Hello Everyone
A few years ago I was commissioned to do a rooftop guitar for the music store I work out of.
They had just gotten a Martin dealership so I came up with a scaled up version of a D28. Turns out that 3X everything worked great for scale and material. The body is 4'X5' and the neck just over 5' for a total of about 10'.
Anyways, here are a few pictures of the project.
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The headstock and neck angle joint.
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My wifes arms got tired waiting on me to glue and clamp so she got creative. I suspect at this point she was thinking of having better things to do.
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Was able to get the thinner cables up to tension which made a great bass sound. Top is 3/8" thick. High E is 1/16" aircraft cable and the low E is 1/4"
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Violin pegs worked great for the bridge pins. The frets are 1/4" aluminum square stock epoxied.
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Raising Day! Still have to install the pick guard and stain the frame. Meanwhile it got a few parking lot reviews and incoming guitar students got their pictures took.
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Finally! Don't look as nice now after a few years in the weather. Looks more like a prewar Martin that went through the war without a case on the outside of a Sherman Tank.
After about six months it had a close encounter with a couple of local wack jobs which allowed me to make a couple of improvements. Most notably a closer copy of a Martin pickguard and I installed quarters for fret markers. The original birch dowel markers came out too dark. After all that its still worth at least $1.50.
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A few years ago I was commissioned to do a rooftop guitar for the music store I work out of.
They had just gotten a Martin dealership so I came up with a scaled up version of a D28. Turns out that 3X everything worked great for scale and material. The body is 4'X5' and the neck just over 5' for a total of about 10'.
Anyways, here are a few pictures of the project.
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The headstock and neck angle joint.
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My wifes arms got tired waiting on me to glue and clamp so she got creative. I suspect at this point she was thinking of having better things to do.
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Was able to get the thinner cables up to tension which made a great bass sound. Top is 3/8" thick. High E is 1/16" aircraft cable and the low E is 1/4"
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Violin pegs worked great for the bridge pins. The frets are 1/4" aluminum square stock epoxied.
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Raising Day! Still have to install the pick guard and stain the frame. Meanwhile it got a few parking lot reviews and incoming guitar students got their pictures took.
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Finally! Don't look as nice now after a few years in the weather. Looks more like a prewar Martin that went through the war without a case on the outside of a Sherman Tank.
After about six months it had a close encounter with a couple of local wack jobs which allowed me to make a couple of improvements. Most notably a closer copy of a Martin pickguard and I installed quarters for fret markers. The original birch dowel markers came out too dark. After all that its still worth at least $1.50.
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