Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: lbpesq on May 23, 2016, 07:14:59 PM
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Here's my latest build:
One piece extra light Swamp Ash body with hand rubbed oil/wax finish
Gancalo Alves neck, unfinished
Pau Ferro fret-board, unfinished, 10"-16" compound radius
Babicz Full Contact bridge
Grover locking tuners
Dunlop strap locks
Alembic STR/AE-1 pickups with added 3-way Q switch
weight: 6.8 lbs.
Bill, tgo
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That looks really swell Bill !
Wolf
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OMG, it . . . . it . . . . it . . . . it's the SwirlOCaster !!
Nice, Bill !
Joey
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I love it! I got to play it for a good long time on Bill's couch and it's got a lovely snap to it, acoustically speaking. Thumbs up, Bill!
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I love the look you got - is there any stain on the body before the finish or in the finish?
Ed
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I liked the neck on this guitar a lot better than the other one you brought to the gathering with the Modulus neck. Would be nice to hear them plugged in, too.
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The finish is a product called "Wudtone". First a stain is rubbed on the bare wood. This is followed by 3 or 4 hand rubbed coats of a fifty/fifty mixture of the stain and a grain filler, depending on the wood. (Ash gets the filler, maple doesn't). Then 4 or 5 coats of the gloss finish are hand rubbed. After it cures for a couple of months, the finish can be burnished for a glossier look (if I can figure out what "burnishing" means!)
As for the neck, the Goncalo Alves has a wonderful waxy buttery feel. But everyone is different, I LOVE the modulus neck on the other guitar I brought to the gathering. That one can be seen here:
club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=16621.msg167889#msg167889 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=16621.msg167889#msg167889)
Bill, tgo
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I can definitely see the appeal of the Modulus neck, too. Nice light, fast playing neck. Nice pair of instruments each of the guitars has its own character and that's a good thing.