Saturday, December 15, 2012

dreadnaught style guitar

i built this for a former co-worker back in 2002 (?) she had me build it to give to her fiance, and all i had to go on for input was: "he likes blondes, and Bruce Springsteen" 
the top is sitka spruce. the neck, back, and sides are flamed maple. the bridge and fingerboard are cocobolo. the trim and inlay are spalted maple, cocobolo, and pipestone
  the bridge is loosely inspired by the Kasha style guitar bridge. the back has a double x-brace pattern. the top has an unusual single x-brace pattern.
the body is a very large jumbo style, and is actually offset from the centerline in sort of an &ampersand shape. this is an ergonomic design idea, to shift the lower bout downward (treble sideway), to reduce the area under the forearm without taking away any body volume.
the cocobolo heart volute splice was the result of a measuring lesson i had to learn during the building process. i try to deal with my mistakes in artistic ways if i can't make them invisible.
i don't who ended up getting the guitar in the divorce so i have lost track of this instrument. (hence the not better quality photos)

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