Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 i've been wanting to do this for some time.been studying benedettos book & his 9 hour dvd set which goes through the entire build process for about a year now.so going to give it a go & see how it turns out.body shape was drawn on tracing paper laid over full scale engineering drawings for an exact body profile.tracing paper was attached to poster paper with double-stick tape, carefully cut with sisors and drawn on plywood blank which will be the mold for bending the sides.fresh off the bandsaw...will bring it to final dimension on the spindle sander.will glue a thin maple shim in the kerf where the saw cut through to get to inside for body shape cut-out.square corner at upper right will have to be shaped with a rasp carefully to make sure the mold is vertical at that part.i'm excited to actually be working on it after so much time studying/thinking about it.for those of you who find yourselves interested in this type build, enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BROLEX Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 ill subscribe to this thread if it is going to end up as a blondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 I'm truly looking forward to this. Having just seen some incredible hand built archtops at the GAL convention last week and realizing how incredibly difficult these things are to build, my hat is off to you for trying. Please document an post a build thread - either as you go or at the end. I, for one will enjoy this completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by Chuck Norris ill subscribe to this thread if it is going to end up as a blondie don't know yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BROLEX Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by meandi don't know yet... im just pulling your leg. youve got a big task ahead of you, kudos for taking the first steps already. keep on posting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by Freeman Keller I'm truly looking forward to this. Having just seen some incredible hand built archtops at the GAL convention last week and realizing how incredibly difficult these things are to build, my hat is off to you for trying.Please document an post a build thread - either as you go or at the end. I, for one will enjoy this completely i've found that posting/sharing my work is a large part of the enjoyment, soi'll be adding to the thread as it happens.still have quite a bit of prepratory work to do...carving cradle, for holding top & back securely while working those parts.i have a dial indicator, so i'm going to build a thickness guage for measuring top/back thickness, as well as a few other fixtures that will simplify & add accuracy to my work...but i thought that aspect of the build might be interesting as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikeSF Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 awesome. good luck and i will watch this thread for sure. did you find (or perhaps already know well) AJC's epic HC thread detailing his archtop construction? he made a great looking guitar in that build. [subscribes] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZURDA Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 This is one cool project thx for sharing .Just curious though; do you have a ball park figure of how long it will take you to complete?Good luck I'm looking forward to your updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 So cool. Good luck! Looking forward to the updates! Ellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fmw Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 I think you are going to find out very personally why archtop acoustics are so expensive. It has to be a pile of care and work. Hats off to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodcat Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 awesome I always fantasize about building guitars some day...not an easy profession to get into though Hope it turns out as good as everyone's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brahmz118 Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 I'll be looking forward to your updates as well. My acoustic archtop is quickly becoming my favorite guitar of all time, and now I might get some insight into how it was built. Have you built other guitars? You seem fairly well prepared. Best of luck with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Great Project! Watching your work will be like watching a movie episode by episode, getting more exciting as it progresses. I hope you took some clues from Freeman, and share some of your hardships/mistakes. It makes the whole build project a lot more real and gives us that, "Do we really want to try this ourselves?" I was going to jump into a project (dred) this past winter and held off watching FK's work and realized the real amount of work and patience it takes. I'm still contemplating building, but having others do it, relieves a lot of my gas to do it and learn in the process... So....good luck and thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikeSF Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by brahmz118 I'll be looking forward to your updates as well. My acoustic archtop is quickly becoming my favorite guitar of all time, and now I might get some insight into how it was built.Have you built other guitars? You seem fairly well prepared. Best of luck with this. hey brahmz, i forgot to ask you how you are enjoying your Verri and if you have any clips you can share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Wonderful - I really am looking forward to following your progress. and my vote is for a sunburst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by mikeSF awesome. good luck and i will watch this thread for sure.did you find (or perhaps already know well) AJC's epic HC thread detailing his archtop construction? he made a great looking guitar in that build.[subscribes] i followed AJs thread all the way through...he was the inspiration for me to purchase the book & dvd set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by ZURDA This is one cool project thx for sharing .Just curious though; do you have a ball park figure of how long it will take you to complete?Good luck I'm looking forward to your updates. no previous experience on this type guitar, so no...no time frame at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by fmw I think you are going to find out very personally why archtop acoustics are so expensive. It has to be a pile of care and work. Hats off to you. i think you are correct in your assesment!interesting, while studying the dvds it is obvious that it is a time intensive craft.i don't recall that benedetto ever mentioned total time investment in one of his instruments...with the prices he commands, got to be a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Originally Posted by brahmz118 I'll be looking forward to your updates as well. My acoustic archtop is quickly becoming my favorite guitar of all time, and now I might get some insight into how it was built.Have you built other guitars? You seem fairly well prepared. Best of luck with this. i've been tecking for about 10 years now. (links in my sig. to some of my projects)couple of scratch build solid bodys in the works, although i play almost exclussively acoustic any more, so this one i think is probably going to get the priority for completion.also did a thread here on the acoustic page last year of an in depth neck job on an old gibson 12 string that's not in the signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Originally Posted by C70man Great Project!Watching your work will be like watching a movie episode by episode, getting more exciting as it progresses. I hope you took some clues from Freeman, and share some of your hardships/mistakes. It makes the whole build project a lot more real and gives us that, "Do we really want to try this ourselves?"I was going to jump into a project (dred) this past winter and held off watching FK's work and realized the real amount of work and patience it takes. I'm still contemplating building, but having others do it, relieves a lot of my gas to do it and learn in the process...So....good luck and thanks! i promise the truth...i'll show the mistakes along with the rest of it!hope by much study & attention to the work to keep them to a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T.B. Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'm looking forward to this. What's the little beauty on your work bench Meandi? So Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Originally Posted by T.B. I'm looking forward to this. What's the little beauty on your work bench Meandi? So it's an old charvell acoustic from '70s/'80s.belongs to a friend of mine who has had it for ever.doing a bridge repair, fitting new oversized bridge pins & installing a new b-band electronics system to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RizinRico Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 gentlemen prefer blondes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted June 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 wanted to get the neck laminates glued up so the neck blank will have time to cure until time to use it.turns out i'm out of titebond & no time to go to store today, so it'll wait till tomorrow.mahogany & maple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Looks great already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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