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Greetings from Capo
Dave!
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I got drawings for a
Dreadnaught cutaway but not content to build what was on
the paper, built an eight string (doubling the 5th &
6th) that was more an OM shape. The truth is, the
"shape" was not something arrived at on purpose. I
bent the wood with the old "hot pipe" method (learned
from a Dutch luthier on-line) and the result was simply
the best I could do at the time. After 15 guitars,
I now have pretty good control of hot pipe bending. |
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I simply could not bend the Rosewood tight enough for the horn on
this little box. The Rosewood side kept breaking. I've seen some mighty
tight turns but I realized that in my little world there had to be a
better solution. I'm not a fan of Florentine cutaways...the
sharp peak does not appeal and since there's a block of wood inside
a Florentine horn, why not just make the entire horn out
of solid wood? So the horns are Mahogany, same as the
neck. Tuners? Gotohs are, in my
opinion, the absolute best. Appointments?
None. Zero. Not even bindings. On a hunch, I
used a 15 ft induced dome soundboard made of Cedar.
In the Push-pin Flattop world, tops are arched at 30' or
more. And flattops rarely have floating bridges. |
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OpenMicAmerica.com dave@capodavewilliams.com |