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Beautiful guitar Steve, what thickness did you wind up with on the top?
And what kind of pins are those? Look good.

Joe

I think many design factors come together very well on this guitar. I love the overall body shape, and I think the colors work particularly well together. To my eye, the wide binding looks just perfect with this combination.
Patrick

I love the radial purfling, it blends so well together and just looks natural. Any chance of a glimpse of your lattice bracing?

Matt

That looks nice. That is what I would call Waterfall Bubinga. I like to use Bubinga, I think it is under rated as a tone wood.

Looks real nice Steve!
Are you going to Healdsburg? I would love to try one of them Baritones!

Mark A Thorpe wrote:

....... is that redwood fragile when thicknessed for a top is that why you decided to laminate it? ........

peterm wrote:

Looks real nice Steve!
Are you going to Healdsburg? I would love to try one of them Baritones!

I am probably going - but not to show anything.
A guy that is a regular at our So Cal AGF gatherings is the new owner. I hope you can make another one of those - I'm delivering it to him at the next one. Please come!

Author:	Steve Saville [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:43 am ]
Post subject:	Just finished - Baritone - Figure redwood double top. (pics)
A few months ago I started a thread about a figured redwood top that I epoxied lutz to the bottom side. I just put strings on it last night. The sound is warm with good bass and nice over tones. I'm very happy that it appears that this is an acceptable way to use this fragile and beautiful wood without it being too thick and heavy. (I haven't finished cleaning her up - but I couldn't wait to show you all some pictures.) Specs - Figured bubinga with sapwood. (Is this waterfall bubinga?) Small radiused koa armrest Soundport 27.5" scale - 14 fret model Koa Bindings EI rosewood fret board Bubinga headplate Bubinga radial purfling Spalted maple rosette Gotoh 510 tuners 18:1 Thanks for looking.

Author:	Mark A Thorpe [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:05 am ]
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That looks nice. That is what I would call Waterfall Bubinga. I like to use Bubinga, I think it is under rated as a tone wood.

Author:	Joe Sustaire [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:29 am ]
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Beautiful guitar Steve, what thickness did you wind up with on the top? And what kind of pins are those? Look good. Joe

Author:	WaddyThomson [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:57 am ]
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What a beauty. Fine workmanship, and really nice wood combination.

Author:	cphanna [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:19 am ]
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I think many design factors come together very well on this guitar. I love the overall body shape, and I think the colors work particularly well together. To my eye, the wide binding looks just perfect with this combination. Sometimes heavily figured woods can visually clash with each other, but I think you've held everything together really well here. This instrument will surely get a lot of attention when it's played in public! Patrick

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Author:	Chris Paulick [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:23 am ]
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That's one pretty guitar. I like how you blended the curve on the bridge, it ties it in nicely.

Author:	Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:28 am ]
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Wow, Steve, what a looker! Here's a 2nd request for info on those pins... Steve

Author:	Steve Saville [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:34 am ]
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Joe Sustaire wrote: Beautiful guitar Steve, what thickness did you wind up with on the top? And what kind of pins are those? Look good. Joe The top ended up at about 0.100" thick, with the lutz being about 0.025". This is the OLF SJ shape, with my own lattice bracing. The pins are amber buffalo pins from Andy DePaule. http://www.luthiersupply.com/Bridge_End_Pins.html

Author:	Christian Schmid [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:23 am ]
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Whether it's waterfall bubinga or not - it's a stunning back/side set. And it goes very well together with all the other elements of the guitar. Christian

Author:	joe white [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:29 am ]
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cphanna wrote: I think many design factors come together very well on this guitar. I love the overall body shape, and I think the colors work particularly well together. To my eye, the wide binding looks just perfect with this combination. Patrick I have to agree with Patrick! Everything seems to work very nicely together. Well done Steve!

Author:	Joe Sustaire [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:13 pm ]
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Steve I have to comment again, that small radius armrest is great, not really noticed at first, but perfect to soften that edge! I really hope you took that fine guitar off the bottom of the pool after getting those top-shots! I just can't help but see rippling water every time I look at it. Super job, Joe

Author:	RaymundH [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:33 pm ]
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Wow! Very nice looking instrument! What did you tune it to (B-B) and did you use Baritone strings as well?? Would also love to hear about the lattice bracing to understand what tone you were looking for in the Bari. Again, very beautiful guitar!

Author:	matti [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:51 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Just finished - Baritone - Figure redwood double top. (pics)
I love the radial purfling, it blends so well together and just looks natural. Any chance of a glimpse of your lattice bracing? Matt

Author:	Danny R. Little [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:01 pm ]
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Velly, velly .. nice. Danny R. Little

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Author:	Andy Zimmerman [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:43 pm ]
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That is awesome Steve. Fantastic

Author:	Steve Saville [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:30 pm ]
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matti wrote: I love the radial purfling, it blends so well together and just looks natural. Any chance of a glimpse of your lattice bracing? Matt I'm doing mostly radial purfling on my builds. I think it is great also. There is a picture of lattice bracing in the thread below. Mine is like that, although not as thick. I tend to go thin and tall viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=21695&p=300604&hilit=lattice#p300604

Author:	matti [ Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:36 am ]
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thanks steve, are you inlaying the purfling using teflon strips as you would for shell?

Author:	Dave Anderson [ Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:54 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Just finished - Baritone - Figure redwood double top. (pics)
What a beauty Steve! Very nicely done.

Author:	P@uL [ Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:29 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Just finished - Baritone - Figure redwood double top. (pics)
Mark A Thorpe wrote: That looks nice. That is what I would call Waterfall Bubinga. I like to use Bubinga, I think it is under rated as a tone wood. thats what i like to hear! now i can't wait for my package to arrive. mine wont be as crazy of figure in that back. the top is really nice too. is that redwood fragile when thicknessed for a top is that why you decided to laminate it? and i need to find some more info on these sound ports. they seem interesting

Author:	peterm [ Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:42 pm ]
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Looks real nice Steve! Are you going to Healdsburg? I would love to try one of them Baritones!

Author:	Ed Haney [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:36 pm ]
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That is one beautiful guitar, Steve. Striking for every angle. Great job! Ed

Author:	Steve Saville [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:36 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Just finished - Baritone - Figure redwood double top. (pics)
peterm wrote: Looks real nice Steve! Are you going to Healdsburg? I would love to try one of them Baritones! I am probably going - but not to show anything. A guy that is a regular at our So Cal AGF gatherings is the new owner. I hope you can make another one of those - I'm delivering it to him at the next one. Please come!

Author:	peterm [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:51 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Just finished - Baritone - Figure redwood double top. (pics)
Steve Saville wrote: peterm wrote: Looks real nice Steve! Are you going to Healdsburg? I would love to try one of them Baritones! I am probably going - but not to show anything. A guy that is a regular at our So Cal AGF gatherings is the new owner. I hope you can make another one of those - I'm delivering it to him at the next one. Please come! I'll try! When is it?

Author:	Randolph [ Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:29 pm ]
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I'm a nut for this type of figured redwood so your guitar looks incredible. I have to echo other's sentiment in your sensitivity to clash with such high figure on all woods. You really made it work. On top of it, it seems to sound great to boot!! Bravo, Steve, I love it!