Another month of editing my current novel in progress, and another month tinkering in my studio and shop. Last month I showed a picture of the new Fender-type Precision bass I made. This month, I completed another guitar kit (below).
This one is Telecaster-style guitar. It sounds great, and has a nice all-maple neck. It still needs a little tweaking to make it play better… like filing the nut down a little. String height is a little bit high and causes a buzz on two of the strings. I’ll fix it soon. It was fun to put together and apply a nice, classic finish.
Some more tinkering I’m doing: new psalteries.
The top is a new Cantigas psaltery, based on an illustration in the 13th century Cantigas de Santa Maria illuminated manuscript. The bottom one is a new wing psaltery, based on 14th century psalteries in paintings of that era. Both are comprised of salvaged poplar and first-growth Dougas fir.
A long term project is a couple more mountain dulcimers.
Both are hourglass-style. One will be mainly black walnut, and the other will be cocobolo. All the woods are salvaged and/or repurposed.
As you can see, August was a busy month. September will probably be busier. More news next month.
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