AGP #434 - “Bloodwood”3 String Fretless GuitarScale: 660.4mm/26inchesStrings:0.46NW/0.32NW/0.22NW/Tuned: F C fThe slab of Red Bloodwood (Corymbia gummifera) was cut down and routed to a thickness of about 25mm/1” by my Son Robert (aka “Boof”), who then graciously passed it on to Moi, I then further planed, and sanded it down to a “bit” smoother finish, the Box Bottom is Cedar and 3mm Luan Ply, the recycled Neck and Fretboard are, I think Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata), a related species to Red Bloodwood, all timber was given a good coat of Tung Oil.A 15k Hot Rail Humbucker Pickup is wired through Vol and Tone Pots to the Output Jack, the Vol/Tone Knobs are from a couple of empty (hic!) “Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum” bottles. :-)
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"Thanks Stephen", Great to hear from a fellow countryman, not sure what part of the tree the slab was cut from, the tree was felled on a friends property, and the slab was first, roughly cut by one of my sons with a Chainsaw, then tidied up a bit by him with a Router, I then smoothed it down a bit more with a Planer and Sander, but acquired a few fine splinters in the process. :-)
Good to see a great CBG made by another Aussie. You have made me feel guilty for all the bloodwood firewood I created this year. Maybe I should check the windfall old dead trees down the backyard. Is that slab from the middle of the piece of bloodwood? Most of the stuff I cut up has termite pipes through it
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"Thanks Rob Uker" :-)
NICE!!!
"Thanks (Capt) Chadwick", I'm also very fond of this one! :-)
VERY NICE!!! I love it...
"Thanks Stephen", Great to hear from a fellow countryman, not sure what part of the tree the slab was cut from, the tree was felled on a friends property, and the slab was first, roughly cut by one of my sons with a Chainsaw, then tidied up a bit by him with a Router, I then smoothed it down a bit more with a Planer and Sander, but acquired a few fine splinters in the process. :-)
Good to see a great CBG made by another Aussie. You have made me feel guilty for all the bloodwood firewood I created this year. Maybe I should check the windfall old dead trees down the backyard. Is that slab from the middle of the piece of bloodwood? Most of the stuff I cut up has termite pipes through it
Very nice that your bride likes it that well!
"Thanks UJ", Very happy with the way this one looks, the missus even loves this one, and wants to hang it the Living Room. :-)
Ha! Ha!, like that one Pick :-D
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