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John Ewing | profile | all galleries >> Lutherie of a sort >> Oliva Cigar-Box tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Oliva Cigar-Box

Made as a birthday present for a family member.

Nicaraguan Oliva cigar-box, afromosia neck, pearwood fretboard and sapele bridge, piezo pickup under bridge.

64-cm pentatonic blues scale, with 2nd fret & flat 5th.

"Half of luthiery is fixing your mistakes or hiding them" - Ben Crowe, luthier extraordinary
Neck shaping
Neck shaping		 Headstock
Headstock		 Box, neck, fretboard
Box, neck, fretboard		 The tidiest bench in the shop
The tidiest bench in the shop		 Fretboard glued on, frets banged in, all bandaged up for fret-end dressing
Fretboard glued on, frets banged in, all bandaged up for fret-end dressing
Paging Captain Haddock
Paging Captain Haddock		 Finished fretboard
Finished fretboard		 Oiled & waxed
Oiled & waxed		 String ferrules for the tail.
String ferrules for the tail. 		Trusty tools
Trusty tools
Some of my files
Some of my files		 The Box, end-blocks fitted
The Box, end-blocks fitted		 Get back to work
Get back to work		 Neck in place
Neck in place		 Soldering iron, 1962 vintage
Soldering iron, 1962 vintage
The Surgeon-General has determined...
The Surgeon-General has determined...		 The compleat tangler
The compleat tangler		 Wiring done
Wiring done		 Beginning to look like a...?
Beginning to look like a...?		 Maker's mark
Maker's mark
'Twas the work of a moment to make a bridge...
'Twas the work of a moment to make a bridge...		 Done!
Done!		 Plugged in
Plugged in		 Before saying goodbye
Before saying goodbye

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