Building a Hufschmid Guitar (lots of pictures)

[Helldunkel]

Hi all,

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

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:

using my old template for tracing the body:

ready for the bandsaw:

cleaning up the bandsaw blade marks:

and this is what you get:

cutting the integrated armrest bevel and body contours:

routing the rear control cavity:

cutting the recess for the cover:

fingerboard slotted, ready for cutting the taper:

here is the very old 'rift sawn' neck blank:

truss rod groove is cut, now tracing the neck and headstock:

cutting out the one piece neck:

ready for gluying the fingerboard:

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:

blending the fingerboard to the headstock face:

drilling the tuning machine holes:

working on the fingerboard radius:

ready for fretting:

carving the volute:

carving and shaping the neck with a file and hand plane:

centering the neck:

routing the neck pocket:

neck is now ready to be fitted for the first time:

more comming soon, thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed

 

[Rødskjegg]

Looking good!

 

[sjk]

That is just awesome

 

[jwhitman]

My god man... Is it for sale?


Awesome work! It looks great!

 

[Helldunkel]

Thanks guys

My god man... Is it for sale?


Awesome work! It looks great!

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

 

[jwhitman]

Thanks guys

My god man... Is it for sale?


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....

Absolutely beautiful work I must say.

 

[peterc52]

So very cool!!!

 

[snowdog]

Very Nice. What is the average going rate for one of your instruments?

 

[IndyWS6]

Your work is amazing, bro...

 

[hellaboogie]

looking good

 

[rlord1974]

Nicely done!

 

[Digital Jams]

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

 

[Sierra Voodoo]

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

+1......simply awesome!

 

[Helldunkel]

Thank you for your kind words

Here are some more pictures...

Working on the heel to body transition:

Drilling the holes for the neck:

Fitting the ferrules:

First fit:

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

 

[MKibanez]

Nice!!!!!

 

[newlyformedmind]

Keep up the great work!

 

[Digital Jams]

Very nice update and I am sure a casual indication of price would hurt anyone

 

[Ventura]

There's a lot of guitar care and love in this thread... I love the shots.

Keep it up and keep us posted.

Mojo

 

[tripstan]

Ask Brad about posting price then post We wants to know!

 

[Helldunkel]

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

Ask Brad about posting price then post 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...