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Guitar Building Procedures • Re: PRS Bending video Using Blues Creek Benders..

2012-02-27T18:05:44-04:00

I have a self adjusting cawl that will handle all the radii. PRS when they did this had the design ready so they decided to go with the discreet waist cawls as designed. At last count they had 5 machines running.

Guitar Building Procedures • Installing rosettes

2012-02-27T18:02:38-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma0AK0H8eIc
hope this helps. Glenn LaSalle posted this vid today. Thanks again for all your support

Guitar Building Procedures • Re: PRS Bending video Using Blues Creek Benders..

2012-02-27T15:04:12-04:00

Really interesting. I've heard mixed reviews about the guitars, but there is no doubt they are well made and thought out.

John - do you sell the machines with the form fitting cauls and the solid full profile forms like the one at PRS? Or is that their proprietary fixture?

Beginners' Questions • Re: Neck Block question

2012-02-27T13:53:53-04:00

The typical Martin dovetail block will have a slight radius on it . On the Martin Mortise and tenon they are flat. All the tail blocks will have a radius. That is about 36 in
john

Guitar Building Procedures • PRS Bending video Using Blues Creek Benders..

2012-02-27T12:54:41-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-CY7G5 ... re=related

Beginners' Questions • Re: Nit-picky question on purfling...

2012-02-27T12:50:22-04:00

Thanks John!

Beginners' Questions • Neck Block question

2012-02-27T12:45:43-04:00

I am about to embark on a scratch build and have a general question about Neck blocks. Are they typically flat (the face) where they meet the sides (and neck joins)? I am particularly curious since the scratch build that I am going to give a try to is a Size 1 Martin from a set of GAL plans. From what i recall of the few pictures that where on the plans (and it has been several weeks since I looked at them!) the end where the neck joins had a slight curvature to it. I will have to check the plans again tonight, but I am not sure whether or not they indicate a slight curvature to the block.

I plan on making the guitar with Eastern Black Walnut (Back/Sides/Neck) and was thinking of making the Neck block and tail block from Wanut as well (probably laminate some pieces), this a good idea?

Thanks,
Scott

Finishing Your Guitar • Re: Tot-Tis Pickguards

2012-02-27T12:32:55-04:00

it takes time but it can be buffed up. Try scraping it first then sand with water and about 600 grit on the edges when your angles it , then buff through the grits.

Finishing Your Guitar • Re: Tot-Tis Pickguards

2012-02-27T12:32:34-04:00

I've not tried it on Tor-tis but I would think Micro-Mesh pads would work. It's what I use on all types of other guards. This is just one place to get them, others are probably cheaper. Don't get the phonies,

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200523 ... g-Kit.aspx

Beginners' Questions • Re: Nit-picky question on purfling...

2012-02-27T12:31:19-04:00

yes
The plastic will roll over during the shearing process. This stuff is made in sheets then sheared to final size. As you scrape it down the lines will delineate nicely. I prefer plastic to wood on the purfling as it works easier.

Beginners' Questions • Nit-picky question on purfling...

2012-02-27T12:21:33-04:00

On the thin B/W/B purfling strips are there any advantages/disadvantages of using plastic versus the wood purfling strips?

I noticed on my plastic strips that the color separation was not all that well defined... it all kind of looked like it was blending together. Does it clear up once you scrape it down? It didn't really bug me until I saw the wood strips looked really well defined with nice, sharp lines and color contrast.

Thanks - Glen

Blog Your Project • Re: Spalted/quilted mahogany and Engelmann 00 12-fret

2012-02-27T12:09:36-04:00

Thanks, guys.. the back and side sets for that guitar are Curly Mango, I got from a guy in Hawaii. I have another set I will use one of these days, love the stuff.

Another thought, if you want to go reddish wood, is Padauk. It is inexpensive, and incredibly easy to work with. Bends beautifully, smells like cinnamon when you work it.

This guitar is made from padauk with maple binding. You could use padauk for the binding. It will be a bright red for a while, but will eventually darken to a rich, coffee brown as it ages. LMII even sells fingerboards and bridge blanks out of it, so again, another balanced alternative that can be used on all parts of the guitar.

Finishing Your Guitar • Tor-Tis Pickguards

2012-02-27T12:05:42-04:00

Has anyone had any luck re-polishing a Tortis Pickguard back to looking 'like new' after beveling the edges? I ordered a sheet from LMI to make a couple of guards. One as a replacement guard & the other for a build I'm working on. On one of them, I slightly beveled the edges, but ended up scuffing the face of it. I tried sanding it back w/ various grits of sandpaper up to 2000 grit then applied 3M's rubbing/polishing cmpds, but I still can't bring back the original high-gloss shine it came with? It now has a more of a satin sheen w/ visible scratches. I did read somewhere that they are made of an epoxy, which makes them impervious to a lot of compounds.

In the past I've ordered Tor-Tis guards that came w/ a nicely beveled & polished edge, so there's got to be a method that brings them back to retaining that 'wet look'...?

Blog Your Project • Re: Mark Stanley Bass Guitar Kit

2012-02-27T10:44:26-04:00

That is one big guitar for one big man. I like it!!!

Kevin

Blog Your Project • Re: First Build - 12 Fret

2012-02-27T10:42:44-04:00

Very nice. Love the contrast of wood on the body.

Kevin