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Author:  enalnitram [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:30 pm ]
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Last weekend was a big one for me. It was my first time delivering an instrument to someone else. I hesitate to say I "sold" it to him. This one was built for a friend. I finished it myself, french polish. The build yielded a suitable result IMO, but the finish quality was like a good attempt for a first timer. My friend understood that up front, but he was still thrilled with it.

This friend of mine, Don, said he wanted me to build him something a lot like his dad's 30's 00-17. After receiving it, Don says he likes my copy better than the original.

Here he is playing it along with a mandolin player.



And here it is alone.



And this is Don playing it in a duet with another guy, who is playing my first guitar.
Author:  Hesh [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:39 pm ]
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Congrats Martin the guitar is beautiful and sounds fantastic! [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [:Y:]
Author:  jackwilliams [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:17 pm ]
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Nice guitar Martin,
regards,
jack
Author:  Beth Mayer [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:52 pm ]
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Beautiful instruments! Great sound! Congratulations (I'm trying not to be too jealous....it's bad for one's karma)
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:03 pm ]
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Very cool and very nice! [clap] [clap] [clap]
Author:  Darryl Young [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:20 pm ]
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Martin, I had a blast just listening to the videos!!! Great sound and both guitars are beautiful. I'll bet you did have a good time. bliss
Author:  John A [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:24 pm ]
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great looking guitar ! I like the color of the top - did you tint it or use darker shellac ?
Author:  Loren Schulte [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:12 pm ]
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Great sounding guitars and some nice, hot pickin'. Yeah!
Author:  enalnitram [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:05 am ]
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thanks everybody!
John A wrote:
great looking guitar ! I like the color of the top - did you tint it or use darker shellac ?

I used blonde shellac flakes dissolved in alcohol. I sealed it first with a 1 lb cut of shellac.

then for the color, I started by porefilling with mahogany tinted pore o pac. this darkened things some.

then i used transtint dyes diluted in distilled water. I had a red mahogany mixture and a brown mahogany mixture. both were not very strong. maybe 10-15 drops in a 1/2-3/4 cup of water?

I dipped a small piece of clean teeshirt in the mixture and rung it out. then i wiped it on the guitar. first, a few applications of red, then a few applications of brown. (I was trying to mimic the Martin procedure, even though I was doing it all wrong/different). doing it this way, allowed me to creep up on a shade. still, after a day or two of this, it wasn't look right and was still too light.

so, after it seemed the dye had dried thoroughly, I wiped on a light application of minwax dark walnut. then i started to FP.

here's an in-progress picture after a couple of the first sessions with shellac.
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Author:  jfmckenna [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:55 pm ]
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Sounds great to me :)

I love a mahogany topped guitar.
Author:  Philip Perdue [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:13 pm ]
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My gosh! Not another Martin guitar build. idunno

Whoops, I guess all your intruments are Martin. duh

Very nice job! [:Y:]

Philip
Author:  enalnitram [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:30 am ]
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Philip Perdue wrote:
My gosh! Not another Martin guitar build. idunno

thanks, seems like you were joking, but I do know what you mean. in this case, my friend did ask me to build something like his dad's 30's 00-17. so what can I do? I'm a whore! :lol:

my #5 will be a Kasha inspired guitar. and the headstock is my avatar.
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