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First build!

Posted by Tom Manno on September 25, 2009 at 12:29pm
Cherry neck with a bloodwood veneer, slide only. I used the ADGB strings and currently have it tuned to Open A.I give LOTS of credit to my good friend Melissa, she helped with every aspect of making this guitar awesome. Many thanks to her dad for the use of his shop!Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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  • Tom Manno September 28, 2009 at 11:16am
    Thanks for the tip!
  • Bluesheart September 25, 2009 at 10:02pm
    I read a great suggestion in here about frets to glue down, I think from Dianne (forgive if I'm wrong). It was brass cotterpins, cut in 1/2 and glue the flat side down.
  • Tom Manno September 25, 2009 at 1:53pm
    The bridge is glued to the neck and the body, I wedged it in there. It's a nice thick sound, definitely not thin. I haven't tried thicker strings yet, when it needs new ones, I might use the EADG instead of ADGB. I'm not concerned about the higher string tension either, the bloodwood is SOLID and tough stuff.
  • Tres Seaver September 25, 2009 at 1:40pm
    Looks really nice -- excellent first stab.

    How well does the bridge transfer sound to the top?
  • Tom Manno September 25, 2009 at 12:39pm
    Right now the frets are just penciled in, haven't figured out what I'm doing yet. The bloodwood is some thick, dense stuff, not sure if I want to try cutting into it. Because it is slide-only, I'm not too concerned about putting *real* frets on it. I'm open to suggestions for something I can put on top of the fingerboard without having to cut it!
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