That's a killer guitar, Alain. Beautiful piece of work.
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A milestone: my 25th! |
Hi all. I don't post guitar pictures often, but I felt this one was worth it. It's my 25th! I wanted to share this with you. It's a sitka top/sycamore back and sides student model flamenco. Since it's a student model, anything purely aesthetical was removed, except for the rosette which was simplified compared to my standard ones. It doesn't show on the picture but the finish is pretty basic as well. I would have like for my 25th to look more 'classy', but that's what the customer wanted! Thanks to everyone who helped me at one point or another, especially Michael Collins! |
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Lovely! Simple is good, especially when it allows the wood to speak for itself, like this guitar, for example. How did you like working with lacewood? And how does it sound? |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
looking good Alain !! That's a beautiful set of wood ! where did you get that? I really like your roses ! I get orders for so to speak stripped down guitars all the time! MANY players do NOT want the racing stripe purfs and all the bling . They just want a working tool-a great guitar! hey we live 3 an a half hours away from each other ! we should get together when we can ! also www.guitarfoundation.org ! you should be ther at the next convention with some of your guitars!!! Look at the list of guitamakers that will be there under vendors! take care Mike Mike |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Thanks for the nice words guys! Steve: Indeed sycamore is also called Lacewood, but usually lacewood is a different kind of wood, more mohagony-like regarding color, but with similar figures. Sycamore is a light density wood, that works quite well. It's almost a soft wood. No isuue bending, and the the softness makes sanding and scraping a breese! But, that said, it is also more prone to damage. The corner of a scraper blade will hurt it more than solid maple or rosewood. Michael: I get most of my wood at a local lumber store called 'Langevin-Forest' here in Montreal. Although they are speciallised in exotic woods, they do not show a special attention for luthiers that much. So you have to search through their stock to find nice quartersawn boards. And yes, we should meet sometime. Let me know if you ever pass by Montreal and I will do the same if I ever get by your place. I'll check it out about the guitar convention. I'm already a bit booked for the summer though. |
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| Author: | gozierdt [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Alain, A beautiful guitar, fancy add-ons do not define the greatness of the product. I have a nice quarter-sawn sycamore board that I picked up at the local Woodcraft. I'm moving it up in the priority list now that I've seen your guitar. What bindings did you use? Something dark and reddish, but I can't define it from the pictures. |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Thanks Gene. I used Ovangkol (also called Shedua). Here is an sample picture of the board I cut them from. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
That's a killer guitar, Alain. Beautiful piece of work.
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Alain, I like it! Sycamore is a good choice for a flamenco, and your binding scheme is just right. Well done. Steve |
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| Author: | Carey [ Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Alain- You have an innate sense of rightness, for lack of a better word, in making your instruments. Beautiful simplicity, imho. ~CW |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Thanks Steve! Carey wrote: You have an innate sense of rightness This is quite a compliment Carey! Thanks a lot! |
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| Author: | Pat Hawley [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Nice looking guitar Alain. It inspired me to take a look at your web site. What caught my eye there were the construction pictures you have for shaping the neck. Would you be willing to share with us how your neck jig works? I have the same Canadian Tire rotary tool that you show in the jig! Thanks, Pat |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Thanks Pat. I'd be glad to explain my neck carving jig, only it's a bit tricky to explain without the proper pictures. So I'll take the time to take those pictures while carving the next neck (planed for next week). It's probably worth making a new thread. I'll PM you when it's on. |
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| Author: | Pat Hawley [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Wow, thanks for taking the time to do that Alain. I'm looking forward to it. Pat |
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| Author: | CWLiu [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Congratulations on you #25, Alain. I remember not long ago you had finished your third guitar! |
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| Author: | Marc [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Great job, very nice work Alain! |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Thanks Marc and Chei Wei. (Not sure I spelled your name right...) CWLiu wrote: I remember not long ago you had finished your third guitar! I believe it was 3 years ago! I was building one a year at that time. Things have changed since then.... |
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| Author: | Bill Hodge [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Beautiful Alain, absolutely beautiful. ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
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| Author: | Darrin D Oilar [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Beautiful Alain. I tend to be fairly minimalist in my tastes, so this guitar really appeals to me. Exellent and congratulations. Darrin |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A milestone: my 25th! |
Thanks Bill and Darrin! |
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