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| Author: | Haans [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Big Boy Jumbo |
We're gettin' close now...
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| Author: | Lars Stahl [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Looking killer !!! ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") . look forward to see it finished .,Lars |
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| Author: | Daniel Minard [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Nice!!! Just the right amount of bling. |
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| Author: | Peter J [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Mmmmmmmmmmmm........ good !! How wide is the body on this one Haans? Looks great. Beautiful finish... |
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| Author: | Joe Sustaire [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
All I can say is WOW! ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations") Joe Dang it Haans, why do you live so far away! 
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| Author: | Fred Tellier [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
| three thumbs up, I am partial to abalone purfling and rosettes. It looks to be your usual fine workmanship. Fred |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Oh my, what a big box you have! Looks fantastic, Hans. Keep up the good work. |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
That is one big, big, box. Haans, you're really cranking them out! Every time I blink there is a new Haans guitar! |
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| Author: | Haans [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Thanks folks! I do have a lot going on, there is a stack of 5 boxes ready for necks and 2 just started. I have two mandolins to finish by the end of the year, and did also just finish this...retired?  Driving it down to Iowa City on Tuesday. Got the bridge glued on last nite, and I'm a fret job, nut and saddle away from stringing it up. Maybe today. Peter, the box is 18" wide. It's got a little too much flash for me, but it is a "Cowboy" guitar...at least it doesn't say Patsy on the F/B. Really looking forward to hearing this one! Joe, I wish you did live a little closer... |
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| Author: | Glenn LaSalle [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Looks awesome! I would love to play it! Glenn |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
As always, both instruments look immaculate. Thanks for sharing Colin |
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| Author: | jackwilliams [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Beautiful guitar Haans! Look forward to seeing it strung-up.. Are spec cases available, or will you have to have a custom case made for her? Lovely mando too! best regards, jack |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Great Job Haans! Jumbos are my favorite! Did you draw this up yourself or did you work off somebody else's plans? |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Good stuff Haans. What are you using for a finish these days? |
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| Author: | Howard Klepper [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Stunning, Haans! |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Stella... I mean stellar.  That is one Big Bad Boy. 18"! I'd love to try that one. What do you find works best for you to bend the rope purfling Haans? I think I've done a rosette on a pipe. I'm ready to bind a parlour with some rope in the top.Thanks, Danny |
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| Author: | oval soundhole [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Did you use any plans for it? A 18, 19, or 21 inch larson is something I would love to build one day. |
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| Author: | Haans [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Thanks guys! I did get it strung yesterday, but I have to take the action down just a tad. Was just too tired to take photos. Sound is BIG as you would expect and I have to make some individual string changes. .052 is just too rubbery for the bottom end on a short scale. Trebles are still trying to come out (red spruce) but sound much better this morning than yesterday. Very fundamental as red is, and crisp and clear... Thanks Howard, coming from someone as meticulous as you, I appreciate it. Oval and Billy T, I just took a photo of a 19" Larson box and "enlarged" it to 18" in photoshop, then printed out a copy. Danny, I use a herringbone that I soak in hot water for a bit, then split in half. That way it bends pretty well. Never have tried to bend the stuff on a pipe. I think I tried some rope a while back and just soaked it for a while. Worked well. Terry, I'm using the last of my McFaddens, then I will switch to Mohawk. Jack, Guardian makes a Jumbo case that is 18". I think TKL makes one too. It's the Gibson Jumbo I think, but the Prairie State just fits. Photos this afternoon. |
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| Author: | dazzer [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
That's one great looking guitar Haans Dave |
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| Author: | bill stewart [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Not a jumbo nor a dreadnought...more like a juggernaut!!....  Beautiful work Haans, it would be great, if possible, to hear a clip when it has opened up. Bill S. |
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| Author: | oval soundhole [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Its a little strange that you went from parlors to 18 inch super jumbos. Are you using a martin bridge or a larson pyramid.
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
oval soundhole wrote: Its a little strange that you went from parlors to 18 inch super jumbos. Are you using a martin bridge or a larson pyramid.Please don't put on a Martin bridge! It wouldn't be right. I do love the Larson Bros. instruments. I visited Frank Montuoro some time ago and got to see some Larson Bros. guitars he was restoring. Very cool. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Another beauty, Haans! |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Really amazing, Hans. How much does this little guy weigh? Steve |
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| Author: | Gtrman13 [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Boy Jumbo |
Beautiful guitar! I'm began working on my first jumbo yesterday. I'll have done well if it ends up looking anything like yours! |
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