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19th August 2008, 04:18 PM #1
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Thomas Lloyd Guitars II - My 1st Guitar
After BobL inspired me with his guitar build (see HERE)… I went off and enrolled at the Thomas Lloyd Guitar School. I have since completed the course (sorry, no blow-by-blow updates as I shut myself off from computers for the entire time).
BobL has pretty much shown you the steps in the build so I won’t follow suit. Below is the finished product. However, if you have any questions regarding the build or what to see interim steps I will be happy to write them up and show pictures in this post.
I initially had the idea that I wanted to use Tasmanian Fiddleback Blackwood for the back and sides of the guitar…and I was going to do that until I saw some Black Heart Sassafras on someone else’s build. Well, I was sold…so out with the blackwood and in with the sassafras.
Specifications:
Sides and Back – Black Heart Sassafras
Sound Board – Queensland Bunya Pine
Neck – Queensland Maple
Head Stock Veneer – more sassafras (how can you not love the grain in that?)
Bindings - Jarrah
Inlay - Sassafras
Fret Board and Bridge Plate – Gidgee
Body Shape – slightly modified Classical, neck hits body at 14 frets instead of the usual 12.
Sound – strong on the mid-range and high E…the bass is soft.
Oh…and I saw the tools that BobL made for Chris (the luthier that taught me how to create a guitar) and they are absolutely awesome...well done Bob.
Oh...and I made a string winder between jobs on the guitar build...it is made of ebony from the offcuts of another student's fretboard.
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19th August 2008, 07:41 PM #2
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Nice one Geebung,
I gotta say that Sassafras looks mighty sassy!
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19th August 2008, 08:29 PM #3
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Beautiful I hopy my first build is half as good looking and after todays disasters I doubt it will be!
RossRoss"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its aim is the absolute subordination of the individual.
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19th August 2008, 10:25 PM #4
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Great build there, Geebung. Sass and jarrah works well together.
The jarrah binding looks thicker than norm.
Good to see you managed to snap a pic. of Chris playing your axe.
Hey, Different......................
Disaster eh ?
As long as you've got all your digits still , it can't be all that bad !!!!
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19th August 2008, 10:33 PM #5
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That looks lovely. Well done and I hope you get many years of pleasure playing the thing.
Kevin
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19th August 2008, 10:54 PM #6
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Originally Posted by oz tradie
Great build there, Geebung. Sass and jarrah works well together.
The jarrah binding looks thicker than norm.
Good to see you managed to snap a pic. of Chris playing your axe.
Hey, Different......................
Disaster eh ? As long as you've got all your digits still , it can't be all that bad !!!!
True I got all my pinkies but the timber I was going to make my guitar sides out of exploded inside my thicknesser turning itself into firewood and spitting woodchips all over the place. Now my guitar back and sides will no longer be made of the same timber.
RossRoss"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its aim is the absolute subordination of the individual.
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20th August 2008, 10:04 AM #7
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I was not sure about the jarrah at the start - the reason being prior to oiling and polishing it looked a little dull with the sassafras - and the sassafras was a quite pale looking on the sides. However, knowing that jarrah is quite dark once treated I thought it would come out alright...and it did. The sassafras really surprised me after oiling...such a nice colour. Originally Posted by oz tradie
Great build there, Geebung. Sass and jarrah works well together.
The jarrah binding looks thicker than norm.
Good to see you managed to snap a pic. of Chris playing your axe.
The binding is about 10 mm wide and 2 mm thick.
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20th August 2008, 10:05 AM #8
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Yes it does...like I said...once I saw it I couldn't refuse. Originally Posted by BobL
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20th August 2008, 10:09 AM #9
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I also shot a grainy video of him playing it as well. Originally Posted by oz tradie
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Cheers, Stu 
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