Home Build: "eco" Strandberg Boden 7 clone

[GXPO]

Walterson you are definitely now in my top 3 builders on SSO. Your work is impeccable.

Never knew that pulm wood was so beautiful until I saw that fretboard

Waltersons work always keeps me entertained. Who are the other 2?

 

[MetalBuddah]

Waltersons work always keeps me entertained. Who are the other 2?

I really dig helferlain especially this build:
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/extended-range-guitars/163830-ngd-8-string-headless-ergonomic-fanned-fret.html

And the other is scherzo1928

 

[scherzo1928]

Seeing wood being bent with home appliances always makes my day

Awesomeawesome work btw

 

[Walterson]

@all: thank you so much! You keep me going fast....

Seeing wood being bent with home appliances always makes my day

Don't mess with the Bendmaster 3000!


Removed the clamps today and routed the body flush with the template, did some rough sanding.....

--> success! No visible gluelines at all....

The guitar is going to be a little more "heavy" than Ola's, I think I can keep the weight under 3kg, but there is no chance to keep it under 2kg.... the fruit woods are quite heavy.

 

[ThatBeardGuy]

Wow that looks amazing, great job on the bent top

 

[geofreesun]

hate to say this...but is that a worm hole?? or a knot

 

[Walterson]

hate to say this...but is that a worm hole?? or a knot

Nope. It is some bark incorporated into the wood. I have stabilized it with thin superglue. Most of it will be removed when I do the pickup cavities.

What did we learn from S7G? Knots are cool and ad character! and hey: this is eco! It is supposed to look like that....

"No worms were harmed during this build!"

 

[tommychains]

Nope. It is some bark incorporated into the wood. I have stabilized it with thin superglue. Most of it will be removed when I do the pickup cavities.

What did we learn from S7G? Knots ad character! and hey: this is eco! It is supposed to look like that....

Dam straight; my mahogany has 2 small knots, but I'm not complaining.

 

[Pezshreds]

And what did we learn from S7G? Knots ad character!

hahahahahaha, +1 this comment

Looking mighty fine dude
Hate to be a dick, but you should probably drop everything you're doing in your personal life and complete this now.

I can't wait too much longer to see the final produt

 

[eddiewarlock]

working with domestic woods it's always cool. I have found myself working with woods i have never heard of, and i have found a couple of gems. Can´t buy flamed maple? Well there is this horribly hard wood, of this brick color...





Fretboards? what do you want ebony looking? rosewood looking?







The only downside i found with working with Venezuelan woods is that most species resemble mahogany, so it gets really boring.

Apamate was a bit more different, as it looks like white korina:












Spanish cedar, looks a lot like mahogany:





Mahogany, caribbean pine, and purpleheart, for the body, guayacan for the neck, katalox for the fretboard, all venezuelan woods.




Mahogany wings, guayacan neck, katalox fretboard, samán top, all venezuelan woods.

Caribbean pine...



Purpleheart necks

 

[Walterson]

working with domestic woods it's always cool.
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The only downside i found with working with Venezuelan woods is that most species resemble mahogany, so it gets really boring......

Do I get that right? Using domestic woods in an country that harvests wood in the rainforest?

 

[eddiewarlock]

well, you are right, it's no ecological in South America at all.

It is more ecological if they sold maple , alder or ash.

The only timber that is regulated and not taken from the rainforest is caribbean pine...

 

[Walterson]

@eddiwarlock: would you be so kind and remove your 19 pictures from this thread? Yes, those are local woods for you, but this thread was meant to be a build thread and not a thread about local woods....

 

[Jacobine]

Tasty tasty work. It all flows together nicely! Keep it up, yo.

 

[F0rte]

Did you actually do the neck pocket first without figuring out the bridge dimensions?

You have some BALLS if you did haha.
Great looking build.
Mine has fallen behind as of late. Should be picking back up next week.

 

[AwDeOh]

Did you actually do the neck pocket first without figuring out the bridge dimensions?

You have some BALLS if you did haha.
Great looking build.
Mine has fallen behind as of late. Should be picking back up next week.

I'm reasonably confident that Walterson could cut a neck pocket without even knowing what type of bridge he intends to install in the guitar.



Love the drop top man, lovely job. Reminds me of this chair (which retails for about US$15,000!):

Love It or Hate It? Zero Gravity Wing Chair

Steam bent from one piece of wood, no kerfing. This is on my list of things to build.

 

[BlackMastodon]

I don't see a fleshlight in that chair so it isn't worth it in my books.

Back on topic, that bend turned out incredibly clean! And I'm loving the fruit woods, they look great!

 

[engage757]

Looking great brother!

 

[Walterson]

Did you actually do the neck pocket first without figuring out the bridge dimensions?

Believe me: I measured and calculated twice before I started the router....

I'm reasonably confident that Walterson could cut a neck pocket without even knowing what type of bridge he intends to install in the guitar.

Well almost.... I need to know the stringspacing to lay out the fretboard and the height of the saddles to calculate the depth of the pocket....

Looking great brother!

Thanks!

 

[Pikka Bird]

That's a surprisingly invisible glue line. Or, well... I wasn't surprised per se, but kinda anxious in a small way.

Love the drop top man, lovely job. Reminds me of this chair (which retails for about US$15,000!):

Love It or Hate It? Zero Gravity Wing Chair

Steam bent from one piece of wood, no kerfing. This is on my list of things to build.

Which in turn reminds me of:

Extremely well done, but completely silly.