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AGP #434 - ''Bloodwood''

AGP #434 - “Bloodwood”
3 String Fretless Guitar
Scale: 660.4mm/26inches
Strings:0.46NW/0.32NW/0.22NW/
Tuned: F C f
The 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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Comment by AGP # on October 12, 2021 at 10:07am: "Thanks Rob Uker" :-)

Comment by Rob (Uker) Porras on October 12, 2021 at 8:02am: NICE!!!

Comment by AGP # on July 17, 2021 at 9:54am: "Thanks (Capt) Chadwick", I'm also very fond of this one! :-)

Comment by Ade (Capt) Chadwick on July 16, 2021 at 10:56pm: VERY NICE!!! I love it...

Comment by AGP # on July 16, 2021 at 7:02pm: "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. :-)

Comment by Stephen Wallbank on July 16, 2021 at 12:51pm: 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

Comment by Uncle John on July 16, 2021 at 1:00am: Very nice that your bride likes it that well!

Comment by AGP # on July 15, 2021 at 1:48pm: "Thanks UJ", Very happy with the way this one looks, the missus even loves this one, and wants to hang it the Living Room. :-)