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I can’t wait to see what it’s going to look like when done. The wood you’re using for the top is different, for sure. But who knows how it will turn out. Since you perform magic with your builds, I’m sure you will make it look spectacular!
HI Dave .... another interesting and entertaining build. I really enjoy and appreciate all the work you put into making your projects and especially presenting them. Just a couple of thoughts from my end - I often wonder about the characteristics of various woods - e.g. whether some may have a tendency to split more easily than others because they may contain less oils etc., and therefore may not be as suitable as others for instument making. Luthiers often go on about humidity but there must be other factors? I must say it seemed a bit dodgy to use a waterbased glue on top of the 'plastic' super glue when you made your fillet repair - still looks like you may have got away with it. My personal preference for the top of the guitar would be to keep it very simple, even with the dolphin cut outs, but what ever you do will be really great to watch. Keep up the good work. All the best Terry
Hi Terry thank you for your observations. Interesting what you say about woods. I don’t check moisture levels, I couldn’t control humidity even if I did and to be honest I’ve not seen any real effects. Perhaps now with much thinner wood it may cause problems. I’m not sure about oil content, it’s an interesting thought though. Yes you spotted a bit of a Dave moment with the CA glue. I did sand it down a little so fingers crossed it will hold. When I edit these videos I sometimes wonder what on earth was I thinking 😂 cheers Dave
Thinking outside the box - use black veneer dolphins on the top and put a sound hole on the side top bout. The Helmholtz resonance will be the same as if you had a soundhole in the top and the guitar will be stronger.
Love your honesty mate. Also thanks for reminding me I am not the only hoarder in the world! The wife wants me to delete your channel as she says all it does is "encourage you" :o) Keep up the good work!
Oops sorry pls apologize to you wife, but don’t tell mine 😂. It’s amazing what comes in useful and the most useful stuff is the thing you just threw away 🤣 cheers Dave
HI DAVE! This was very helpful! Much appreciated! I'm wondering if you ever got around to Hydrogen Peroxiding those yellow keys. . Could you share the instructions so others could take a stab at whitening those ugly stains? Cheers, Mate! Howard
My triton is now jumping, the brushes already went on it too, not really happy at the quality even though these are raved about I’ll be coming back to this every now and then
I know what you mean Corey but just about every luthier I watch on RU-vid has one. I’ve not had issues with the brushes yet and the belts seem okay now. Cheers Dave
I don't see a problem with doing a traditional round sound hole. Why not cut out a circle from the walnut scrap and place it roughly where the sound hole should be to get an Idea of what it would look like. You could use some lighter color wood for the rosette. By just cutting out a circle of white paper for contrast you could get an idea of what it would look like.
That’s a very good idea. I think I wanted to do something a little different and the Zebrano is the catalyst. I’ll be practicing on scraps to see if my idea is a goer. Cheers Dave
@@DaveDickens Here is another idea also. The guitar builder DaisyTempest who has a youtube channel uses antique paper for the rosettes when she builds her acoustic guitars. You could get a good quality acid free water color paper to cut out the rosette and sense it is a thicker paper go ahead and cut a channel for it to lay in and glue it in the channel and fill over the top to level and seal in with epoxy.
Well u know Dave I've come to notice something about guitar building and that being when mistakes happen finding creative ways to fix that mistake , and i think ur fix on the zebrano is a good way to fix it,i was just working on my all mahogany guitar this morning and was leveling the sides preparing then for binding and don't u know i sanded through a spot by mistake and ended up making what amounts to a plug and it worked just fine
Once I realised that all mistakes on the guitar can be fixed one way or another it took all the stress out of building. Now every problem is an interesting challenge. Good luck with your guitar, I’d love to see it when it’s finished. Cheers Dave
I don't have any videos yet I'm still figuring out how to shoot videos and editing them, im a novice at the whole video thing so like i said i have to figure it all out but i will have some videos soon,,, thanks so much I've learned a lot from u
These days you don’t need much equipment to make top quality videos. Arran of Adair guitars makes his videos on his phone and they are tremendous. Good luck and let me know when you’re put your first video up. Cheers Dave
I must say Dave after watching pretty much all of ur videos u are an absolutely a brilliant musician and even though I don't know u personally I respect the hell out of u
Thank you! I think I’ve hit my limits as a musician and can’t match some of the wonderful guitarists on RU-vid but I really enjoy playing and I think that’s the most important thing. Cheers Dave
Thanks Gabi, it was wonderful to chat to you on the podcast, we always say it’s like friends chatting in the pub, without the drink of course 😂. No I’ll be learning from you. Cheers Dave
I’m a firm believer that you can build a wonderful guitar from just about any wood. My telecaster made from an old scaffold board is one of my favourite guitars and sounds great. Cheers Dave
You didn’t miss anything, I used the tape instead and it seems to have worked okay. My body clamp wasn’t big enough and I decided not to rig up something. Hopefully I won’t regret it. Cheers Dave
Looking forward to this build. I wondered about the new, scratch built acoustic when you just stopped talking about it and finished rehabbing the old one. Watching the podcast now. I agree that the acoustic builds are a whole thing and that in comparison, electrics are child’s play. I’ve only built a few acoustics, but they were much more involved. I haven’t made enough to experiment with bracing alternatives, I’ve just chosen one and lived with it. I guess it introduces a kind of random element.
It would seem that the rosewood you've lined up for the ribs is full of short grain, which could make bending them without splitting problematic. Your experience and problem-solving wizardry may overcome this. I'm looking forward to this journey!
Run the pieces you are thinning against the rotation of the drum and they won’t shoot out. I learned this when I was doing the neck for my GGBO 2022 guitar. 😊
Nothing wrong with using different types of wood. The Walnut by it's self as a back and sides should make a mellow warm tone not sure what the 3 different type of wood will do but I bet it sounds just fine once everything a said and done.
Hey Dave I have something to add to ur Dave doing Dave things shirt,,u should add "only Dave can do,, so u have " Dave doing Dave things only Dave can do"
