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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2010 14:32:57 GMT -6
I do have a scroll saw. I haven't really decided on what design I'm going to use yet. But I'll come up with something. One of the nice things on this body it that it's a lite body. Being walnut you think it would be heavy but it's not. I chambered it thinking it would be heavy. I don't know but may be the kind of walnut it is that makes lite.
Oh I am also going to try the zero fret thing on this build. It will be the fist time I used that on a build. EB
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Post by siblingchris on Oct 31, 2010 17:53:21 GMT -6
I think this is going to look really nice I love walnut I used to have an upright piano as a teenager, made out of figured walnut. Quite unusual. I got it from a farm, were it was in the barn and had chickens roosting in the bottom of it! Myesalf and my dad restored it I was totally gutted when I went away to college my Mum decided to sell it without even asking me! anyway, I reckon this guitar is going to look great
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Post by siblingchris on Oct 31, 2010 18:00:42 GMT -6
I googled walnut and foudn this.....
Walnut: A darker wood with Ash-like grains, but like mahogany, the density is uniform. It is harder and denser than Mahogany so the tone is brighter, but the open grains make for a complex midrange that seems to be compressed in some frequencies, but dynamic in others. There’s a nasal response to rhythms, while solo notes jump out. It has a lot of advantageous features of the other main guitar woods. It has a snappy attack and solid lows like Ash, but with smooth highs like Mahogany, and textured mids like Alder. The drawbacks are that it’s heavier, and more stubborn in its sound. It doesn’t respond to random pickup changes. The pickups have to be well suited to the guitar. A Walnut body will dictate the tonal signature of the guitar more than the other main woods. A heavy piece will dampen the mids to produce an overly nasal and lifeless sound, so it needs to be light and open grained enough to resonate the main guitar frequencies.
Production notes: Again watch for heavy pieces. The extra weight adds nothing good to the sound except perhaps more sustain. But sustain is abundant in Walnut already.
so probably good for your guitar if it is actually light. It seems well thought of for bass bodies too
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2010 18:26:57 GMT -6
This is my second walnut body. The first one is my neck through I'm working on. But the walnut on that one is the wings.
So far I guess I have been lucky with the walnut. Both body's are lite weight. But I also have an ash body that is heavy. In fact that body is as heavy as a oak body I built before I knew any better. But I tell you what that oak guitar sounds really, really good! But I have to sit down to play it. These days I sit a lot to play my guitars. LOL!
I know there has been a lot of talk on here about sustain... I have now built about 12 guitars from scratch and the one I built that will out sustain all of my guitars is the one I call the Copper-T It has a mahogany set neck with a pine body with two humbuckers. It sound like a Tele on steroids!!! I have made bolt on body's and set neck and 1 neck through (hope to have it done someday)
Woods I have used are, mahogany, bass wood, poplar, oak, walnut, pine, ash, alder... ans so far the one like I said that will out sustain is the copper-T go figure!!!! EB
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Post by avengers63 on Oct 31, 2010 20:18:28 GMT -6
What I've used....
BODY - NECK - FRETBOARD
mahogany/flamed cedar - flamed maple/chechen/purpleheart - birdseye maple walnut - canarywood - ebony poplar/bloodwood - (bought the neck) goncalo alves/poplar - maple/chechen - bocote white pine - (dough the neck) basswood/maple - walnut - bloodwood white limba - wenge - wenge mahogany - maple/makore / canarywood poplar - (bought the neck) maple - (bought the neck) sapele/maple/quilted maple - (bought the neck) ash - maple - oak limba/cherry/spalted maple - teak - slamed maple limba - spanish cedar - makore mahogany/cherry - maple/purpleheart - maple/purpleheart maple/flamed maple - mahogany - chechen
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2010 21:20:14 GMT -6
I forgot Maple and spalted maple. cedar, some other kind of wood I don't know the name of but it smell's really bad when cutting it. I use maple a lot for the necks. Mostly because I can get it fairly easy and most of the time it don't cost a lot. Cost is a big factor for me. I wonder what an all purpleheart guitar would sound like? But I bet it would be super heavy. EB
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Post by avengers63 on Nov 1, 2010 5:30:35 GMT -6
Reportedly, purpleheart is really bright. I'd imagine an entire buitar made from it would sound like crap.
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Post by niels on Nov 1, 2010 12:51:23 GMT -6
Maybe if you put some bassy pick ups on it that it would sound good?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2010 13:48:53 GMT -6
Someday I'm going to build a guitar with at least a purpleheart top and neck. Maybe even put some maple in it. Hummm... someday!!! EB
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2010 13:53:20 GMT -6
I got my in lays cut and I am experimenting on some wood to see how I'm going to cut out for the inlays. I went with a Less Paul stile inlay. I figured the it would be the easiest for me to do till I learn more about it. Plus the walnut once it's that small and thin is really bridal. So I had to keep it simple. If I can pull it off I'll post some pictures later on. EB
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2010 19:36:37 GMT -6
OK, I don't have any pictures yet, but I have four more to cut out on the fret board. I am cutting out the inlay routs with chisels, so it is a slow process. I don't have anyway of cutting them out with a router, I just don't have any router bits that small. But that being said, It's kind of fun using chisels, it's just time consuming. So I'll see about pictures later on in the week. Thanks for checking in!!!! EB
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Post by niels on Nov 2, 2010 13:51:49 GMT -6
Looking forward to the pics, Sounds like it will look good.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 12:42:01 GMT -6
Here are two pictures of the neck with the inlays in and the fret board has been sanded to 12" radius. I am waiting on the bridge to come in before I mount the neck. Still a ways away from being done. But not too bad fro my first try at doing inlays. The inlays are made from the same wood the body is. Did cut the inlay routs by hand using chisels. EB
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Post by cknowles on Nov 4, 2010 6:50:13 GMT -6
That's starting to shape up! The inlays are really nice. Got some close up picks?
Chris
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 11:46:20 GMT -6
That's starting to shape up! The inlays are really nice. Got some close up picks? Chris No I don't have any close ups yet. The pictures you see were taken when I was on the go. But I'll have better ones as the build go on. I had some spots that I could not sand out so I had to fill them with some wood filler. But I think it will be OK once the frets are in and the clear coat is on. But that's not going to happen until the neck is mounted. I should have the bridge in the next day or two. EB
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