{"id":72,"date":"2009-06-05T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T22:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?p=72"},"modified":"2012-08-07T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:31:08","slug":"things-are-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Things are happening."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"widget1\">\n<div id=\"widget1-widget\">\n<div id=\"comment_layer\">\n<div id=\"widget1-content\">\n<div id=\"widget1-footer$0\">\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?attachment_id=190'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/body-core-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?attachment_id=191'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/neck-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I was a little surprised with Mica called me back to talk about the Coco Bolo and casually threw in a, \u201cBy the way &#8211; we\u2019ve already started assembling your neck and body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the body, I\u2019ve selected a core of highly figured Western Flamed Maple (also referred to as Curly Maple) from Washington.\u00a0 The flame of the Maple body might seem subdued from the picture, but that\u2019s mostly because this wood was just sanded.\u00a0 When the sealer coat is applied, you will see some serious figuring!\u00a0 Western Flamed Maple is not the standard core wood Alembic usually uses for this body shape, but it\u2019s definitely going to look good against the dark Coco Bolo.\u00a0 Maple will help reinforce the high end of the frequency spectrum, and work with the Coco Bolo to deliver a full, well defined sound.\u00a0 On either side of the core, there are alternating pinstripes of Purpleheart (also known as Amaranth) and Maple.\u00a0 Although a useful tonewood itself, the Purpleheart pinstripes here are only ornamental, and won\u2019t contribute much to the overall sound of the guitar.\u00a0 It has a striking purple color that darkens with age.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m doing something a little different with the neck.\u00a0 Ebony is not often used as a guitar neck laminate (although it is often used in bases), but I\u2019ve chosen Gabon Ebony as the center laminate.\u00a0 The Gabon Ebony elements for this guitar are sourced, I believe, from Nigeria (or thereabouts).\u00a0 It is a very heavy wood that, when used in a neck-thru instrument, adds considerable sustain to the fundamental of the note &#8211; when you play a note, it lasts longer.\u00a0 Although difficult to see in the picture, the Ebony is flanked on either side with Maple stringers &#8211; thin veneers that separate the Ebony from the Purpleheart accent laminates.\u00a0 Outer laminates of Western Flamed Maple complete this 7-piece neck, a feature I\u2019ve always wanted in a guitar.\u00a0 This Maple was selected in an attempt to match the characteristics of the core wood as much as possible.\u00a0 You can already see a high amount of figuring in the Maple neck laminates, a good sign of things to come!<\/p>\n<p>A neck-thru guitar is one in which the neck literally goes through the body to the bottom of the bout.\u00a0 The sides of the body are glued on to the neck, then the top and back laminates are added (if they are bookmatched to the center of the guitar).\u00a0 Neck-thru guitars typically enjoy much greater sustain than set-necked guitars, where the neck is glued or bolted to the body.\u00a0 This is because with neck-thru construction, the strings do not travel over a joint (where the neck and body meet) that lessens the vibration of the strings.\u00a0 With neck-thrus, the choice of neck woods has a much greater effect on the tone of the instrument than set-necked guitars, and is the reason why such careful consideration was given to the choice of laminates here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a little surprised with Mica called me back to talk about the Coco Bolo and casually threw in a, \u201cBy the way &#8211; 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