Members tim Mcknight Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 Well, anticipation is rising because we leave next Wednesday for the Montreal Show which runs Thursday - Sunday, July 6-9. Guitar Show - I thought I would share a few pictures with y'all. This is the third of four guitars we will be exhibiting at the show. The specs are as follows: OOO-D body style, Nicaraguan Cocobolo Rosewood back & sides, 25.4" scale length wild black cherry neck with a Macassar Ebony 1-3/4" fingerboard, 2-1/4" bridge and headplate. Western Redwood top with ebony/maple top purfling. The rosette is spalted maple that was salvaged from my firewood pile Sycamore bindings, end wedge and back strip. The side sound port is a new shape fashioned after a guitar pick. Bone nut & saddle, gold Gotoh tuners complete the package. Thanks for looking and we hope to meet a few HC'ers in Montreal. ' alt='>'> ' alt='>'> ' alt='>'> ' alt='>'> ' alt='>'> ' alt='>'>
Members onetubetone Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 gorgeous. the only thing that comes to mind is maybe you should try less bright bridge-pins, maybe walrus ivory, because they are a little glaring against the subtlety of the rest of the detailing.
Members Hudman Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 That's a gorgeous guitar Tim! Nice work!
Members t60 fan Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 Originally posted by Hudman That's a gorgeous guitar Tim!Nice work! What he said, Tim. Just beautiful. *searches for thesaurus to find better adjectives*
Members dadgad7 Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 Tim - she's beautiful ! I love the Maple rosette, redwood is very cool, sounds somewhat like cedar?
Members thedep3158 Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 The biggest problem would be I wouldn't want to play it. I'd want to frame it and hang it up to look at. It's a beauty. Dep
Members tim Mcknight Posted June 29, 2006 Author Members Posted June 29, 2006 Hey Dep, are you related to my wife? Several years ago she asked me to build a large glass case to hang on the wall so she could display her guitar. Guitars are meant to be enjoyed visually but mst of all they are meant to be played.Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.The sound is similar to Cedar only on steroids Redwood [can be] stiffer and more dense than cedar so it therefore has a bit more headroom and likes to be played agressively. Cocobolo is a low dampening tonewood and will tend to efficiently reflect more sound than it will absorb. Since it is in the rosewood family it sounds simialr to Honduran, SE Asian, Madagascar and Brazilian in many ways.
Members dadgad7 Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 Tim, I like the number of posts you have accumulated!
Members Freeman Keller Posted June 29, 2006 Members Posted June 29, 2006 Tim, once again, simply stunning. I love the binding and rosette. Do you feed the twinkies to the possums thru the sound port?
Members tim Mcknight Posted June 30, 2006 Author Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by Freeman Keller Do you feed the twinkies to the possums thru the sound port? Only after I have taste tested them first
Members thedep3158 Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Tim, I'm related to her if it will get me a discount on one of your guitars... I'm with ya, playing is much better than just looking at it. Dep
Members Sweb Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Now that is a handsome little devil all dressed up in red. Redwood top. I would like to hear it. One question about that side soundhole. As thin as that wood is do you do anything special on the inside to prevent cracking along the grain at the edge of the hole? That hole isn't as protected as the top soundhole and it looks very fragile and precariously located.
Members tim Mcknight Posted June 30, 2006 Author Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by Sweb Now that is a handsome little devil all dressed up in red. Redwood top. I would like to hear it. One question about that side soundhole. As thin as that wood is do you do anything special on the inside to prevent cracking along the grain at the edge of the hole? That hole isn't as protected as the top soundhole and it looks very fragile and precariously located. Good question Sweb. If you notice, I always place the ports on the radius of the upper bout, for good reason. The radius is the strongest point on the side. Yes, I do reinforce the ports with a 1" wide strip of glue impregnated cloth bias tape on either side of the hole. I doubled the port thickness with a cross grain wood patch on the inside of the side, in a few earlier ports but I don't feel that it is really necessary. I have yet to have one develop a crack in nearly three years of using side sound ports. My wife handles the PR end of the business and she stays in contact with every owner on a regular basis. I have guitars all over the world, on 4 continents, in all kinds of temperature and humidity extremes and no one has reported any problems thus far.
