Very nice job Mike, I'm loving the authenticity of the build & that touch with the headstock logo.pure brilliance! It looks the bees knees, the dogs bollocks, e.t.c e.t.c. I suspect without letting right in that the top would collapse in very short order.
Support Matthew, it has that 'barrel' shape to the soundboard (which is only about 2mm thick) & is ladder braced (not as 'supportive' as an X bracing configuration) with the floating bridge which as you know, works more in 'pushing down' onto the soundboard rather than the twisting torque of a fixed bridge.So the braces are let into the linings which act as shelves to support the brace ends, similar to the ends of an X brace on a flatop. Matthew wrote:Why do the braces need to run all the way to the edges of the plate into the linings? As I said earlier, it's a lot of work to go to for only one. I would expect to make at least half a dozen of these guitars, both the Grande Bouche and Petite Bouche. I got a few Peruvian walnut neck blanks from LMI, and they're pretty good, and not that expensive. American black walnut is a reasonable alternative, and so is Peruvian walnut. I haven't been able to source any European walnut for necks yet, but I'm trying. On the real thing I'll use European spruce, although I would like to try out some of Shane Neifer's Lutz spruce as a comparison. On the test run guitar I'm using a sitka spruce top. It's very nice stuff, and I can bring it back to the required. I did manage to source some 1/16" thick poplar and mahogany veneer from Certainly Wood in the U.S. In future I'll use the closed tuners and better tailpiece, although I don't know which ones yet, probably the ones Dupont uses. On this guitar I'll use the Schaller tuners and Selmer style tailpiece from Stewmac, they're not expensive, and I'm sure they'll be fine. To answer your question, first re hardware. I might try to reconstruct some of the lost stuff on laminating the backs and sides, and repost it. I have the impression that you are gearing up for a big production run of these, is this the plan? Perhaps I'll splash for a one-off but I'll need to save my pennies.ĭid you manage to source the custom thickness veneers for the poplar and mahogany? Have you decided on hardware for it yet? I'd really like to use the original-style closed tuners on mine but the various sources I have found are extremely pricey. I'll have about a million questions for you I lament every lost bit of Selmer/Maccaferri stuff on the forum so time to repopulate it. Morgan wrote:Beautiful stuff Mike, glad to see some progress and keep it all coming.
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