Builders with mahogany tops
The saga goes on and I'm still trying to "spend down" my parts box. While looking over all the sheet goods I noticed that I had sufficient 1/4 sawy mahogany (Swieta) to make top back and sides. And the first "real" guitar I bought out of highschool was a Guild D-25 which to my 20 yeear old real sounded great, Nothing special about the guitar's layout ''cept that the neck has a distinct cylinderical tape which winding up being more narrow on the first fret that my 1980 Fender Strat - this is the guitar I replaced with the Martin Koa as I keed very few guitars for myselp.
So, assuming that I decided to put together a top from these boards - any tips? I've got some other old broken manogany guitars that used the same wood for bracing but the Guild used spruce (this Guild was from the era when the ex-pat_ Epiphone crafters still had great influence at Guild). Also while the planes of the back and top weren't parallel thid gitar didn't have any "bowling" ion the back - nor did it have that funky "cherry" finish - the entire guitar was that same color.
While if I could have the original Guild D-25 (curiously the same model number as the Martin that followed it w/o the K) in front of me I'm not sure that almost 30 years later I'd like the extreme taper. What you your all's opinions concerning very tapered necks and also putting the guitar together with a bolt-on nect that would allow me to change the neck if I decide like/dislike the amout of talpe.
A strarange one I know but it's been building all winder.
Rob
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So, assuming that I decided to put together a top from these boards - any tips? I've got some other old broken manogany guitars that used the same wood for bracing but the Guild used spruce (this Guild was from the era when the ex-pat_ Epiphone crafters still had great influence at Guild). Also while the planes of the back and top weren't parallel thid gitar didn't have any "bowling" ion the back - nor did it have that funky "cherry" finish - the entire guitar was that same color.
While if I could have the original Guild D-25 (curiously the same model number as the Martin that followed it w/o the K) in front of me I'm not sure that almost 30 years later I'd like the extreme taper. What you your all's opinions concerning very tapered necks and also putting the guitar together with a bolt-on nect that would allow me to change the neck if I decide like/dislike the amout of talpe.
A strarange one I know but it's been building all winder.
Rob
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Permalink Reply by Tim Mace on
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Here's an all mahog,top & back Honduran,sides and neck Sapele mandola I just made and it's a bolt-on and it's sounds and plays great! Go for it !
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Permalink Reply by Rob Mercure on
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The boz does smwll swet so as long as the cops are happy so am I.
Rob
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If the police and the customeris satisfita'm happpy th let it goe.
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Interesting, either I left this public machine logged on or I'vd been privately hacked in some manner (why someone would bother beats me) - whatever it seems benign. So please forgive the two meaningless replies from me as I've no clue where they came from. Guess I'll have to watch this more thoroughly,
Rob
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