Members Hudman Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by tim Mcknight Good question Sweb. If you notice, I always place the ports on the radius of the upper bout, for good reason. The radius is the strongest point on the side. Yes, I do reinforce the ports with a 1" wide strip of glue impregnated cloth bias tape on either side of the hole. I doubled the port thickness with a cross grain wood patch on the inside of the side, in a few earlier ports but I don't feel that it is really necessary. I have yet to have one develop a crack in nearly three years of using side sound ports. My wife handles the PR end of the business and she stays in contact with every owner on a regular basis. I have guitars all over the world, on 4 continents, in all kinds of temperature and humidity extremes and no one has reported any problems thus far. I am willing to be your official Michigan climate tester.
Members Sweb Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by Hudman I am willing to be your official Michigan climate tester. I'm in Orlando - pretty humid - and will gladly represent every kind of tonewood you use. My playing room is at 55%RH as I write but a slightly opened window can adjust that higher. Hud can represent the dry extremes. Heck, we can even swap them at seasonal changes to see how they weather them. I'd even pay the shipping and insurance for the both of us. It's the least I could do.I kind of thought you did something to reinforce that second soundhole aside from locating it at the least radiused part of the side. I have had to work with holes in radiused aviation grade laminates (wing leading edge skins) and even they have to be reinforced. I put doublers inside the holes as you mentioned not only to prevent later distortion but also for increasing the edge thickness to increase durability.
Members tim Mcknight Posted June 30, 2006 Author Members Posted June 30, 2006 Hudman & Sweb,You are a couple of really stand up guys for stepping up and offering your services Now all I need is a couple of willing volunteers on the right and left coasts and I will have my bases covered. Oops, come to think of it, I already have geetars on the north, south & west coasts. Any volunteers on the the right coast?
Members dadgad7 Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Mr McKnight, in the interest of trans American posterity, I will gladly offer my services based out of Connecticut. So when should expect my first test-guitar?
Members t60 fan Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by dadgad7 Mr McKnight, in the interest of trans American posterity, I will gladly offer my services based out of Connecticut. So when should expect my first test-guitar? And as a purely scientific control model an identical unit must be sent to me in Lancaster...(for what its worth, mr. dadgad7 seems to be fond of blackwoods appearance...)
Members Hudman Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by tim Mcknight Hudman & Sweb, You are a couple of really stand up guys for stepping up and offering your services Now all I need is a couple of willing volunteers on the right and left coasts and I will have my bases covered. Oops, come to think of it, I already have geetars on the north, south & west coasts. Any volunteers on the the right coast? Done. I will tell the wife and kids we are relocating to the East coast........Good luck at the show. I'm pulling for you.
Members Freeman Keller Posted June 30, 2006 Members Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by tim Mcknight Any volunteers on the the right coast? I'm up here in Washington - the state, not the city. Out where we grow the spruce you make guitars out of. If one every feels a need to find it's roots (pun intended).... Probably the closest I'll get to one of your guitars, Tim, is a mandolin whose wood once lived under your work bench - hope some of your mojo rubbed off on it. Have a great time in Montreal. And thanks for answering Sweb's question - I too was wondering about the strength of the sides around the sound port.
Members tim Mcknight Posted July 1, 2006 Author Members Posted July 1, 2006 Freeman, Are you close to Hoquiam, WA? I have a stash of Sitka spruce that was cut by the Posey Mfg Co in Hoquiam and then processed at the Eugene, OR Planing Mill. The wood was then shipped to a local violin maker in 1959! He stored the wood in his attic, passed away, his wife survived for many years and then passed on. The son inherited the estate and found the wood in the attic, wrapped in brown paper, tied in twine with a shipping label addresed to his dad dated 1959!The wood has the most delicious carmel color all the way through the 2-1/2" x 10" x 8' [perfectly quartered] planks. The wood is extremely light and stiff (both highly desireable qualities)
Members t60 fan Posted July 1, 2006 Members Posted July 1, 2006 Originally posted by tim Mcknight Freeman, Are you close to Hoquiam, WA? I have a stash of Sitka spruce that was cut by the Posey Mfg Co in Hoquiam and then processed at the Eugene, OR Planing Mill. The wood was then shipped to a local violin maker in 1959! He stored the wood in his attic, passed away, his wife survived for many years and then passed on. The son inherited the estate and found the wood in the attic, wrapped in brown paper, tied in twine with a shipping label addresed to his dad dated 1959! The wood iha the most delicious carmel color all the way through the 2-1/2" x 10" x 8' [perfectly quartered] planks. The wood is extremely light and stiff (both highly desireable qualities)
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