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Round Tenor Guitar
For my friend Barry Grant
Made from off-the-shelf parts in my shop.
1920's Plectrum neck, with "BARRY" on the peghead
I have had it a long time and always knew where it would end up, I just did not know on what!
For the body-Ludwig Kingston Resonator
For the top- split back Maple- from warped 1920s resonator.
Made from off-the-shelf parts in my shop.
1920's Plectrum neck, with "BARRY" on the peghead
I have had it a long time and always knew where it would end up, I just did not know on what!
For the body-Ludwig Kingston Resonator
For the top- split back Maple- from warped 1920s resonator.
Part one
I will first cut the plectrum neck down to tenor scale.
After sectioning and glue cure, I then took off the original fingerboard and used a 1970s Strom fingerboard that was the original fingerboard from another banjo that I used the neck on, for another custom build for Mike Moe (Dog Banjo) in the early 2000s.
After that, I cut off the last frets and made it a 17 fret with a slight extension for appearance..
Then on the rosewood fingerboard I removed the dots and made "Flowers" with 1/64" brass tubing in the centers.
Added side markers and did a nice finish with darkening at the heel to hid the sectioning.
I will first cut the plectrum neck down to tenor scale.
After sectioning and glue cure, I then took off the original fingerboard and used a 1970s Strom fingerboard that was the original fingerboard from another banjo that I used the neck on, for another custom build for Mike Moe (Dog Banjo) in the early 2000s.
After that, I cut off the last frets and made it a 17 fret with a slight extension for appearance..
Then on the rosewood fingerboard I removed the dots and made "Flowers" with 1/64" brass tubing in the centers.
Added side markers and did a nice finish with darkening at the heel to hid the sectioning.
The heel will glue up into that area.
Eternal text :)
Laminates match the neck. Pure luck.
More clearcoats
That is the length of the sectioning.
This is the board I will use, cut down.
Extension shaped.
Some finish applied to the neck. Ludwig resonator.
Added side markers-3/32"
1st cut. Heel removal.
Glued up.
Spanning the break with billet of rosewood.
Side removal from old resonator.
Dot removal, made some little flowers.
Fretting with 147 Stew Mac.
Then a sectional cut, leaving fingerboard for now.
Finish removed.
Leveled and solid again
Smoothing it up, this is the old inside.
1/64" brass tube, for deco inside of the flowers.
Part Two
Stripped and ready for tint.
Honey amber as the main tint.
I will make an oval hole.
Everything tinted, now taking on clear coats.
Roughing in with rasps.
Grain will disappear as clear is added.
Edge ugliness will be hidden in a sunburst.
MORE TO FOLLOW