constructordeguitarras -> RE: "Luthiers share your creations" thread (Aug. 18 2015 14:24:36)
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Thanks for asking, tijeretamiel. I used the same kind of Bolivian rosewood that I use on blancas, for the binding, bridge, and head plate. I could have used Brazilian, but I thought the contrast was nice, and I liked the consistency of bridges among my guitars. Also, Brazilian bleeds color like crazy and Bolivian has negligible pores, so it simplified the finishing process a lot. I made the soundboard purfling by gluing up four sheets of the extra thin veneers sold by LMII.com, black, white, black, white. I cut strips of the resulting stack with a knife and pre-bend them slightly, dry on a hot iron. My side purfling is incorporated into the binding: I take a piece of Bolivian rosewood about a quarter inch thick and glue two regular-thickness veneers onto it, white, black, then saw it into binding strips about 0.08" thick. This I pre-bend as accurately as possible while wet.
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