Guitar WIP

[Phillip Patton]

That's gonna be purty! You're going to make a bowie with matching wood, right?

Funny you should say that. My dad suggested the same thing yesterday. So I guess the answer is yes.

 

[Bobby Branton]

You play a squareneck on your lap or face up when you are standing up. Here is a You Tube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ynXYavql4&feature=related

Good luck with the build

 

[Phillip Patton]

You play a squareneck on your lap or face up when you are standing up. Here is a You Tube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ynXYavql4&feature=related

Good luck with the build

Interesting. Thanks for posting that.

So far, it's been fun. More fun than knifemaking, in fact. The knifemaking has become a job, and I think I needed a hobby to balance it out, otherwise I think I was heading for a burn out, you know what I mean?

 

[Bobby Branton]

Interesting. Thanks for posting that.

So far, it's been fun. More fun than knifemaking, in fact. The knifemaking has become a job, and I think I needed a hobby to balance it out, otherwise I think I was heading for a burn out, you know what I mean?

I started trying to play music 5 years ago. I was getting burned out being around knives 24-7. When I bought my first custom Dobro, I was hooked with the beauty of the instruments. That led me to want to build one. I actually have a couple of orders, but I don't want to make it a job. I want to keep it fun.
BB

 

[JatMat]

Phillip, you are in good company. WT Fuller was a friend of mine and a good friend of Harvey McBurnette. WT told me that Harvey made a better guitar than he did knives. Good Luck with your "hobby"
Jim

 

[Phillip Patton]

More pics:

 

[Phillip Patton]

I can't glue anything together until I get some more clamps, but I do have the pieces for the heel block ready to go. I'm arranging the pieces to have a herringbone pattern, which I think will look pretty cool:

I'm also planing down the headstock to 1/2" thick, which is what it needs to be to accept the tuning machines:

I need a new plane, too. This one is broken, so there's lot's of sharp points to dig into my palm.

 

[Phillip Patton]

I got the head stock reduced now, and the heel block glued together:

 

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[silver_pilate]

Lots of fun watching this take shape, Phillip. Great job so far. I can't wait to see more.

--nathan

 

[Phillip Patton]

My very primitive "shooting board", used to get the seam between the two pieces of the top perfect. They aren't perfect, but they're close.

 

[Phillip Patton]

It started out just under 5/16" thick, and ended about 1/8".

 

[James_Terrio]

Just goes to show, a person can never have too many clamps. Looking good, Phillip! :thumbup:

 

[Phillip Patton]

Just goes to show, a person can never have too many clamps. Looking good, Phillip! :thumbup:

Exactly! Before this, I only had 3 c-clamps.

 

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[James_Terrio]

Wow, you're not messing around... nice work on the truss rod. Are you going to slot your own fret-board or buy a pre-cut one?

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Damn, Phillip... this is amazing! Thanks for taking as many pics as you are... its really enjoyable to sit back and watch all of this unfold.