Squareneck tricone wood body finished
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Squareneck tricone wood body finished
Hi everybody,
Thinking about my next build... I want to (I'd like to ) build a woody squareneck tricone, just like the one built by Mike Lewis in France:
http://www.fineresophonic.com/triplate4m.htm
It sounds great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esH4E21m0BM
Do you think that a weissenborn conception would be OK? As the neck is a hollow one, there is no neck stick, so... soundposts and mushrooms?
I would use laminate as building material, instead of plain maple, as I dont own a bending iron...
Every help is welcome
Thanks,
Xavier
Thinking about my next build... I want to (I'd like to ) build a woody squareneck tricone, just like the one built by Mike Lewis in France:
http://www.fineresophonic.com/triplate4m.htm
It sounds great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esH4E21m0BM
Do you think that a weissenborn conception would be OK? As the neck is a hollow one, there is no neck stick, so... soundposts and mushrooms?
I would use laminate as building material, instead of plain maple, as I dont own a bending iron...
Every help is welcome
Thanks,
Xavier
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Xavier - sorry, I can't be any help from a building perspective, but I wanted you to know that this is a really cool project. The sound of that squareneck tricone in the video is fantastic. I imagine that a hollow neck would add to the "airiness", although it might also affect sustain and "punch" in some way.
I've built several, all with neck sticks and no posts.
Here's one. Lousy recording and player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqq1jm-Wfvc
and here's a better recording, played though a Humphries amp by someone that knows what they're doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6MPYj6 ... sults_main
Here's one. Lousy recording and player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqq1jm-Wfvc
and here's a better recording, played though a Humphries amp by someone that knows what they're doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6MPYj6 ... sults_main
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But great instrument!Mike D wrote:I've built several, all with neck sticks and no posts.
Here's one. Lousy recording and player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqq1jm-Wfvc
Can you explain "how to" use a neck stick in a weissenborn-style guitar?
Thanks.
Basically it's built like a regular Weiss but the top is extra thick (3/16") and I glue in a large brace that runs from the head block to the tail block. It's glued to the underside of the fretboard area and runs under and supports the cone well.
You can see part of it in the 2nd video at about :46
Basically it's built like a regular Weiss but the top is extra thick (3/16") and I glue in a large brace that runs from the head block to the tail block. It's glued to the underside of the fretboard area and runs under and supports the cone well.
You can see part of it in the 2nd video at about :46
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Hey guys,
The building process is on the way:
The shape:
I worked with the help of a DWG drawing sent by Freeman Keller for the body, and Mike D for the neck stick weissenborn conception.
Do you think I can build the neck stick with marine quality laminate?
I built a mold from several layers of laminate and hardwood:
The wood is tasmanian blackwood:
The top(4.5 mm thick):
(will be mostly hidden by coverplate/fretboard/grills:
I made my very first bending attempts, seems to be OK:
The big problems will come when it will be time to bend to shape the back, as it has to be jointed AND glued AND bent... any ideas?
Thanks,
Xavier
The building process is on the way:
The shape:
I worked with the help of a DWG drawing sent by Freeman Keller for the body, and Mike D for the neck stick weissenborn conception.
Do you think I can build the neck stick with marine quality laminate?
I built a mold from several layers of laminate and hardwood:
The wood is tasmanian blackwood:
The top(4.5 mm thick):
(will be mostly hidden by coverplate/fretboard/grills:
I made my very first bending attempts, seems to be OK:
The big problems will come when it will be time to bend to shape the back, as it has to be jointed AND glued AND bent... any ideas?
Thanks,
Xavier
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