Lyn #15 - Solid-body Nylon Acoustic

[Fretworn]

Looking really good Robin.

[Simon Barden]

Very nice work, Robin.

I'd tape the top on before gluing it and see if you can get the piezo lead (and any other leads you need to wire-up) connected with the access you've given yourself. If you can, then all well and good. If you can't, then it's time for a plan B before it's a lot harder to implement.

[robin]

@Waz
Too old to get into any mischief mate. lol.

@Kick
Thanks mate, but nothing much to admire. Just learning as I go.

@Fretty
Thanks mate.

@Simon
Yep. I clamped it all together and I think I've got enough access. Just not too sure how to feed the piezo pickup through the central core and up into the bridge. But when the bridge is glued into position it will cover a multitude of sins so I think I will be OK.

Too late now anyway, its all glued up. lol.

Thanks guys

[stan]

this is a great build Robin, heaps of work here, this thread will teach you and others here a lot

[robin]

Thanks Stan. Don't know about anyone else, but I'm certainly learning some new stuff.

[robin]

So the body has now been glued together.

But it was then that I realised that as the body is much thicker than a standard electric guitar the neck screws I had bought were way to short. I would have to leave the ferrules deeply recessed. Then thought that I would bevel the area behind the neck pocket to give me better access to the higher frets. Then I thought, what the heck, why don’t I just try and shape it a bit. So I did.

This is where it started. You can see the bevelled area near the ferrule holes.


This is after I started to get stuck into it with a chisel


And here it is finished. One of the ferrule holes is still deeply recessed but I wanted to keep the same flowing line from the lower horn but I was restricted by the size of the central core of the guitar. So the ferrule stays recessed and once again a design flaw has been turned into “character”. Lol.




Binding next.

[Dedman]

awe inspiring build Robin. I'm lost for words.

[andrewdosborne]

Simply amazing! Love your work Robin

[robin]

Thanks DM and Andrew.

But its no big deal. Just a few hours with a chisel and some sand paper. I think the secret is to not have a plan, and make it up as you go. lol.

[FrankenWashie]

Love the progress Robin, the way the grain pairs up on the lower horn is very fetching. And also how it seems to complement the curve of your cutaway across the neck heel. Very nice stuff.