Looks nice- are you going to do a traditional carved arched top,
or a "combo" with a bent flattop soundboard (does that make sense?).

That thing looks nice and fat.
Narrow, but fat.
Can't wait to hear it!
Are those bloodwood bindings?

Alan

23.12 ?????

I really like the concept ! I am looking forward to watching that one get built , and may even try a stab at one similar later on if that be ok with der padma , of course I would add my own changes .


Ohhhhhhh and btw . Just HOW MUCH bouncing was going on ?

So since we kicked the French out of North America

Always funny to observe the different views on this, between Quebec and the rest of Canada...

(Not a patriotic statement. Just a remark.)

Francis

Yes Mike 23.12"

See Padma figures me foot size is just a good as that dead French king who established by decree that the length of the violins string is to be the lenght of his foot which became a unite of measurement in France known as pied du roi. Then some luthier dude doubled that and it became the guitar standard of aprox 25 inches + - 1/2inch. No rhyme or sonic resonant reasoning. No mystical import or cosmic wonderment. Just a kings ego. Other luthiers followed suit. Then came guitar production for the masses assess which enshrined this measurement as some sort of sacrosanct standard of the nothingness of the what and every luthier since then simply does the poly wanna cracker mind numbing knock off .

So since we kicked the French out of North America long time way back when and since me one for not standing on custom just cuz everybody else does, I, me, Duh Padma sees no reason what so ever at all to follow an illogical reason for the continued use of the "pied du roi" as a measurement in luthierism.

Besides this is a travel guitar for some sweet young thing with big brown eyes. And she wants it mean and lean, light and short and me rather take an inch or so from the neck than the body. Besides she is an up the neck picker not a strum de dummer and as such really wont miss the
the length of the digits of a humanoids hind legs from the neck.

Me hopes this reply works for you Mike.


Blessings
Padma

Say Paddy, do you do knock-offs of yourself?

Can't wait to see this one come alive.

Je me souviens
Que né sous le lys
Je croîs sous la rose.


Francis

Umm NO! No me don't!
That would be unethical of me to do knock offs of The Padma's trip.

I'd just be watering down the word so to speak.

See the Padma got himself all Registers and copy writed and patented and all that and would probably probably sue my ask off. Ya hearn what me be saying.







blessings
Padma

Yo Paddy me name no Mike, mike nice name but me name Ed.

Ed ask Paddy if him do knock offs of himself self because Ed think he gunna need Paddy travel guitar sooner or later for hims travels across the places.