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I have been watching that Pernambuco guitar as it comes along Arnt, the burst looks very fine on it.

I imagine it must be a nice feeling to be working on #100 David! It is looking good as usual.

Todd, it is nice to see some photos of your repair, I imagine the owner will be so happy with the perfect match and repair work. I don't envy you with the tint matching but I bet it will look great also.

I have been slowly building out an extension area for another small room in my building. I am excited to move a bunch of new tools I have recently purchased in there and get them all tuned up and helping out. I have 2 guitars in the beginning stages, a Cuban mahogany/Red Spruce smaller guitar and a Swiss/Cocobolo mid sized guitar that I am excited about, I will be trying some new things out with the Swiss/Coco.

I handed off last night a spec guitar that I sold to a local player and I am very excited for him to have it, he played for a while last night in the shop and it sounded like a great fit for his style, we were both very happy with the situation. I intonated it for his non standard tuning and it is off to its new home! I took some glamour shots when I put it up for sale and here they are.









more info and photos (and sound clips) are on my site here if you are interested:

http://legeytguitars.com/2011/03/23/mod ... -for-sale/

Thanks!

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

+1

Your models look very nice Burton.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

this is actually a bit of an old picture. I have since sprayed spirit varnish on the body and inlayed the fretboard with a traced picture of my recently passed dog "Hopper", who ran in front of a train in November. I'm having a hard time with the varnish finish, which I let dry for a week and sanded with 500 grit wet and dry paper, only to discover unsightly palm print and rug texture marks all over the finish. Thought I'd waited long enough before sanding. Just sprayed another coat today and am out of violin varnish. I got this stuff to try because they were out of lacquer at Japan woodworkers. It's Behlen violin varnish and quite expensive.

Otherwise the guitar looks good.

Can't believe the damage from that hail. We had some here in San Pablo, which I thought was pretty big at about corn size, and happens once in a lifetime in these parts.

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"Preoccupation with an effect gives it power and enhances the error"
from "Your Owner's Manual" by Burt Hotchkiss.

I have used Behen violin finish on 2 violins and it has taken 3-4 weeks before it was hard enough to avoid the finger prints and the like. On my last violin I had the problem on the top where I had more layers of finish applied to get the sunburst the way I wanted it. This was after 2 weeks. I let the violin sit for another 2 weeks and was able to sand the prints out and polish the finish.

I would switch to spraying 1lb or 2 lb cut of shallac, if you want to spray a spirit varnish.

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Wow guys, lots of good things are happening in your shops, the coolest thing about this forum is the sharing of each others builds.

Todd I love seeing your repair projects

I have started on the rosettes for the guitars I started the thread with, I think this is one of my favorite tasks.

Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/FE-Tellier-Guitars/163451547003866

A Koa/spruce 00 model freely taken from Gilliers drawings.
My first acoustic one.

At the moment I'm working on the dovetail jig for the neck/body routing.

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Don't worry be happy.

Just closed up #12, preparing for the binding ordeal

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Build log

Still trying to finish up a pair of Weisenborn Style guitars...





Beautiful work everyone! Thanks for sharing!!!

_Mike

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_Mike Tracz
MCT Guitars
https://www.instagram.com/mustcreatethings/
https://www.youtube.com/mustcreatethings

Heres a couple of builds


Its a ash bodied fretless P bass
And heres my first scratch build for a friend of mine



its a neck thru 5 string bass. Maple - wenge - walnut laminated neck and ash wings,
rosewood board with MOP swan inlays

Juss

This is a Olf Small Jumbo that was made from Micheal Paynes plan...This is a very nice looking guitar...The guitar has only been strung up for a few says and I am pleased with the overall sound so far...Thanks Micheal, this will not be the last guitar made from your plan....Larry

Filippo and John, thanks guys.

Alex, the guitar looks good!

I took another shot of the bench top tonight, I am loving this cocobolo, the grain is almost totally homogenous. I recently got in a nice pile of walrus ivory tips and pieces which I am excited to begin cutting down and shaping for this upcoming guitar. There is a nice black brazilian FB there too.

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

That's a nice pile of goodies. I like homogenous the most.

Larry's Indian is not too bad either!

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My Elle-zero-zero is ready for installing the binding. Its been idle for awhile so no new photos. Alex I hear you about your anticipation for that task!

Most, no, make that ALL of my shop time these days has been taken up with building this lapstrake rowboat. Its been about three months since I started to designed it and draw out the plans and built the mold. As much as was looking forward to this project, I am very anxious to get this done and out of here...and to get the balance paid!

16'6" long, 46" beam. Whitehall type boat largely inspired by the Bailey Whitehall at Mystic Seaport, with a smattering of Rangeley Boat thrown in. So it is wider and flatter than the typical Whitehall, and has some rocker, too.

Compared to this, guitar building takes up so little space, easier to move stuff around, and kind of easy...which is why I find it relaxing to do on my breaks.

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Expectation is the source of all misery; comparison the thief of joy.
http://redrivercanoe.ca/

I've been making up V-joints for #'s 8 - 10.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

My rosettes are done. The 1st is Koa with black and Pear rings (a black soundhole binding will be added), on Englemann and the second is Bubinga with Black and Maple rings on one of Shane's Lutz tops









Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/FE-Tellier-Guitars/163451547003866

Nice clean work, Fred.
Someday maybe I can do a rosette and take a pic that close to post!
Douglas, that is one of my favorite small boat designs.
A Whitehall, but lighter.
Beauty!

Got the guitar back from my mother today. She did a splendid job on the scrimshaw. This is, basically, her first time ever doing scrimshaw. She did one practice one that she made into a shadow box. Entered the shadow box into an art contest and won first place with it.

The scrim itself is not purely black and white. I like this. A dash of color on the canvas. Really pull your attention to it.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

John - the scrimshaw looks gorgeous with the paua appointments.

Thanks!

It's actually Black Tahitian Pearl. Has a really cool luster.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

Thanks for the tip about spirit varnish. I'm letting it hang this time for a couple weeks while waiting for money to come in to buy truss rod, machines, and frets.

Newbie question: How in carnation did you do that fancy headstock signature inlay Burton? Fantastic.

I tried inlaying an N design based on my old motorcycle brand logo of Norton . My dog is memorialized on the fretboard. He was hit by a train in November. Still miss him.

I went for a long walk sans dog yesterday after applying for a job at East Bay Regional Parks district.

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"Preoccupation with an effect gives it power and enhances the error"
from "Your Owner's Manual" by Burt Hotchkiss.

Nice...it ties in well with the colors in the scrimshaw.

John, the scrimshaw looks wonderful, but to me that is not the best part of this build. Having the pleasure of working with your mother on a project. You are so very blessed!

Mike

Indeed! It's been very cool for me. This was her first ever Scrimshaw. It's pretty darned good for her first try I think. Of course she has always been an incredibly talented painter, sculptor, potter, drawer, ect. I've always been inspired be her. While I don't have the same kind of talent she has I like to think I got some of it in a different way.

I just put in the Ivory endgraft and took a better body shot so it shows the pearl, and the whole.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

Very nice John! Is the body Brazillian? Nice dark color.

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

Thanks. It's African Blackwood.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com