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I've just strung up a new guitar, the third, and currently the last, in a series of 12 fret OOOs, the other two were Redwood/Cuban mahogany,





and Lutz/Black Limba,





The new one is in Euro/Madagascan rosewood with the following components.

Top, European Spruce (Timberline)
B&S, Madagascan rosewood (Madinter)
Neck, Mahogany
Headplates, Madagascan rosewood
FB and bridge, Old Rio rosewood (Regency table legs!)
Binding, Curly Koa (Bob C)
Purfling/Rosette, Madagascan rosewood, ebony/pear/ebony















I'm very pleased with the voice of this one it has a very full sound with great sustain and separation which can only improve with time, it's certainly one of my best, with the sound I'm after from a guitar. It's certainly far too good a guitar for its future owner!

This Madagascan rosewood is the third set I've used from a batch of six sets I bought a few years ago from Madinter for $70 a set, but is the first I've used on a steel string, it's certainly every bit as good as BRW but unfortunately is becoming as hard to find, though I do have few more sets on the way, but at $150 this time round.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Wow, thats some GREAT looking guitars! I especially like the treatment of the purfling lines at the string ramps on the headstyock. Where do you buy veneers that thin?

Well, Colin, I think it's good enough for me! I'll PM my address. : )

Beautiful.

Pat

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Those are great Colin. I like your choices of aesthetics.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

Forgot to post a picture of the butt, I know you all like a good butt.



Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Beautiful guitars Colin!
Nice match of woods.

I really like that size steel.

Mike

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Mike Collins

Beautiful guitars, Colin. I love your work.

Max

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan

I'm embarrassed for you, Colin, that you would show your tail, like that!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Really nice works, Colin! I like slotted head. What tuner do you use?

They look like Rubners.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Utterly sweet, all of them.
I even like the assymetry in the back's grain in the Madagascan.
Only you, Obi Wan...

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Wow!! What a thrill to see your work again, Colin. The consummate craftsman. Absolutely perfect, my friend.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Fillipo, well spotted the bridge is wider than normal, 7" rather than more normal 6", this is so that I can open the X brace wider, and still have the bridge cover the X brace, on a 12 fret guitar where the bridge is moved down the lower bout. It's well tapered out so the weight is kept in normal range.

The body shape is my own, or rather a tribute to my favourite guitar builder Torres. It is an enlarged version of one of his first epoch guitars.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Thanks Steve, the assymetry in the grain, was unavaoidable, you have to work with what you've got, I wanted the very point of the chevron to be on the centre line, no other configuration looked 'right'.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Thanks Ron, I appreciate your comment. I don't know about consumate craftsman, I still lust after the Gibson 336 that you made, still the best looking electric guitar I've ever seen!

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Nice butt

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

I mean no disrespect to others on the forum, but your guitars are some of my personal favorites posted here. Your body design is very classy and unique...I like how you have adapted your classical likings into the steel string world. Drools '''''