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Hi, everone.

This is guitar number 4! I made 3 and 4 mostly together. Their tops, backs, and sides are from the same Sitka and Walnut boards. This one has maple binding instead of Katalox, a rosewood fretboard, and Curupay headstock veneer and bridge.


The walnut is from somewhere near me in Wisconsin.

I now love side ports and plan on having them on all future guitars. You can also see the elevated fretboard, another feature I like.

The maple binding looks good to me. I did #3 with dark binding and #4 with this maple partially to see if I liked one more than the other. Nope, I like them both.
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The Curupay headstock veneer is nice. This wood is also called Patagonian Rosewood, but it's not from Patagonia and it's not a rosewood.

Cheap tuners that works well enough for the guitars I'm making at this point.

Walnut neck that bolts on and is fully removable.

Experimental segmented rosette that seems ok.

Maple binding on the fretboard too. This is the second time I've bound a fretboard and I'm hooked on that too.

On to number 5 and thanks for all the help.

-Eric

Looks great, Eric. One suggestion: Move the low and high E strings 1/8” from the edge of the fretboard. Yours looks a little close to the edge and that can lead to strings slipping off the edge of the fret during play.

Barry Daniels wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 6:57 pm Looks great, Eric. One suggestion: Move the low and high E strings 1/8” from the edge of the fretboard. Yours looks a little close to the edge and that can lead to strings slipping off the edge of the fret during play.

Good tip. Making the nut and saddle are weak points in my abilities right now. I'll make a new set. All the videos, books, and articles make it look form straight forward than it really is. I don't have a good set of nut files yet, too.

Always more to learn.

-Eric

I had to make several dozen nuts before I got my chops down. Saddles are a lot easier.

You've probably seen this thread here, but if not it may stimulate some ideas about tools for making nut slots.

https://www.mimf.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=414

Looking good! I like how you chose quartered maple for the bindings and let the rays do the talking. I did that recently too and really liked it. I feel like curly maple is the standard for maple bindings but regular grained quartered maple has a real appeal.