Quilt Build

[Peter Crossley]

Hi guys,
just a quick post, doing this for a young bloke up Byron Bay way....

not finished of course, but its a nice piece of wood...
This is his fretboard, ebony with The Eye of Horus done in jade, MOP and Paua

and a close up of the triple binding

Fretted, showing detail of the fret end dress

The back of the body, mahogany, with magnetic timber control and trem covers

and the top, 25mm (1") thick piece of really pretty quilt...

 

[Kac]

Re: Quilt Build

I'm not a fan of quilted maple until I see something Beautiful like that..


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[Lazarus1140]

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Super nice bookmatch. I've often wondered why certain well known manufacturers can't seem to pull that off.

 

[AlexR]

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^ it all depends on how the top is done, and the ability to 'fluke' something that stays similar looking throughout the billet. As soon as you carve a top (unlike this one which is flat), you start to uncover the wood which sat at the extremes of the original wood blank.

I don't know of very many trees that grow in a uniform manner. So any carve top tends only to be a real bookmatch for the small part of the join which is at full blank size.

 

[Peter Crossley]

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^ it all depends on how the top is done, and the ability to 'fluke' something that stays similar looking throughout the billet. As soon as you carve a top (unlike this one which is flat), you start to uncover the wood which sat at the extremes of the original wood blank.

I don't know of very many trees that grow in a uniform manner. So any carve top tends only to be a real bookmatch for the small part of the join which is at full blank size.

thats actually very carved, not flat at all, I have taken around 15mm off at points, other points only around 5-10mm, its a bit hard to see in the picture, but all my guitars have a very flowing carve on the tops.

 

[Peter Crossley]

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Hers an end on shot of the top to give you an idea, the thickest part is 25mm

 

[kramersteen]

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Next time make something really useless like a tele :jester:

 

[SrDeMaFp]

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Peter, your guitars never fail to amaze me!

 

[GuitarStv]

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The quilt is nice, but I'm more impressed with the fretting. Looks wonderful so far. . .

 

[jeremy]

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beautiful looking guitar!

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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Very nice; been wondering what you've been up to.

 

[tombogiri]

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Wonderful piece....well done!

 

[Peter Crossley]

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Very nice; been wondering what you've been up to.

not a lot mate,

hows the digging going?

 

[Demanic]

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Very nice build.

 

[Peter Crossley]

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Neck finished,
Qld Maple/pinstripes of Tas Myrtle/Flame American Maple/Purple Heart
Standard Headstock

 

[Demanic]

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That's some serious work.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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not a lot mate,

hows the digging going?

Preparations for this year going to start soon - survey project and participation in some others; looking to be out there June-July.

 

[J E C]

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Another very fine guitar Peter! BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Peter Crossley]

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Neck being glued on...

 

[rgand]

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That's really coming along. It's going to be some real eye candy. It is already.