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Author:  peterm [ Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:47 pm ]
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This is a guitar for a musician friend that wanted a real special instrument. He wanted a special set of Brazilian paired with Sinker redwood but did not want to settle for the average set of wood. I had a few special reserve sets stashed away and after much deliberation we decided to bring one out.
The guitar will be my Zion model with a Florentine cutaway and a few nice accents.
Obviously I am really excited about this build so I wanted to share! bliss

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Florentine cutaway....

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Putting some of Kevin Ryan's Zipflex at work with Spalted Maple...

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Getting the sides ready...

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Soundboard and sides in process...

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preparing for bindings/purflings...

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Here's a glimpse of the back and cutaway...
If all goes according to plan I'll have her ready for Christmas!

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Author:  Chris aka Sniggly [ Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:50 pm ]
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wow7-eyes ...That set of Brazilian is soooooo.......awesome.
Author:  MetalOne72 [ Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:51 pm ]
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Very Nice!
Author:  Jim_H [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:10 am ]
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My apologies.. I think I drooled a little on your guitar oops_sign idunno [:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:]
Author:  clucking [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:20 am ]
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Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! That brazilian is just amazing. Is it by any chance a four, or possibly six piece back?
Thanks so much for sharing this build with us!
Author:  JasonMoe [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:26 am ]
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Awesome wood and AWESOME WORK. I love the rosette. I'm going to be doing a similar one with walnut. Nice idea using magnets to hold the sides. I love the cutaway too. Are you putting CA or shellac, or something down around the rosette and binding before you cut the channels? Thanks, Jason
Author:  JasonMoe [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:26 am ]
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Awesome wood and AWESOME WORK. I love the rosette. I'm going to be doing a similar one with walnut. Nice idea using magnets to hold the sides. I love the cutaway too. Are you putting CA or shellac, or something down around the rosette and binding before you cut the channels? Thanks, Jason
Author:  Alexandru Marian [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:28 am ]
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That back must be fake. Photoshop-ed or something pfft
Author:  cphanna [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:21 am ]
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Outstanding guitar! I'm glad you photographed it in process--I think your fixtures are very interesting, clever, and as inspiring to me as the guitar itself!
Patrick
Author:  Bobc [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:12 am ]
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Peter that is one of the nicest sets of Brazilian I have seen. Looking forward to finished pic's
Author:  Fred Tellier [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:34 am ]
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Wow [:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:] on the Brazilian set. Looks like a wonderful guitar, don't neglect to post pictures of the completed guitar, that BRW back will be beautiful with a finish on it.
Author:  James Orr [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:53 am ]
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Beautiful guitar!

I'm fascinated by your workboard!
Author:  windsurfer [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:25 am ]
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James Orr wrote:
Beautiful guitar!

I'm fascinated by your workboard!


Me too !

and definitely some incredible wood.

-jd
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:10 pm ]
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Mmmmmm Mmm!
Author:  nickton [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:15 pm ]
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Very nice. Really like that picture of the purfling channel. Also that armrest bevel backing piece looks interesting. Is that hand made kerfing too? Looks like the kind with really fine, close together saw cuts (or maybe not)... Eat Drink
Author:  peterm [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:05 pm ]
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Thanks everyone! Your encouragement means a lot to me...
The Kerfing is Ryan's A4. http://www.advancedshelltech.com/Products/A4%20Kerfing/A4-front.html
Author:  Ti-Roux [ Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:08 pm ]
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James Orr wrote:
I'm fascinated by your workboard!


+1

The sides are clamped by magnets?
Genius [:Y:] [clap]
Author:  peterm [ Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:17 pm ]
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JasonMoe wrote:
Awesome wood and AWESOME WORK. I love the rosette. I'm going to be doing a similar one with walnut. Nice idea using magnets to hold the sides. I love the cutaway too. Are you putting CA or shellac, or something down around the rosette and binding before you cut the channels? Thanks, Jason


Jason,
I seal the rosette and bindings channels after cutting them. Only to prevent CA to stain the top.
Author:  Steve Saville [ Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:14 pm ]
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That's so nice. Those woods go together so nice!
Author:  Robbie O'Brien [ Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:41 pm ]
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[:Y:] [:Y:] [:Y:] Lindíssimo
Author:  peterm [ Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:21 pm ]
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Getting there....
Bevels can be a bit tricky but sure worth the effort!

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Author:  caribou [ Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:40 am ]
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Very nice work and gorgeous wood but... i am the only one to think this "brazilian" looks much more like a (really nice !) Madagascar rosewood ?
Author:  John Lewis [ Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:46 am ]
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caribou wrote:
Very nice work and gorgeous wood but... i am the only one to think this "brazilian" looks much more like a (really nice !) Madagascar rosewood ?



Yeah, before I read the text saying it was Brazilian, I was thinking this looked like the really nice MadRose that LMI was selling back in 2003. The only other sets of Brazilian that pretty are in John Greven's stash.

Peter-

That is a gorgeous guitar - I hope you keep this thread updated with new pics as this is being built.

Thanks-
Author:  peterm [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:40 am ]
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caribou wrote:
Very nice work and gorgeous wood but... i am the only one to think this "brazilian" looks much more like a (really nice !) Madagascar rosewood ?


Back in the day Madagascar was thought to be the best replacement for Brazilian...both visually and tonally.
I wonder why....
Author:  caribou [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:42 am ]
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Yes, tonally it is the same/very closed, visually some madagascar gives (sometimes) the famous spider webbing pattern that made brazilian famous, but their two different species and in fact I'm pretty sure this is madagascar ;) I saw a lot of madagascar exactly like your wood (in the past, very rare today), but I never saw brazilian like this.
Although, Once again, very nice wood and work ;)
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