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Wow, we have a lot of good stuff going on around here!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Here is the pic of the sidebender that Mark G. helped me build - thanks Mark. Getting closer to getting that 2nd build under way. This is for a Martin-style OM.

This just got finished (and sold )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD_qIR8DK7I

...this is nearly ready to final sand and buff


...and this needs some inlays, a handguard, tailpiece....and a finish.

Cool Tele Mike!

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Ken

I made a little progress on my L-00. However, what was funny was I glued the back and top on last week. Today, I was finally able to flush trim the top and back. After I was done, I picked up the box, and was very disappointed in how heavy it felt - really bothered me all day!!! Then, hours later I realized I never took the spreaders out ...... feel much better .
Glenn

I made more progress on #3 over the weekend.













This is going to be a "dark" guitar. Everything is either mahogany or ebony. Black horn nut and saddle.

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"...you have to get over your strict adherence to your largely imagined notion of absolute perfection..."

Just finished up radial rosette. Its Honduras rosewood and black walnut..Purf is black walnut/blackwalnut sap wood/blackwalnut. Now i can get to braceing this thing up so i can close the box.

Thanks Ken. It's a mahogany/catalpa/maple body (has kind of a D-35 thing on the back) with a mahogany neck. It's about 90% hollow and the idea is to be able to run different sound hole pickups in it depending on the tone desired. Probably a piezo under the saddle too. All basically from scrap and a old top I bought from another builder for $10.

Three months left to go in my sabbatical (and time away from home and shop) and I'm jealous of everyone! I can't wait to close up one or two guitars that are waiting there at home.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu