Hi All,
This is the Archtop I just completed (Need some final touches, like a truss rod cover, tuning peg alignment etc). The top is Sitka Spruce, and the back and sides soft maple...Cocobolo for the tail piece and the pick guard...Had to sttring her up to see how she sounds...
The entire guitar was machined on my CNC machine, including the carving of the tops. The top has integrated braces, which were just machined as a one piece on the CNC. It sounds and plays great. The inlays are curly maple for the peghead, fretboard and the tailpiece. This was a bit of an "experiment" with the integrated braces, but I think this is the way I am going forward from now on...Finish is Nitro Lacquer....
Some more pictures of my router and info on my site, and facebook page....(http://www.facebook.com/cncguitar and site: CNC GUITAR)
This is the Archtop I just completed (Need some final touches, like a truss rod cover, tuning peg alignment etc). The top is Sitka Spruce, and the back and sides soft maple...Cocobolo for the tail piece and the pick guard...Had to sttring her up to see how she sounds...
The entire guitar was machined on my CNC machine, including the carving of the tops. The top has integrated braces, which were just machined as a one piece on the CNC. It sounds and plays great. The inlays are curly maple for the peghead, fretboard and the tailpiece. This was a bit of an "experiment" with the integrated braces, but I think this is the way I am going forward from now on...Finish is Nitro Lacquer....
Some more pictures of my router and info on my site, and facebook page....(http://www.facebook.com/cncguitar and site: CNC GUITAR)