George's 12-string Baritone Guitar

Bradley Young · October 03, 2006, 06:12:03 PM

Those over 6-string headstocks just make me want to holler they're so cool looking.

Very, very nice.

Bradley

mica · October 05, 2006, 06:30:13 PM

Body with rough shaping now:

That spot on the upper horn is just a rogue piece of glue.

Obviously this still needs a bunch of sanding.

There should be a steady stream of pictures until it hits spray.

mica · October 11, 2006, 05:30:15 PM

In the pipe clamps for the evening:

And the cool peghead shape all cut out:

That's a centerline in pencil and some glue smears on the peghead - they won't be there once carving gets a hold of it.

jacko · October 12, 2006, 12:49:47 AM

Wow. It's going to be a shame to hide that wood under the logo.

Graeme

georgie_boy · October 12, 2006, 05:07:26 AM

sorry Graeme, but I now think that this is the nicest Cocobolo that I've seen.
Truly beautiful!!

jacko · October 12, 2006, 05:09:09 AM

Boy. Talk about fickle ;-)

Graeme

george_wright · October 12, 2006, 05:41:31 AM

Yeah, Graeme, I agree with you about hiding the wood under the logo. And then the logo gets obscured by the strings :-(. I had hoped to have a cone-head with the logo at the tip, but I'm told that's an engineering impossibility.

But, even so, it's still going to be an outstanding item!

mica · December 14, 2006, 02:18:59 PM

It's in spray, but I always catch it wet so I only get to see the back:

But I could sneak around and get a closeuo of the front:

Your plates, including the beckside of the truss rod cover ready to prep for the next coat of spray:

mica · December 26, 2006, 05:10:39 PM

James finished the GEO inlay today, and should be dropping it in the 12th fret space before he goes home tonight. Here it is as of this afternoon:

george_wright · December 28, 2006, 07:45:33 AM

When I look at the routing in the December 14 pictures and Rory's December 27 pictures here, I infer routing for a bridge block, a bridge pick-up, and a neck pick-up.

When I look at the Spectrum description here, I'd expect routing for a bridge block, an HG neck pick-up, and two STR pick-ups.

What's up? Am I misinterpreting something?

the_8_string_king · December 28, 2006, 01:01:12 PM

Holy smokes, George, your baby's lookin' pretty Fab-u-lous!

mica · December 28, 2006, 07:38:16 PM

Spectrums do get STR pickups, but on a 12-string, that pickup won't catch all the strings in the magnetic field.

There's still enough room for a third pickup if you want it - just say the word.

george_wright · December 29, 2006, 07:00:21 AM

I don't think I NEED another pick up, and I'm not experienced enough even to say that I WANT a third one. Let's go with the way you have it planned.

inthelows · January 04, 2007, 08:20:00 AM

What a beauty! WOW!!
NLP