Members gitnoob Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 The thing I most love about guitars is that the pursuit is endless. It's all about the journey. Playing, of course, but also building. I've been hoarding nice pieces of wood thinking "one day I'll figure out how to resaw that piece and make a guitar out of it." I finally got the courage to resaw into thinnnnn stock. Each of these pieces is about 1/8" thick and will be sanded down even thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 I see a dulcimer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted September 27, 2019 Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Danocoustic said: I see a dulcimer! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted September 28, 2019 Members Share Posted September 28, 2019 If you enlarge it, you can see man’s never ending quest for peace, and a good beer that won’t clean your pockets after two. I don’t see the barkeep’s tip in there though. Probably would in a nice mango though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted September 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2019 never met a mango you didn't like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted September 28, 2019 Members Share Posted September 28, 2019 Cool, but...courage? On a similar note, my bathroom door is book-matched and I'm contemplating making a guitar back from it. Gonna call it Stinkwood. The naming of it is open for suggestions. Flushingwood? Mud Ash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted September 29, 2019 Members Share Posted September 29, 2019 You have a solid bathroom door? What sort of upscale digs you live in anyway? Next yer gonna say crown molding and a spa-shower.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FretFiend. Posted September 29, 2019 Members Share Posted September 29, 2019 It has been said (Maybe by some guy named Somagyi?) that the lighter and thinner a guitar is built, the better it will sound. I once built a guitar out of .001 inch thick baldered ash (nod to idunno) and toothpicks for braces. It sounded like a chorus of angels in heaven. Unfortunately I only got to hear it for about ten minutes tho. It blew up shortly after I strung it up. Damn near killed me. Before you ask, no, I didn't get any recordings. Terrible loss to humanity. 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted September 29, 2019 Members Share Posted September 29, 2019 9 hours ago, Neal said: You have a solid bathroom door? What sort of upscale digs you live in anyway? Next yer gonna say crown molding and a spa-shower..;) All the doors in my house are solid wood. I suppose I could start a guitar workshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted September 30, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 9/28/2019 at 12:37 PM, Idunno said: Cool, but...courage? Yes, courage. I've resawn wood before. Have had issues with drift. Issues with burn. Issues with chatter. So I would normally want a lot more room for error than I had with this cut. Finally got the saw adjusted for near-perfect cuts. Next skill to level-up: marquetry. No hurry, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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