Falcate braced multiscale OM

[kiwigeo]

Just about finished 18 months of work on this instrument. Its a multiscale (fan fret) Gore style OM cutaway with falcate bracing. Scale length on bass side is 658mm and on treble side it's 638mm. The 7th fret is the bias fret. Top is Swiss spruce, back and sides IRW and neck is Queensland maple. The soundhole rosette is a Jason Kostal style "stained glass" affair made from pieces of Coobah burl. The headstock is a straight string pull design and the finish is French Polish using hard shellac. The guitar has a Fishman matrix pickup/mic system.The guitar is basically finished bar some final setting up and a touch up of the finish on the top.
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[Sebastiaan56]

Only 18 months? You are getting prolific :-)

Nice axe Kiwi, seriously nice axe.

[kiwigeo]

Only 18 months? You are getting prolific :-)

Nice axe Kiwi, seriously nice axe.


Thanks mate. 18 months a long time on a build but Ive been working a few other builds at the same time....a parlour guitar, a classical (both falcate braced) and theres a
another falcate braced cutaway OM (non-multiscale). The work has dried up in the oil and gas game so Ive now got alot more time for building.

[kiwigeo]

Thanks guys for all the likes....

For those interested the tap test results are currently as follows:
Main Air resonance - T(1,1)1 = 97Hz
Main Top Resonance - T(1,1)2 = 185Hz (will trim to 180Hz by adding weight to sides).
Back Resonance ' B(1,1)3 = 232Hz (will trim to 226Hz by taking a bit out of the main back brace).

[kiwigeo]

A few picks of the parlour guitar. Again pics were taken during set hence the bits of tape here and there. This guitar is a 618mm scale instrument. Top is sitka spruce, back and sides IRW and neck Queensland Maple. Bracing is falcate and Im running Daddario lights. Tension is a bit high on the bass side so I might play around with string guages a bit.
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[Pauls321]

Very impressive indeed, looks amazing,

Paul