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I'm thinking about buying a set of the OLF MJ plans for a new commission.
I'd appreciate any comments from folks who have built one (or more).
Pictures would be greatly appreciated as well.
Many thanks, in advance.
Dan

Daniel:
I've built four MJ's now, they are my favorite shape of all. The finished instrument is wonderful, very comfortable, sounds great. If you PM me your email I'll send you a bunch of pictures (they're all hi res and therefore large).
Highly recommended!
Mikey

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The Biggest Little City, Nevada
www.hammondguitars.com
I love building guitars!

Does anyone know where I can get a set of plans for the OLF MJ?

Mike... Stew-Mac sells them now.

Mikey... I'll take you up on the picture offer. PM coming. THANKS!!!

Thanks Daniel, I found it........

I've built two - one was a cutaway - and they're both great. The cutaway is my performance guitar and I've had several other players try to buy it from me. I highly recommend the plans.

Chuck

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"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong"
- Joseph Chilton Pearce

Thanks Guys!
I laid down the bucks for The MJ & the SJ from Stew-mac, last night.
Oh goodie! Now I get to make more forms!

I have eight sets of forms, I'm tired of building molds

Mikey

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The Biggest Little City, Nevada
www.hammondguitars.com
I love building guitars!

John Hall makes really, really nice forms and molds............BluesCreek Guitars.......This is not an endorsement, although it is true.

Thanks Mike... Pretty hard to justify a shop full of tools if I start importing forms!
Cheers guys! I appreciate your input.

Daniel,
I actually got a tracing of an O size from John Hall and made my own bending form and mold. He has all the sizes available. I found a cheap source for Baltic Birch plywood, and have made about half the forms I own. If I'm in a hurry or don't have time, I'll buy them. They don't cost much more than the materials. Just an alternative that is out there.
Good luck on your MJ. I also ordered the plans from Stewmac. I really like the MJ. I hope it sounds as good as it looks.

Is it just me ...but don't most builders try out a model before commissioning one?

If I were a potential buyer and I asked you as a builder what differences there are between your SJ and MJ, how would you answer?

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Good question, JJ;
I don't know what's normally done, but I have designed a new model for a commission a couple of times. Especially when working around a client's physical "disability".
Cocky, I guess. So far, it's worked out fine.
My last commission, the client supplied a body tracing & neck dimensions. The rest was up to me.
The guitar turned out very well & the client is a happy man. And that was not a bargain basement guitar.
One of the reasons I wanted to use a "proven" plan this time, was to take some of the stress out of the process.
If nothing else, it keeps me on my toes.

I'm not sure what's normally done either, Daniel. There's nothing wrong with your approach if you have a history of happy players who take an active role in their guitar's shape, design and characteristics. Since their ideas and ego are personally invested it certainly lessens the chance that they'll be unhappy with the results.

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com