AHG octave mando build

AcornHouse · Aug 10, 2023

GGJaguar said:
Careful you don't get "nickel itch" handling it.

All gloves so I don’t contaminate it.

AcornHouse · Aug 13, 2023

Nickel in da house. (Now I just need some time to go through the process.)

AcornHouse · Aug 15, 2023

Pleased with the rosewood fingerboard from LMI. One service I do have them do is the slotting. It's a cheap enough price to pay to not go through the hassle and have it perfect.

GGJaguar · Aug 15, 2023

My fingers are too fat to play high up on the neck with that fret spacing.

AcornHouse · Aug 15, 2023

GGJaguar said:
My fingers are too fat to play high up on the neck with that fret spacing.

I don’t think many actually play that high on mando family instruments, but looks weird to have bare fingerboard. Also, while you may not be able to fit you finger between frets up there, as long as your pressing behind the fret, the note should still come through.

ReevesRd · Aug 15, 2023

Yeah, the rosewood fingerboard is going to look nice.

Rayk · Aug 16, 2023

Wow ! Impressive!

AcornHouse · Sep 6, 2023

Carbon fiber reinforcements inlaid, ready to rout for the truss rod.

GGJaguar · Sep 6, 2023

Modern materials meet old world design.

GAD · Sep 6, 2023

AcornHouse said:
Carbon fiber reinforcements inlaid, ready to rout for the truss rod.

That's interesting. Why CF and not some other hardwood?

James Hart · Sep 6, 2023

Weight and environmental stability are my guess. My 20 year old custom basses all have cf support rods... perfect solution for any neck IMHO

AcornHouse · Sep 6, 2023

GAD said:
That's interesting. Why CF and not some other hardwood?

Weight and stiffness. CF weighs almost nothing and is stiffer than any comparable sized wood. These strips are only 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide. That's smaller than the oak strips I use in my go deck; the ones that I can bend into place.

AcornHouse · Sep 6, 2023

AcornHouse said:
Weight and stiffness. CF weighs almost nothing and is stiffer than any comparable sized wood. These strips are only 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide. That's smaller than the oak strips I use in my go deck; the ones that I can bend into place.

Sorry, I had to double check since 1/4” sounded too small. These are 3/8” deep.

GAD · Sep 6, 2023

AcornHouse said:
Weight and stiffness. CF weighs almost nothing and is stiffer than any comparable sized wood. These strips are only 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide. That's smaller than the oak strips I use in my go deck; the ones that I can bend into place.

Thanks. I know CF has great properties but mixing it in with a fine wood instrument seems like the kind of thing that makers of fine wood instruments would eschew.

AcornHouse · Sep 6, 2023

GAD said:
Thanks. I know CF has great properties but mixing it in with a fine wood instrument seems like the kind of thing that makers of fine wood instruments would eschew.

Some builders are using thin strips of CF to make laminated braces. I don’t feel the need for that myself, but for necks, it’s the best material for the job. Far better than the steel beams Martin used back when.

GGJaguar · Sep 6, 2023

Even Guild uses carbon fiber in the necks of the F-512 and F-512M.

GAD · Sep 6, 2023

AcornHouse said:
Some builders are using thin strips of CF to make laminated braces. I don’t feel the need for that myself, but for necks, it’s the best material for the job. Far better than the steel beams Martin used back when.

That's interesting. Does that mean the braces could be thinner and thus provide more surface area on the top to vibrate?

AcornHouse · Sep 6, 2023

GAD said:
That's interesting. Does that mean the braces could be thinner and thus provide more surface area on the top to vibrate?

They generally aren’t thinner, just stiffer. There is a new bracing system that some have been working on call falcate bracing, where the braces are curved. It’s pretty much a necessity there.

AcornHouse · Sep 6, 2023

AcornHouse said:
They generally aren’t thinner, just stiffer. There is a new bracing system that some have been working on call falcate bracing, where the braces are curved. It’s pretty much a necessity there.

GAD · Sep 6, 2023

AcornHouse said:

Very cool!

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