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GregG
 Post subject: New Completion- PICS
PostPosted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:07 am 
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I haven't posted pics in a long time, here are a few shots of a recent completion. This is a Lutz/Lutz double-top over cocobolo 000-13 fretter with elevated fretboard.

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Great looking guitar. I love the Wood/Abalone rosette.

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Thanks Woody....I see you are an early riser too.

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Greg: What is your assesment of the sound port compared to the more convential on top location..? Nice guitar by the way...! Thanks.
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Greg: What is your assesment of the sound port compared to the more convential on top location..? Nice guitar by the way...! Thanks.
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Thanks Tom.....as you can see I use dual sound-ports, I decided to do this after doing blind listening tests with family/friends/customers on a dummy guitar with multiple soundports, the dual ports in this specific guitar shape and size just produced a better tone to the ears in the test, so I made them a normal part of my build process. By the way, you can cover/uncover the ports and hear a discernable difference with both ports open. I thought I had found something really unique until I spotted a few classical builders using dual ports in similar locations as mine.....seems no stone has been unturned in the luthiery world.


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Greg: Sorry,but I only see one port here.Not sure if it's my computer or what.Super on the tests and thanks again.
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Greg: Sorry,but I only see one port here.Not sure if it's my computer or what.Super on the tests and thanks again.
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Hey Tom, your computer does not lie, here are a few pics of the other side port.
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Kent Chasson
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Another beauty!

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Greg,
Beautiful guitar. I love that dropped top.....or elevated fingerboard...depending on hoe you look t it.
Great finish and wood choices, too.

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Beautiful guitar. I love that dropped top.....or elevated fingerboard...depending on hoe you look t it.
Great finish and wood choices, too.


Thanks a lot Kevin....interesting to me that you are the first person to see/comment on what is happening there, the top does drop to accommodate the raised fingerboard, good eyes [:Y:]

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Awesome Greg! That really is a beauty!! Is it a nomax double top or a laminated double top?

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Awesome Greg! That really is a beauty!! Is it a nomax double top or a laminated double top?


Appreciate that Shane.....it is the nomex version, I've considered doing it all wood but the darn things sound so good like this I figure why change. This was a Lutz/Lutz double top too, I wondered if it might be too stiff, but it rocked!

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Greg, that's quite a beauty.
Kudos for the bridge design, too!

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Greg, that's quite a beauty.
Kudos for the bridge design, too!


Hey Steve, I always love seeing pics of your guitars, I think you have a nice sense of design/artistry.....Appreciate the comment about the bridge as this is a new design for me, boy, bridges are tough ones so the feedback is helpful.

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Killer looking guitar, Greg! What beautiful wood and accouterments. [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]

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