ambrosia maple that someone gave to me, for the back and sides and headplate. I left the beetle-holes unfilled! For this build, I tried to take my time and resist temptation to rush.
Also, this was my first time using fretboard binding, and pre-cutting the fret tangs and shaping to semi-hemi before installing. Worked out great - no more torn up hands due to rough edges - thanks to Beau Hannam for the instructional video!
The sides are two-ply laminated thin maple... trying to go for extra-rigidity and mass there. Again, thanks to Beau and others for ideas on that.
Took close to 2 months.
Scale length: 14.25" (13th fret to body) Thanks gerardg for this idea!
Top: Spruce
Back, sides, headplate, bridge, fretboard-binding: Maple
Neck: Butternut
Fretboard, nut, saddle: Persimmon
side dots: walnut
fretboard dots: shell
Sounds good, maybe my best one yet. A bit on the bright side and punchy. Strums nicely with Freemont blacklines.
Maple/Spruce Mezzo by d5172, on Flickr
Back by d5172, on Flickr
Ambrosia Maple Back/Sides by d5172, on Flickr
Side by d5172, on Flickr
Also, this was my first time using fretboard binding, and pre-cutting the fret tangs and shaping to semi-hemi before installing. Worked out great - no more torn up hands due to rough edges - thanks to Beau Hannam for the instructional video!
The sides are two-ply laminated thin maple... trying to go for extra-rigidity and mass there. Again, thanks to Beau and others for ideas on that.
Took close to 2 months.
Scale length: 14.25" (13th fret to body) Thanks gerardg for this idea!
Top: Spruce
Back, sides, headplate, bridge, fretboard-binding: Maple
Neck: Butternut
Fretboard, nut, saddle: Persimmon
side dots: walnut
fretboard dots: shell
Sounds good, maybe my best one yet. A bit on the bright side and punchy. Strums nicely with Freemont blacklines.
Maple/Spruce Mezzo by d5172, on Flickr
Back by d5172, on Flickr
Ambrosia Maple Back/Sides by d5172, on Flickr
Side by d5172, on Flickr