Zouk................

[Peter Crossley]

Bit of a departure here, but nonetheless, I decided I wanted to build an Irish Bouzouki, mainly because a friend of mine has one and I love the sound,
they are tuned to a G and its variants..

anyways I'm about halfway through, and really enjoying the different skills required in the making..
sort of not too dissimilar to an acoustic guitar, but different..

I know its not a guitar, but seeing as how we dont have a Bouzouki Shop, I'll just leave it here...

 

[Mincer]

Re: Zouk................

Well, that is a welcome departure. Great work, as always!

 

[JamesPaul]

Re: Zouk................

Very impressive!!! Please keep the updates coming. The luthier gene must include the ability to build Irish Bouzouki's. My local luthier has built a few also.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Zouk................

Ahh, Peter, my man! You are indeed a God.

You're much more than just a luthier, and more than a guru. Your talent far exceeds even the imagination of most people.

You've got to move to the states.

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Zouk................

Ahh, Peter, my man! You are indeed a God.

You're much more than just a luthier, and more than a guru. Your talent far exceeds even the imagination of most people.

You've got to move to the states.

very humbled by your kind words..
No mate, I have been to the states, but I love Australia way too much..

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Zouk................

I knew you were going to say that. I would probably agree.

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Zouk................

Dragon Inlay for Zouk

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Zouk................

OMG!

 

[Mincer]

Re: Zouk................

I love the dragon. A friend of mine did a whole guitar with crazy dragon inlays. I think I like the dragons because they are always so intricate. Yours is like a tribal dragon...wonderful!

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Zouk................

Neck fretted, bound with bloodwood and headstock done and inlayed.

 

[The Dali]

Re: Zouk................

phenomenal!

 

[Mincer]

Re: Zouk................

So what's the deal with bloodwood? I've seen it as an accent wood, but you never hear larger pieces being used. I hear it is hard, dense, and the dust isn't so good for you.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Zouk................

inlay looks great and the bloodwood is a nice touch!

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Zouk................

So what's the deal with bloodwood? I've seen it as an accent wood, but you never hear larger pieces being used. I hear it is hard, dense, and the dust isn't so good for you.

I mainly use it for binding necks, I like the way it accents the ebony board.
there are around 10 or maybe more different species of "bloodwood" I honestly dont know which of them this is, I just buy it in binding lengths

there are some really nice Australian desert accacia's that are seriously red, very much the colour of blood, but because they are desert species, they tend to grow all over the place and are not very useable because of that.

so the answer is

"I dont know"....

 

[JamesPaul]

Re: Zouk................

I'm loving the look of that neck!

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Zouk................

That bloodwood looks great. I use a lot of padauk in my guitars. How would you say the two woods compare...color, hardness, porosity/openness of grain, workability, etc?

 

[Mincer]

Re: Zouk................

I've heard good things about padouk, too, but it apparently doesn't stay red for long.

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Zouk................

That bloodwood looks great. I use a lot of padauk in my guitars. How would you say the two woods compare...color, hardness, porosity/openness of grain, workability, etc?

Fairly open grain, hardness is similar, it bends OK, I pretty much only use binding strips, so I cant really offer much more on say a back/side comparison.
seems to hold its colour..will know for sure in another 300 years....

 

[Peter Crossley]

Re: Zouk................

neck finished and heel cap fitted..

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Zouk................

Fairly open grain, hardness is similar, it bends OK, I pretty much only use binding strips....

Peter,
I don't mean to press you on this and I don't want you to give away any trade secrets, so you can PM me if you like. Is the center stripe on the neck solid bloodwood or just a binding strip routed in?