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Normally I would not post pics of the same guitar twice but I promised that when the weather got better I would take some shots under the "big" light and post them. Not being a very good photographer I do much better outside so hopefully these pics will look better.

Here is the setting near where I live in Michigan. This tree was a pretty big one for this area and caught my eye as a cool backdrop for some pics:













Thanks for looking (again....)

Nice lighting, Hesh! That's a beautiful guitar. You do good work!

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Hesh: VERY VERY nice guitar....!Congrats..! Wonder if the top binding is ebony or some other black wood or is that part of the top decore? Also wonder if you do your own finishing?Find that as hard or harder then the carpentry work.
Tom

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Hesh: VERY VERY nice guitar....!Congrats..! Wonder if the top binding is ebony or some other black wood or is that part of the top decore? Also wonder if you do your own finishing?Find that as hard or harder then the carpentry work.
Tom

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Nice pics Hesh, lovely setting too.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Thats a beauty Hesh, I would like to do one like that someday

Jeff

That's a fine looking guitar Hesh
regards,
jack

Still looks as good as the first time. Nice work dude.
Has it played in a bit. How does it sound now as opposed to a month ago.
Link

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Cut to size.....Beat to fit.....Paint to match.

Looks fantastic still Hesh. I know you're not trying to taunt me or try to push me into doing one just because I asked about it in another thread

Man, Hesh, you take some good pictures. Nice guitar too.

Mike

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Mike Lindstrom

Looks just as nice the second time around Hesh. That sure is some nice figure in that one.

Sure is a beauty! Well worth a second round of pics! Great job on the phots too.

Chuck

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oh yeah!

Hesh,

What a great job (as usual)! I might not use the wood on the first photo since it appears there may be some checking.

Philip

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Another Beautiful Dreadnut! Just wondering if your models are starting to sound consistent Hesh? Like do all your SJ's sound like a flushtone, all your dreads the same too? Way to go! So what's up next?

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Tracy
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Beautiful workmanship Hesh and kudos to Joe White for the flawless finish!

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Jamie M

Thanks everyone!

Yep Jamie thanks for pointing out that this is one of Joe White's most excellent polyester finishes!

Tracy - sure, all of my guitars sound as if they are related now with similar characteristics. This dread surprised me though because I was on the fence thinking that I would NOT use my own bracing and instead use scalloped bracing since this is a dread and should sound much like a dread. But in the end I went with my own bracing out of curiosity and sure enough it still sounds like a dread.... That surprised me. Not being critical of a dread sound I just was surprised that the bracing did not have more influence on the resulting tone.

Philip I'm going to resaw all of the grey checked wood and sell it as BRW in the next swap meet....

Tom buddy the bindings on the top side are ebony and as such don't need to be painted. The binding on the back are cut-offs from the sides and meant to disappear - hence stealth bindings. My design goal for these black-tops is to use care to not have too many design elements compete with the highly figured wood and/or black tops so I use wood bindings but hide them in an effort to understate. No purfling is used either and even the rosette has only a single .010 koa line framing the sapele rosette.

Link this guitar was loud right off the bench and really has not changed much. I doubt if it has been played an hour though and black shows scratches so easily that it now lives in it's case.

Thanks again everyone!

That's some serious eye-candy, Heshie. Your work is an inspiration.

Regards,
Max

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan

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Mitch

Hesh, that is one beautiful guitar - one that would make even Johnny Cash proud!! I love it.....

Thanks everyone!!

Very nice, Hesh! Congrats on another beauty!

Ken

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Hey Hesh, I just put a set of Black Diamond strings on my Martin. They are black strings! I thought it would pretty much be just a visual novelty, but they are in fact quite nice strings. Just a thought if you think they would complement your black/stealth themed instruments, which btw I find superb in their refined taste.

Peace,
Sanaka

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So......Heshmeister, who you trying to convince you're not any good at photography? Just wonderin cause, I ain't convinced!

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Bill Hodge


One does not simply, own enough guitars!

Beauty Man!!!!! That's a guitar I'd love to get my greasy fingers on. Great photos too. SLR or point and shoot camera?

Cheerio.
Danny