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Mike Franks
 Post subject: Brazilian Rosewood Dread
PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:55 pm 
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Here are some pictures of my latest completion. This is a pre-war styled dread with traditional inlay. The back, sides, headplate, fretboard & bridge were cut from a very old salvaged beam. The top & braces are Adi. I used Zipflex for the purflings and really liked working with it.

Joe White did the shiny part!

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Bob Garrish
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Mike, that is seriously sexy! Great work!

How much of that beam do you have left? :)

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Wow, Mike, that is really stunning. Beautiful detail work.

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Absolutely stunning ! ! !

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Glad to see you took your building so far Mike. Nice

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Stunning Mike !!
Nice work and looks.

How's she sound?

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Beautiful guitar, nice purfling work, I like the dark braz.
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Mike, I had the pleasure of seeing this one when I visited Joe's shop a while back. You do some very beautiful and clean work.

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Beautiful! Great miters. Tons of tedious work to tart that one up. How's the sound?

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WOW, Mike
You sure know how to put the serious bling into it!
Beautiful guitar to start with and you went above and beyond, dude.
I`m gonna have to check this Zipflex out for sure.
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Are those Ivoroid bindings? If so are they the grained type? I think They are but a bit hard to tell from my computer. If so did you get them from Martin? Nice looking Dread for sure.
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Immaculate and very, very lovely.

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Thats insane .... very nice. Would be even nicer as an OM beehive

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Mike Franks
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Thanks for the kind comments folks!

Bob, the Braz was supplied by the customer but I did get a matching set as part of the commission.

The bindings are grained Ivoroid. I have been getting my bindings from the Guitar Maker's Connection at Martin because they are available in 62" lengths and Martin does not force me to pay a "Hazardous Material" surcharge.

The guitar sounds phenomenal with tons of bass and sustain. It kills me to know that the customer is a collector and not a player. This guitar would make a Bluegrass player very happy.

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Woah! That's awesome! Beautiful work! [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]

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Your work is fantastic Mike.

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Seriously beautiful work!! Wish that one was mine.
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Mike OMelia
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Hey Mike, very nice! What is the planset basis? And, did you use Zip Flex by chance?

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Wonderful detailed work. Great looking Brazilian with the dark portions.
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Mike, my body mold basically follows the Martin outline with the shoulders slightly squared and a bit extra depth. The 2 lower bout back braces are the older style flat braces which I find to allow increased back movement. The planform is not too different from the Stew Mac Dread plans. My top bracing is patterned from a pre-war Martin Dread with some minor tweeks.

The purflings are indeed Zipflex.

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Wow, beautiful!

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