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An order from Japan for one of my 14 fret to the body classical guitars originally designed and built for Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and (the late) Mary.
I've made at least four of these over the last twenty years and it's interesting to revisit this earlier design and approach it through my current perspective.

Yes, thanks, Todd for describing how you do those -- I've taken more difficult paths before. This time I used the Teflon strips and it works great.

Kent

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Kent

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Number 007....

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Yo, Waddy

Ummm....this "nothing" ...is this some form of religious statement of worshipin "the Nothingness of the What" by keeping the work alter clean?

Or you just one of them Keep it Clean freeks...wish I were.

Waz this nothing? Hope you haven't been lurking in my NO NOthing Tread. Too much of my banter can be unhealthy to ones consciousness. (second wife won her divorce on that argument)

Or has the inspiration or wood dried up...heaven forbid! But if thats the case then I'm quite sure all of us here wood be glad to send you garbage bags of fresh sawdust and wood scraps and you can spread it around the shop and on the bench and and and ..well hopfully it will inspire you to um...clean it up and start working again.


I think I get it ... Its a statement! A reflection of your inner being. Is it possible that the Waddy has attained the "Great Perfection Of Inner Emptiness" and is sharing the good news in a most humble manor?



Comeon Waddy...speak truth now.

Waz this "nothing" all about?


Blessings
the
Padma

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Now dudes thats what hits the work bench at the moment.

I won't go into whats been broken out or is being broken out at the moment, but it would be about another half dozen...which is gonna double in the next month so me gots stuff to work on this winter.

The Padma well him getts board if focused on one thing too long ...so me keep half dozen or so builds on the go.

Blessings

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Padma - Man, I love it. Cool stuff.
Here's my current project - a Koa/Sitka OOO. I'll be glad to finish this one - lets just say I've learned a lot on this one. The "finish" is actually ZPoxy for filler prior to scuffing up. Misplaced the camera so I can't show you a front view - this one's from a month ago.

Just for you, Padma, I have salvaged one of the trashed V-joint necks, from my #2 build, and it is sitting on my bench as the beginning of a 640 mm scale EIR/Lutz classical. It's going to take some work to make it work, and I'll have to have wider wedges in the side slots, but it should work just fine. I also plan to do, along side that one, a Cocobolo/German, using the same body design, but with a more traditional, Torres, style bracing pattern, and solid TB's.

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

I just finished my #2 "Fish Guitar" I could'nt wait to hear it all the while I was building it. It has a really nice crisp sound, lounder than I thought it might. I'm still adjusting the saddle and nut to get it where I like it. I sanded the bridge down a little to much so I'm getting some flex in the bone saddle. It still plays good.

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Jason Moe
LaCrosse WI 54601

hmmm.....

On my "Bench"...

Well....

1 salt and pepper shaker set
1 beige table cloth
4 blue place mats
1 vase full of flowers
1 napkin holder full of napkins

Some mail from yesterday

We may also have some shopping bags full of groceries....

Now.. if you are speaking of "Bench" in the more general sense meaning what am I working on but have to keep squirreled away somewhere in my 800 sq-ft apartment...

The Oakie -- body and neck.
Beginnings of my J45 build (Next up)

and a fresh batch of Muscadine wine (I will be pitching yeast tonight)

Thanks

John

Bluegill or Perch?

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Bluegill, I carved a trout on the end of the fretboard also.

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Jason Moe
LaCrosse WI 54601

Fish guitars...Gotta luv 'em!

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Doulgas I love the double cutaway with the D sound hole. That is very cool.

Ken Fish inlays are great -nice and simple.

I fianally finished my first one. Cocobolo and red spruce dreadnaught with curly koa bindings, crushed turquoise rosette, ebony fretboard and mad rose bridge. Love the way it sounds. I took it to a local shop to have the setup checked and although he said he was impressed with the sound he said would pull and do the frets again. Im glad he told me. The finish is zpoxy and tru-oil...then sanded back to bare wood and dropped off at local guitar maker David Webber to spray a polyester finish. The neck is all tru-oil. He sure did a great job on the finish...best part of the guitar.
On the bench right at this moment is a bunch of flies as Im heading up to lutz country on an annual steelheading trip.
Warren.

Ken C, I love the inlays, I really wanted to do different fish motif's in the frets on my guitar, but I could'nt wait to hear this guitar after soo much trouble bending the granadillo and the bloodwood binding. My next project is some sort of smaller camping guitar.

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Jason Moe
LaCrosse WI 54601

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I love the "optimism" expressed in this photo...a 6 digit serial number! You're good to go to a million guitars before rolling over. Hope you get there in less time than it took Martin!

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Hank Mauel

You never know what will happen. At the rate i'm going, I might flip the 1st 0 over in the year 2457. My wife is starting to wonder where we are going to put all of them. I already make her park her car outside the garage in the snow.

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Jason Moe
LaCrosse WI 54601

Braced the top and got the rims ready for gluing on a flamenco negra...........

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John Nowicki

Good looking work there, John!
I love that stage...and classicals look so elegant. Thanks for the pic.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Thanks Steve, I am really stoked for this build, probably the best spruce top As far as the wood goes that I have ever seen, and I am also very happy with the EIR b&s. lmi really supplied some nice stuff!

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John Nowicki

Thanks Steve, I am really stoked for this build, probably the best spruce top As far as the wood goes that I have ever seen, and I am also very happy with the EIR b&s. lmi really supplied some nice stuff!

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John Nowicki

I always enjoy seeing what everyone is doing... and I finally snapped a few pics to join in the fun.

Literally, everything may be on my bench in this pic.


and... honduras rosewood for those speculating.


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Chris Oliver
Infinity Luthiers
...in the shop.

live every minute...

WOW.... Y'all have been busy in here whilst I was away. Some really great stuff going on and some beautiful builds. Looks like the Padmeister has quite a few unfinished projects happening too.

RW, I like that fly. Do you wind your own?

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Bill Hodge


One does not simply, own enough guitars!

I was recently laid off so for the moment I am a full timer! I have a lot going on. I just finished up installing this rosette that I am very proud of. It is my best herringbone to date and I am very excited by how it looks.



I also have a small ziricote guitar going with spalted tamarind for the backstrip and end graft. I am liking how this one is coming along also. This one is still rough and needs the binding scraped.



And last but not least I have been making a ton of tuner buttons and bridge pin sets for me and to sell. This set is some black and white ebony and is going on the ziricote guitar, it is a great match for the spalted tamarind.



I am also working on my first baritone with some of Todd's swap meet myrtle. I am looking forward to that process. It will have my first arm bevel too. I am sweating that one a bit.

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

450lbs! Oh you said on your bench.