TD's Scratchy Thinline

You could always add some 'T' & 'D' holes. The D could just be an outline or you could have a solid centre by either having some thin connecting legs (probably quite fragile) or as a stand-alone piece on a block glued to the back.

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

You could always add some 'T' & 'D' holes. The D could just be an outline or you could have a solid centre by either having some thin connecting legs (probably quite fragile) or as a stand-alone piece on a block glued to the back.

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Yes, I quite liked the look of the F brand thinlines with the letter F shaped f-hole on the shoulder. So many options and thoughts echoing around in my head cavity.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Bravo

Wow, looking forward to hearing how this progresses.

One day I'd love to have a story along the lines of "a really nice piece of wood" or "a piece of wood with some historical or sentimental significance" came into my possession and I decided to turn it into a guitar.

I've always wanted to have/do a thinline so please post lots of pictures and updates.

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Hi Johnny,

Your statement about "historical or sentimental value" reminded me of this picture:

Take 1 and 2:

As a test of the scratchy concept, I have started two pine wood bodies (glued, sanded and rough cut). The top one is for a solid body, the lower one is for a thinline. Note: The jigsaw was not terribly happy about cutting them out!

Also started the ply top and back for the thinline. Routed the sides, f(worm)-hole and control route.

Lovely Jubbly! Nice work on the proving versions there Trev.

The F/worm hole needs some very careful attention to its design. I'm sure the outer edges are following a nice even curve, but the shape of the cross-struts at the ends is currently rather uneven and making it look rather ragged(?) - probably not the right word but a general sense of 'not quite right'.

I realise that these are probably initial cuts and need working on, but it doesn't take much to turn a good design into a less than ideal one.

I don't know about the ragged worm hole, but the thinline back won't work... it's a lefty!!! :p :p :p

I like the worm holes, they're very organic.

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Originally Posted by blinddrew

I like the worm holes, they're very organic.

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Strictly speaking, being holes, they aren't made of anything so can't be organic. Unlike the top which is wood, therefore made from various carbon compounds and is organic.

Sooo - organic anti holes!