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Sinker Redwood top
Walnut back, sides, neck and armrest
Koa bindings
Radiused armrest
Finish by Joe White

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

Beautiful guitar. The figure in the walnut is amazing and your rosette is 'off the chain'.



Darrin

Beautiful, I love the inlay on the neck and peghead. I agree with Darrin the rosette is a work of art in itself.

As a point of interest, how did you light it to get such a great sheen as well as clarity in the images?

Joe

Quite beautiful colors, everything matches up nicely.

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Build log

Real Nice! That rossette looks great.And nice choice of woods.

Steve my friend this guitar is gorgeous!!!!! The Walnut/Sinker combo gives it a unique and classy look.

How does she sound?

As always from you super nice guitar!

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Ann Arbor Guitars

Thanks guys!



Joe,
For the pictures, the lighting is natural sunlinght, inside with large windows open near the end of the day. I do not use a flash. I do use a circular polarising filter.

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

I build light tops. This sinker redwood has so much overtones, you'd think it was a 12 string.
It has strong bass, a nice warm sound - a real fingersytle guitar that can be strummed.

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

Steve, that is, truly, a beautiful instrument. What a great job of guitar aesthetics!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

WoW!

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Steve Walden
Aspiring Builder,
Bartlesville, OK

Nobody mentiond the bridge Very nice bridge man

Beautiful instrument. A nice piece of handcraft. I like the fancy left lower bout. Do you have any pictures of that being done?

jack

Awesome.

Where did you get the stinker top from?

Thanks guys - you are all so kind!



Jack,
Are you asking about the armrest? If so - here you go.

It is pretty simple.
Just make one of these to fit inside. Glue it into the rim and sand it a little proud of the rims in your radius dish- about the thickness of your top. I use a 3/32" UHMWPE sheet to set in the dish while sanding the armrest portion. This protects the rest of the rim, which is pre-sanded.



Next - cut out the part of the top that will become the armrest and remove a ledge from the armrest for the top to attach to.



Rout the channels for the bindings and purflings, bond them in. Carve and sand the armrest to profile.
Cut out a slot for the side binding. This is a scary part. (Should I mention that my prototype for this is pretty ugly?)




Glue in the side binding and sand to shape.



How's that? Any questions?

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

I kinda figured that the method for your armrest was something like you describe ... sure doesnt make it easy does it !!!!

Its nicely done !!! you should be proud for tackling something this tricky.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Yes! Nice description, thanks for the pics and the explanation. Sounds very tricky to do. I think I'll experience it on scrap wood first

Steve, just a yummy guitar.
Nice work, and that back! Stunning.

Steve K.

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Very cool Steve. I've done a bunch of armrests now and they get easier each time.

That is beautiful. The redwood and the walnut look perfect together, and koa is the perfect appointment. I also love the rosette. I'm usually not a fan of some "bling" but I think it looks really nice, especially with the design that you did in it.

Excellent work!

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-Rob Eckert
Ann Arbor, Michigan

some of you guys make my work look like the 2x4 constructions I made in dad's shop as a kid.... That is an amazing guitar. The Walnut is absolutely stunning. I need to go wipe the drool now......

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Rob