Last Update: 10/19/15
Guitar for Bob Georgiev
Model: Lattice Guitar
Specifications:
Santos Rosewood for back and sides. | |
Internal frame. | |
Laminating the sides. | |
Removing one of the sides from laminating mold. | |
Pair of sides complete. | |
Sides. | |
Glueing the soundboard halves. | |
Soundboard ready for rosette. | |
Rosette inlaid and soundhole cut. Top thickness sanded ready for bracing. | |
Making the frame. | |
Making the frame. Neck pocket. | |
Carbon fiber "A" frame reinforcement and neck pivot. | |
Carbon fiber "A" frame. Ready for sides. | |
Bass sides glued onto frame. | |
Making the lattice bracing. | |
Carbon fiber reinforcement. | |
Sanding lattice to fit soundboard arching. | |
Gluing the head onto neck. | |
Baljak tuning machines. | |
Tuners in the head. | |
Neck ready for heel block and frets. | |
Vacuum clamping balsa lattice and carbon fiber | |
Shaping the lattice. | |
Making the bridge. | |
Capping the lattice with 6k carbon fiber tow. | |
Gluing the bridge. | |
Soundboard ready to glue to body. | |
Ready to glue the top on. | |
Freq.=103 Hz Oct 2 G# |
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Freq.=145 Hz Oct 3 D |
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Freq.=189 Hz Oct 3 F# |
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Freq.=253 Hz Oct 3 B |
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Freq.=297 Hz Oct 4 D |
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Freq.=507 Hz Oct 4 B |
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Freq.=605 Hz Oct 5 D# |
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Freq.=667 Hz Oct 5 E |
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Freq.=745 Hz Oct 5 F# |
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Freq.=831 Hz Oct 5 G# |
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Testing set up. Back clamped on. Tone generator and speaker. Salt sprinkled on the top for mode patterns. | |
Body complete. Final sanding | |
Final sanding. | |
The back and sides. | |
Applying the finish. | |
Final coat ready to buff out | |
Buffing out the finish. | |
Body complete. | |
Neck buffed out. | |
Baljak tuners. | |
Tuners installed. Ready to attach neck to body. | |
Strung up and ready for set up. | |
Hoffeee custom carbon fiber case. | |
Hoffee case. | |
Guitar ready to pack and ship. | |
The back. | |
End graft. | |
End graft. | |
Baljak tuners. | |
Top view. | |
Matte finish on soundboard. Very thin seal coats of finish. | |
Macassar ebony armrest. | |