Theon's La Bastogne Singlecut #0053

[Elizabeth]

Please welcome THEON to the Schroeder Guitars family!
(Wild applause here) :)

Theon has some amazing wood that includes a beautiful Bastogne Walnut top and neck.

I will let Theon share photos and discuss the details...

Elizabeth

[vangit]

Welcome Theon. I'd love to see pics. I never heard of that wood.

[Roscoe]

Thank you for the thread Elizabeth, I even heard clapping.Thanks also to Vangit. I will try and get some photos of the walnut out. Let me seeee... O.k. I don't know how. I said before that you are not dealing with a genius here.

[sxracer193]

Welcome. I look forward to hearing about your specs and watching your guitar progress.

Dave

[Roscoe]

Thank you very much for the warm welcome racer. As soon as I figure out this attachment thing photos will be posted. Very bad photos. The schroeder progress pics will be here soon enough. I guess i'll be lazy and wait.

[Shadscbr]

Welcome Theon!

For pics, you can open a free photobucket account, load pics from your hard drive to photobucket, then paste an img link from photobucket to your thread.

Can't wait for pics :)

Shad

[sxracer193]

Here are a couple of pictures of Theon's Walnut board.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/english_w.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/english_walnut.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/walnut_english.jpg

[Roscoe]

Hello Shad and thanks for the welcome.Some of the photos are up already.Fast work thank you Racer!! English Walnut for our wood package.

[Shadscbr]

That wood is Fantastic!! It will be fun to watch Jason work his magic with it :)

Shad

[WinstaBull]

Welcome aboard. That piece is gonna make a nice guitar. Can't wait to see it come to life.

[paintguy]

Whoa!!!!! Killer wood!

Congrats and welcome!

[AK_NorPine]

UNBELIEVABLY SICK WOOD Choice, You are gonna fit in here.
Welcome
Skip

[Flashchord]

Theon. That is amazing wood. Can't wait to see that take shape. Welcome to the group. Bob C #52. Thanks, I'm no longer last!

[r9player]

nice board!

[WinstaBull]

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss18/RoscoeWoods/Singlecut2-1.jpg

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss18/RoscoeWoods/Singlecut1.jpg


http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss18/RoscoeWoods/Singlecut2.jpg

[Roscoe]

Here is a template over the walnut slab that our neck&top will be crafted from.Jason sent this out yesterday while opening the wood.

[WinstaBull]

Hope thats what you wanted posted...

killersick board. one piece tops are sexy.

oh yeah... on the photobucket pages that show the large images, there are codes in the lower right hand corners. just copy and paste the [img] code right into your replys and they show up on this forum.

[Roscoe]

Thanks Bull! Your way faster than me. Jason suggested the one piece.I was thinking of a bookmatch. Here are some shots of the fretboard blank.

[goof1073]

Here is a template over the walnut slab that our neck&top will be crafted from. Holy Shnikes!!!

[guitarnyc]

wow that walnut is out of this world ! :)
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[Elizabeth]

Theon asked me to post his specs for you all to discuss...

Here they are:

Schroeder Singlecut
Bastogne Walnut top
Redwood/Cuban Mahogany body
Bastogne Walnut neck
Pernambuco fingerboard
Custom inlay
Schroeder Stoptail
Copperhead p90 pickups
Wood appointments (knobs, backplates, pup covers) English Walnut
Chambered body
Color/finish -luthiers choice

[r9player]

very cool, certainly off the beaten path!
What does that Redwood stuff sound like/resonate?
Also does chambering figure into the sound you are trying to get from the guitar, or is it all about the weight?
Since it is such a wicked looking Walnut top, my suggestion would be to go Natural finish!

[sxracer193]

Pai, The redwood(just under 1") should add resonance without weight.The mahogany is only 1 1/2" thick. So the redwood was added for correct thickness&will be a skeleton atop the traditional schroeder chamber carve.The thinking behind this was a more round hollow tone.Not really about weight relief.Although the mahogany is very heavy.You suggested natural.So why not got with it?Natural it is.

HOLD UP !!! Wait!!! Stop the presses!!! Don't we all get a vote?

OK now. Let me see. HMMMMMMM................................... How about Natural :)



PS - Specs sound great. Very well thought out. Congrats

[sxracer193]

Theon asked for a little help with some pics of a new piece of wood he found for use in his guitar. Here you go.


http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/pernambuco_003.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/pernambuco_004.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/pernambuco_004_2.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj226/bigdave-ryan193/pern.jpg

[Athena]

Theon asked me to post his specs for you all to discuss...

Here they are:

Schroeder Singlecut
Bastogne Walnut top
Redwood/Cuban Mahogany body
Bastogne Walnut neck
Pernambuco fingerboard
Custom inlay
Schroeder Stoptail
Copperhead p90 pickups
Wood appointments (knobs, backplates, pup covers) English Walnut
Chambered body
Color/finish -luthiers choice
A Pernambuco fretboard!?!?! Oh baby! First thing that leaps to mind is Ken Parker's new archtops. The Olive Branch (http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/kenparkerarchtoa.html) has a Pernambuco fretboard. Now that's one totally #$%&ing classy guitar, if ya ask me. It sent me running for some Pernambuco back when I first saw it. But to be honest, at the time I came up empty. Everything I found was way overpriced or too small. But the J man's got some serious wood connections.

http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/Resources/item4a.jpeg (http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/Resources/front_1000.jpg) http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/Resources/headstock575a.jpeg (http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/Resources/heasdstock1200.jpg)

Ken's looks a little darker and richer than some I've seen that was more yellowish. His has a great vintage, aged look to it. I wonder if he stained it a little, or that's caused by whatever finish he used. I think it looks awesome.

Man oh man... Theon, this is going to be one classy guitar!

...Ath

[Roscoe]

The Olive Branch appointments appear to be oiled.The raw wood I have here is straight grained light tan with grey streaks(fretboard). When oiled it turned a brown/orange similar to mahogany.The thread photo(thanks Racer) was cut as a bowl blank.My wood appointments will come out of that piece.It's over 50 years old. The neck on the PRS Paul's 28 is a nice example of this wood. Jason can craft an instrument better than all 28 of those. But mine can/will be played alot not collected.Thanks Athena

[Roscoe]

The Copperhead P90 pickups are out.They will be replaced by a Duncan Alnico V Staple in the bridge 8.8 K. The neck is a Gibson Alnico V Dogear 8.2 K.It's from an old Gibson archtop 1955/1957. Don't know for sure.

[guitarnyc]

Can't wait to see this one being put together. Sounds classy !
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[Roscoe]

Thanks for the compliment Tommy.I can't wait to see what Jason,Elizabeth,Athena and the rest of the crew craft from all that wood.This is going to be fun to watch.What a great family.Just glad to be a member.You sounded great in the NAMM videos brother.