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Steve it weighs as much as a banjo...well almost. 5# 7-1/2 oz!
Had it apart again and added an oversize clear guard (Maureen already put some very light fingernail scratches in the top,dang flatpickers) and lowered the action a bit more. So, it's relearning again, but Maureen was astounded at the treble "pickup" this morning.
Here's the photos...not great, but gets the idea across.

The rest of 'em...

Wow!!!!! Haans, is your real name August or Carl ?

AHH! That's what I like to hear! That's the way a real man builds a guitar!

Again! Excellent work on the big guitar Haans! We don't get to see Jumbos very often on the OLF ..matter of fact I don't remember seeing one before. I wonder why that is?

I really need to get new glasses I don't see any pix at all!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

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That is a whole bunch of fine guitar there Haans, you did good!

Of course,
Joe

Haans -

I really love your work.... you've got that Larson Bros. vibe down. I love it - good inspiration for me in what I'm trying to do. What a sweet guitar. Is that Amazon Rosewood? Brazilian?

That is one beautiful whale of a guitar!
Lovely work Haans

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Beeeeautiful!! I'd sure go for a sound clip if that is possible.
Mike

Holy cow,That is one chubby guitar Hans !
Beautiful work as always...
Yeah,I'd love to hear it too!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Wow !!!!
Haans you are the man. Not enough superlatives to describe your work but I enjoy it every time I see it.
Link

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Cut to size.....Beat to fit.....Paint to match.

Haans has "Boldness" down in spades!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Just way, way cool!

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

Is that an elevated fingerboard?
Or just the FB binding not as deep as the FB? (my eyes - got to go to the optician!)

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

The binding on Larson brothers guitars have a ledge routed for the fingerboard.

The binding on Larson brothers guitars have a ledge routed for the fingerboard binding.

Very cool the way you took a theme and ran with it. Beautiful guitar!

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

That is a really cool guitar!

Matt

Back from my delivery trip to Iowa.
Yes, the fingerboard is routed for the binding and shows under it.
My friend Bob is coming over Monday and we will get a clip or two up of the beast. I have to tweek the action a bit and dress the frets, so there is still a little work to do.
The one good thing about retirement is that I can pretty much build anything I like, experiment with purflings, in short do things "out of the box". This behemoth has been a lot of fun to build, and I'm on the hunt for another fun project. Meanwhile I've got 6 guitars and two mandolins to finish...
Thanks for the kind words and support all!

OK, folks, here are three clips...hope you like them! Hit the back button on your browser to return to this site.

http://www.brentrup.com/page7/files/page7_8.mp3

http://www.brentrup.com/page7/files/page7_9.mp3

http://www.brentrup.com/page7/files/page7_10.mp3

That sounds as good as it looks, really good!
Nice one Haans

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Thanks Colin!
We're pretty happy with it so far, can't wait till it's been pounded on for a while. Trying to get Maureen to do "Santa Fe Trail" with it, maybe I'll have a clip in a few days...