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	<description>Custom Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitars by Brian Goode</description>
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		<title>Cutaway Fitted and Back Kerfing Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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I got the florentine cutaway joint fitted and joined (with a structural epoxy fillet), and the reverse kerfing glued in on the back.  Next I&#8217;ll do the front side kerfing and neck and tail blocks &#8211; then the sides and rim should be a pretty stiff structural unit.
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		<title>Sides are in the Mold!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 04:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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I got the mold glued up last night, and today I got the ABG&#8217;s sides trimmed and in place.  It sure is nice to see that asymmetric taper in person &#8211; it looks just like the CAD model!  Next will be to fit the sides together at the cutaway and install the kerfing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gluing the Mold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 22:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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The picture says it all here.  My initial idea had been to bolt all the layers together so it could accommodate instruments of different side depths, but it turns out my drill press doesn&#8217;t have enough throw to make a straight hole that deep.  After several frustrating attempts to drill holes for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home-Made Router Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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I built this extra-large router table to trim my mold slices flush with the master pattern.  It&#8217;s basically just a board with a hole in it and a router mounted to the bottom.  The whole mess sits on a couple of custom sawhorses that my father-in-law made for me &#8211; they fold up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mold Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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I got all the new acoustic bass&#8217; mold slices bandsawed out today &#8211; it&#8217;s finally starting to look like a body!  Now to trim them clean on the router table and put them all together.
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		<title>Building a new mold</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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The new bass design is really big, and it needs a really big mold.  Normally I make acoustic guitar molds out of MDF, but with a body this big I decided to do a plywood one.  I got this idea when I visited the Taylor factory a few years ago.   I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABG Wiki!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcing the new ABG Wiki!  It&#8217;s brand new and a little rough around the edges, but I hope it will end up being a useful store of information on all things related to Acoustic Bass Guitars.  
Know something I don&#8217;t?  It&#8217;s a wiki, so you can edit and add to it yourself. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year, New Materials</title>
		<link>http://www.bwbass.com/new-year-new-materials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, after much trial-and-error, I&#8217;ve decided that the thin laminate I got for the tops of the new ABG&#8217;s is too much trouble to reinforce for the backs and sides.  So off to the supplier for some .040&#8243; laminate.   Upon further reflection, I think the thicker material must be what Martin&#8217;s using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacuum Bagging Composites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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Recently I put together a vacuum bagging system for gluing up the composite sandwich braces in the ABG.  You can see pictures of the process in the web album.
I&#8217;ve also built a vacuum press for gluing the braces on the top &#8211; stay tuned for that.
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		<title>Load Testing a Top</title>
		<link>http://www.bwbass.com/load-testing-a-top/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Goode</dc:creator>
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Because the bracing of the new basses is so experimental, I need to load test the top to test deflection under string tension.  To do this, I made a dummy top out of the real material, braced it, and mounted it in a frame that simulates the perimeter of the body and neck block.
I [...]]]></description>
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