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I've just finished this one, had a few hiccups along the way, twice i banged it into the wall and had to repair the dings and i also sanded through the finish in one spot while levelling, what a pain in the arse to repair ( maybe someone with more experience could do a tut on repairing finishes ).
b/s and armrest ziricote
top adirondack
f/board Eirw
bridge pacific b/wood
neck b/h sass
bindings and pickguard tiger myrtle
headplate macassar ebony
grover tuners
lr baggs ibeam pickup
laquer finish
Wayne

Hi Wayne,

We have all been there dinging and sand throughs!!
The guitar looks fantastic!!! great choice of woods and well crafted indeed.
Thanks for sharing,

Christian.

Hi Wayne
Great looking guitar the Ziricote is stunning.Love the detail nice work
Regards Steve

Looks great! I love Ziricote

How did you go bending the sides? I've heard it's a timber that can put up a fight

Thanks for the comments guys. Ziricote can be a bit brittle, you have to thin the sides down a bit more than other timbers, can't remember what i made them but i followed Allen's recomendation. Wayne

Beautiful guitar Wayne, congratulations.

Love your wood selections.

The arm rest is a classy addition.

So if the Ziricote is brittle is it a bright sounding guitar?

Cheers

Alan

Thanks Alan, i'd say it's got a warm tone to it rather than bright, i was a bit surprised by it really. Wayne

This stunning ziricote set found a very adequate home in this guitar, congrats Wayne!

Thanks Markus. Wayne

Very nice Wayne Don't know if it's reflections in the photo but it almost looks like that Ziricote has some flaming in it? And nice choice with the Sass neck

Thanks Nick, no flaming just a garage roller door. Wayne

56nortondomy wrote:Thanks Nick, no flaming just a garage roller door. Wayne

Now you've pointed it out I can see it as plain as anything and I can't stop seeing the garage door ! Why does that happen?

Nick, it doesn't really matter if it is flaming or a reflection as the guitar comes with the garage door.

Very specky, nice wood colour combination Wayne.

Jim

Thanks Jim. Sorry about the garage door Nick maybe i should have bs and said it was flaming, you can see it better in my avatar. Wayne

Nice bit of work Wayne and some nice Ziricote you got hold of there.

Thanks Bob, i actually got that set off ebay for a pretty reasonable price. Wayne

Nice looking guitar. The zircote beautiful. How do you find the pickup?

I've only tried the pickup on an electric amp, i haven't got an acoustic amp. but it seems good. I'm hoping to get a sound clip from the new owner when he gets it. Wayne

Hi
New to the Forum, being from Tasmania, this is the first I had heard/seen Black hearted SF being used for a neck. How do you think it will hold up?

Regards,
Solandra

Hi Solandra and welcome to the forum.

I've used Sassafras on a few necks and it has been fine.

I do use carbon fibre but I use that on all necks regardless of the timber.

It seems to be relatively stable once it's totally dry and seasoned. (unlike it's behavior when green)

Howden's a nice part of the planet. I grew up in South Hobart.

Regards

Welcome to the forum Solandra, why don't you introduce yourself. The neck is holding up pretty well, like Bob i put cf reinforcing in my necks. Wayne