Dickey Guitars
In the handmade tradition. One at a time. Just for you.
In the handmade tradition. One at a time. Just for you.
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| Paula W - Cocobolo Grand A! with an Adirondack Red Spruce Top |
| This is another fine set of Cocobolo Rosewood from the Pacific coast of South America, sometimes as far North as Mexico. Dalbergia Retusa is a very close relative of Brazilian Rosewood and is striking in it's beauty and is an excellent choice in tone wood. Paula didn't have to look long at the various woods available to grab this set for her instrument. Here you see me shaping the back braces with a very sharp chisel. |
The body is ready for the spruce top to be installed. Notice the dot on the back graft, it's actually a tapered
hole. That is a signature design element of my guitars. I put it on my very first guitar in 1999 to show that
marquetry is not a decal, but solid wood design. I even do it now when the guitar has no marquetry, a small
trademark. Each backstrip is made up of hundreds of small wood pieces . This guitar has the Zig-Zag
often seen on HD-28's, one of Martin's models.
hole. That is a signature design element of my guitars. I put it on my very first guitar in 1999 to show that
marquetry is not a decal, but solid wood design. I even do it now when the guitar has no marquetry, a small
trademark. Each backstrip is made up of hundreds of small wood pieces . This guitar has the Zig-Zag
often seen on HD-28's, one of Martin's models.
The rosette on this guitar follows Martin tradition and is the D28 version, and quite handsome on this
colorful Adirondack Spruce top. This top will make a fine addition to the guitar coupled with the
cocobolo back and sides. It's matching red spruce braces are scalloped, as they were made famous
in the pre-war tradition. The view through the sound hole, Arkansas, more specifically Russellville, my
birthplace back in '52.
colorful Adirondack Spruce top. This top will make a fine addition to the guitar coupled with the
cocobolo back and sides. It's matching red spruce braces are scalloped, as they were made famous
in the pre-war tradition. The view through the sound hole, Arkansas, more specifically Russellville, my
birthplace back in '52.
The bracing pattern is drawn precisely on the
inside of the guitar top. Braces are carefully
shaped and glued. Careful attention is given
removing excess glue squeeze out. You actually
want squeeze out, because it indicates the joint
is not starved. Pressure during gluing is
important too, you want glue to remain in the joint
and make it strong.
inside of the guitar top. Braces are carefully
shaped and glued. Careful attention is given
removing excess glue squeeze out. You actually
want squeeze out, because it indicates the joint
is not starved. Pressure during gluing is
important too, you want glue to remain in the joint
and make it strong.
| Left, closing the lid on this Grand A! Cocobolo is incredibly beautiful, kind of a shame to have to cover half of it up by gluing on the top. Wouldn't be much of a guitar without a top though. Right, here the trusty gobar deck gets a little use giving even but stiff clamping pressure all around the top. The Adirondack spruce tops on my guitars come from a woodcutter I met in Missouri who has a habit of trapsing the NE United States in search of instrument grade red spruce. This is one of his tops. The last one was pronounced a cannon. That would be a little more powerful than an axe wouldn't it? No telling what it'll do with the cocobolo, oh my. |
| Cocobolo Rosewood, Dalbergia Retusa, has some of the most beatiful color and tremendous tone of any wood used for acoustic instruments. Adirondack Spruce, Picea Rubens, one of the most highly sought and revered top woods, from the USA Appalachian Mountains. |
| D28 Rosette is inlaid for a decorative touch on this Adirondack and Cocobolo OSJ! |
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