Building a Hufschmid Guitar (lots of pictures)

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Hi all,

I am currently building this guitar and would like to share some pictures, enjoy! :rock:

quick specs:

-A unique piece of salvaged Hard Rock Birdseye/Quilt Maple for the top
-Very old 'Rift Sawn' one piece Sapelli Mahogany neck
-Very old 'Quatersawn' one piece Sapelli Mahogany body
-West African Ebony fingerboard, 12'' radius, 25.5'' scale, 24 frets


top is glued to the body:
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using my old template for tracing the body:
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ready for the bandsaw:
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cleaning up the bandsaw blade marks:
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and this is what you get:
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cutting the integrated armrest bevel and body contours:
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routing the rear control cavity:
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cutting the recess for the cover:
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fingerboard slotted, ready for cutting the taper:
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here is the very old 'rift sawn' neck blank:
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truss rod groove is cut, now tracing the neck and headstock:
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cutting out the one piece neck:
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ready for gluying the fingerboard:
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here I am using my 'marble table' technique to glue the fingerboard, the idea is to have it all glue perfectly flat with perfect even pressure all over the neck:
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blending the fingerboard to the headstock face:
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drilling the tuning machine holes:
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working on the fingerboard radius:
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ready for fretting:
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carving the volute:
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carving and shaping the neck with a file and hand plane:
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centering the neck:
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routing the neck pocket:
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neck is now ready to be fitted for the first time:
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more comming soon, thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed :)
 
My god man... Is it for sale? :lol: :LOL:


Awesome work! It looks great!
 
Thanks guys :)

JDinSC":2hhr69j5 said:
My god man... Is it for sale? :lol: :LOL:


Awesome work! It looks great!

I only work on order mate, this one will be going to Norway :)
 
Helldunkel":12a32om6 said:
Thanks guys :)

JDinSC":12a32om6 said:
My god man... Is it for sale? :lol: :LOL:


Awesome work! It looks great!

I only work on order mate, this one will be going to Norway :)


That's probably for the best in my case.... :D

Absolutely beautiful work I must say.
 
Very Nice. What is the average going rate for one of your instruments?
 
Outstanding work and dedication!

I really enjoy these build threads from some of the guitar builders here on the forum, you can totally see what goes into a quality instrument. The others should do the same :thumbsup:
 
Digital Jams":y7zq30c6 said:
Outstanding work and dedication!

I really enjoy these build threads from some of the guitar builders here on the forum, you can totally see what goes into a quality instrument. The others should do the same :thumbsup:
+1......simply awesome!
 
Thank you for your kind words :)

Here are some more pictures...

Working on the heel to body transition:
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Drilling the holes for the neck:
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Fitting the ferrules:
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First fit:
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snowdog":3djvlflk said:
Very Nice. What is the average going rate for one of your instruments?

Thank you for your comment :)

I am sure that you are aware that if I talk money and post a link, it would be going against the forum rules which is totally understandable,

Here, I am simply sharing some pictures because I often receive some requests from players asking me to post a build story :)

:rock:
 
Very nice update and I am sure a casual indication of price would hurt anyone :thumbsup:
 
There's a lot of guitar care and love in this thread... I love the shots.

Keep it up and keep us posted.

Mojo
 
Thanks guys, I will post more pictures when I get arround taking them... :)

Mizati20 posted some gorgeous pictures last day http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=119370

tripstan":1swzc02q said:
Ask Brad about posting price then post :thumbsup: We wants to know!

I am almost certain that anybody who knows how to do a simple google name search can find my website in 2 clicks and notice that my first prices are mentioned in the contact page... ;)
 
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