Last 05/17/18
Guitar Build Diary for:
Raul Granado
Model: H1a "Hauser"
Specifications:
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Preparing to cut the Hauser style covered vee neck joint. |
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Thicknessing back plates. |
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Back thicknessed and ready for bracing. |
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Head glued to neck shaft using the Fussen covered Vee head joint used by Hauser's. |
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Head profile routed to shape. |
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Side view. Notice that the head sticks up 2mm higher than the plane of the neck shaft. A key characteristic of the Fussen style covered Vee head joint. This is not the same as the Romanillos style through Vee head joint which is much simpler and weaker in design. |
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String slots routed and ramped. Tuner holes drilled. Tuners fitted to the head. |
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Super clean Vee joint! |
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Slotting the heel block for the sides. |
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Roughing out the heel block. |
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Heel rough shaped and ready for sides and soundboard. |
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Thicknessing soundboard in preparation for inlaying the rosette. |
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Gluing transverse bars to the soundboard. |
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Soundboard braced and voiced ready for attaching to the neck. |
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Thicknessing the sides. |
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Back reinforcement being shaped. Ready for braces. |
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Soundboard attached to the neck. |
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Bending the sides |
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Fitting sides to the top and neck. |
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Tentellones attaching the sides to the soundboard. Sides and heel shaped for the back. Ready to glue on the linings. |
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Gluing the back lining onto the sides. |
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Bracing the back. |
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Shaping the lining. |
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Tail purfling. |
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Fitting the back. |
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Fitting the back. Ready for gluing. |
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Purfling and binding for back and sides. |
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Top purfling and binding. |
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Tail and top purfling and binding. |
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Fingerboard glued on. |
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Radiused fingerboard and 20th fret extension. |
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Fretting |
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Fret markers. |
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More fret markers while shaping the neck. |
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Sanding the neck. |
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Heel sanding and neck sanding. |
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Head and neck shaping. |
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Ready for final sanding. |
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Making the 12 -hole tie block style bridge. |
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Bridege ready for final sanding and fitting. |
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Applying the finish. "Bear Claw" figure pops! Looks great. |
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Another view after first coat of finish. |
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Finish process complete. Time to cure. |
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Vacuum clamping the bridge. |
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Bridge glued on. Ready for final finish buffing. |
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Buffed out and ready for the strings. |
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Back view. |
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Rosette |
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Soundboard. |
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Guitar complete. String on and ready to go! |
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12 hole tie block. |
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Vee neck joint. |
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