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04-27-2009, 08:42 PM
|  | .............. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stockton, Ca | | | Next build (for me): maple burl/mahogany/tulipwood
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04-27-2009, 08:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, TX | | | The tulip wood looks amazing......that might turn out to be one of the prettiest fret board I have ever seen. |
04-27-2009, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nebraska | | | holy crap! Never seen tulip wood used. amazing. that is going to be elegant!
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04-28-2009, 02:44 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Netherlands | | | Subscribed
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04-28-2009, 10:24 AM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Very nice so far.
How do you use the bow in building? 
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04-28-2009, 10:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: saint michael ,mn | | | subscribed!
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04-28-2009, 10:31 AM
|  | Superfast 2.0 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX | | And I think I'll subscribe to this. Looks like it's going to be gorgeous!  |
04-28-2009, 11:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Akron New York | | Very nice! That burl is going to be sweet  |
04-28-2009, 11:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nebraska | | | How much would you sell the second tulipwood fb for?
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04-28-2009, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jordan_frerichs  How much would you sell the second tulipwood fb for? | 
No way man: I've had this plank of tulipwood for going on 3 years and just recently cut it into two fingerboards. I gots ta keep it! |
04-28-2009, 09:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nebraska | | Greedy  lol. the hunt begins!
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05-27-2009, 09:29 AM
| | .............. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stockton, Ca | | | Body wood shots
Here's a pic of the body woods with a trial layer of finish: first, a layer of some stuff followed by a layer of some other stuff.  |
05-27-2009, 10:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | | that fingerboard is killer! reminds me of a chunk of marblewood I picked up at woodcraft last year. I'm using it for a fingerboard and it should not only look strikingly beautiful, but the wood is so dense and hard it should bring all kinds of good qualities to the bass.
Beautiful work so far.
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05-27-2009, 08:19 PM
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05-27-2009, 08:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | very nice.
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05-31-2009, 01:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Medford, Oregon | | | subscribed
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06-06-2009, 11:11 PM
| | .............. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stockton, Ca | | The build is moving along, but I haven't been so good about taking pics. I'll see what I can do tomorrow, but in the meantime...I just got a new toy: 
This guy is worth his weight in gold, having already cleanly sanded/flattened two tops and a body core. If I had the money and room I would have gotten the 22" wide version, but this is still a solid, worthwhile buy.
Side note: the body wood has changed slightly: no more veneer accent layer between the top and core, and there will be a moderately flamed maple lam on the back of the body. Pics to come... |
06-07-2009, 12:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Medford, Oregon | | | You dont know how jealous I am..............
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06-07-2009, 10:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: saint michael ,mn | | | that tulipwood is soooo sick
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07-03-2009, 09:30 PM
| | .............. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stockton, Ca | | Dude, ever have a build where one thing after another goes wrong? I've been having mad brain-farts lately and I don't know if that's the problem or if it's my approach. Lots of frustration, lots of restless sleep as my subconscious mind tries to work out solutions.
At any rate, things are coming along and I'm going to start taking the camera back out to the garage regardless of whatever else goes wrong  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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