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Author:  Steve Saville [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:31 am ]
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I can't believe I have finished 19 guitars. What fun I'm having!
This one is red western cedar on Pomeli Sapele. It features a Laskin inspired radiused arm rest and a cross sound port designed by Tim McKnight. (Thank you Tim and Grit!)
Mac ebony binding/arm rest, Pomeli Sapele radial purfling, MOP leafs and dove with olive branch by Andy DePaul, all on a 24.9" scale a deep bodied OM.

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Author:  JohnAbercrombie [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:47 am ]
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Steve-
That's a very tasteful and good-looking guitar. Wow!

Cheers
John
Author:  kmh1967 [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:10 am ]
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Steve, that is absolutely beautiful. Kevin
Author:  Hesh [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:19 am ]
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Very nice Steve!!! That Sapele looks killer under finish.

I am finishing up #19 right now and it's also a Sapele guitar so your timing was perfect for giving me a preview of how Sapele looks under finish.

Beautiful work bro - congrats!!!
Author:  SteveSmith [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:04 am ]
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Looks great Steve. I like the rosette, are the leafs in epoxy?
Author:  MaxBishop [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:29 am ]
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Dynamite!

Max
Author:  Antonio [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:46 am ]
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Beautiful guitar!!
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:42 am ]
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Magnificent!
Love the purfling on the inside of the soundhole - first time I have seen that....
Author:  Fred Tellier [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:34 am ]
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Great looking guitar, I love the Sapele beautiful grain.

Fred
Author:  Corky Long [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:47 am ]
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Beautiful guitar - I love it. Very interesting and attractive bridge design, too.
Author:  Tim L [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:22 am ]
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Nice guitar, your finish work is beautiful. Everything flows together real nice.
Author:  Peter J [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:54 am ]
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Woooooooo-eeeeeeee that's some seriously beautiful Sapele and a knockout of a guitar !! Excellent attention to detail throughout. The carving on the bridge is a nice touch as well as the Laskin armrest. The matching radial purfling always helps to highlight the B&S woods. The pop of the Pomelle figure really catches the eye. What a great instrument [:Y:]

Keep up the great work!
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:07 am ]
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Wow! .............. Wow! [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]
Author:  Steve Saville [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:20 am ]
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Hesh wrote:
Very nice Steve!!! That Sapele looks killer under finish.

I am finishing up #19 right now and it's also a Sapele guitar so your timing was perfect for giving me a preview of how Sapele looks under finish.

Beautiful work bro - congrats!!!

Thanks Hesh. I thought you were ahead of me in number built.
FYI - This finish was with black pore filler. It darkened it up nicely.
Author:  Steve Saville [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:21 am ]
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SteveSmith wrote:
Looks great Steve. I like the rosette, are the leafs in epoxy?



Thanks Steve - The leafs are in ebony dust and CA.
Author:  gozierdt [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:31 pm ]
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Steve,

A beautiful guitar, and great execution on the build [:Y:] [:Y:]

Using the black pore filler really popped the grain detail of the
wood. I'm gonna have to try that...
Author:  GregG [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:35 pm ]
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Very nice Steve, I really love the bubinga and your new bridge...Hey, are you gluing on your bridges with CA glue these days? Thought I heard that somewhere?

Cheers,
Author:  Edward Taylor [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:54 pm ]
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Gorgeous, just love the sapele and florentine.
Author:  Mark Maquillan [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:55 pm ]
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Great looking. What are the bridge pins made of?
Author:  Steve Saville [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:01 pm ]
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Mark Maquillan wrote:
Great looking. What are the bridge pins made of?

They are amber buffalo horn from Andy DePaul
Author:  Steve Saville [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:09 pm ]
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GregG wrote:
Very nice Steve, I really love the bubinga and your new bridge..........
Thanks Greg. That bridge is a lot of work.

What bubinga? oops_sign

GregG wrote:
....Hey, are you gluing on your bridges with CA glue these days? Thought I heard that somewhere?

When I had Joe doing my finish I did that on a few. I trust the Cat poly that he uses and his process to hold. No issues yet.
Author:  James Orr [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:15 pm ]
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That's really beautiful.
Author:  Darrin D Oilar [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:46 pm ]
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That is just gorgeous. The shot of the back looks so deep it reminds me of those posters that used to be at the mall that you stand there and stare cross-eyed at until you see a jet appear. Very nice.

Darrin
Author:  Jamie_M [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:03 pm ]
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Very nice. I like the rosette in particular...well, I like the whole thing!
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:13 pm ]
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Steve, it's always rewarding seeing one of your guitars.
This certainly is no exception.
Beautiful work, and nice choices.

Steve
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