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Author:  woody b [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:33 pm ]
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I've been toying with the idea of making a smaller guitar for a while. I suppose this body size is close to a 0.......or at least I bought a 0 case, and made a body to fit it. Top is Redwood, back and sides is Claro Walnut. Scale length is 23 1/4".
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Author:  woody b [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:36 pm ]
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Author:  Clinchriver [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:42 pm ]
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Very nice guitar.
Author:  jackwilliams [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:43 pm ]
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Nice !!
Author:  crich [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:57 pm ]
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Nice! [clap] What are the bindings? You don't cut your name out by hand, do you? Clinton
Author:  woody b [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:02 pm ]
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Binding is Ebony. OLF member Stephen Ziegenfuss CNC's my logos. http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10124&t=33307
Author:  crich [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:40 pm ]
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I was wondering, there wasn't a shot close enough to be sure. I tried the link, but it said I didn't have permission?? Who do I have to ask? laughing6-hehe Clinton
Author:  BobK [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:05 pm ]
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Nice guitar Woody. I love small short scale guitars, they always sound much bigger than anyone expects. I've made a couple of 22.875 scale models with Stella bodies and I don't think you give up much in tone. Can I ask what about the body depth at the neck and tail?

Thanks,

Bob
Author:  unkabob [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:19 am ]
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What are the neck laminations?

I have to build guitar with the zero at the fifth fret. A dred box would look weird but its hard to convince a bluegrasser that a small box will be heard. How is the volume on this one?

Bob :ugeek:
Author:  Ken Franklin [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:33 am ]
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As usual a great looking guitar, Woody!

crich wrote:
I was wondering, there wasn't a shot close enough to be sure. I tried the link, but it said I didn't have permission?? Who do I have to ask? laughing6-hehe Clinton


You get "permission" once you paypal $11.88 to Lance for the Classifieds.
Author:  Mark Groza [ Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:02 am ]
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That looks nice Woody! I also like your wood selection as well. [:Y:]
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:08 am ]
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Sweet little guitar, Woody. And that walnut is quite handsome!

Steve
Author:  Bill Hodge [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:24 pm ]
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Nice, Woody! Love that Claro!
Author:  woody b [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:14 pm ]
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unkabob wrote:
What are the neck laminations?

I have to build guitar with the zero at the fifth fret. A dred box would look weird but its hard to convince a bluegrasser that a small box will be heard. How is the volume on this one?

Bob :ugeek:



I didn't see your post for a while or I would have answered sooner. The neck is Mahogany with black fiber. Outer pieces are Honduras Mahogany, the center strip is African. I had some Mahogany that wasn't wide enough so I glued it all together. Small guitars can be fairly loud. This was a prototype, and I hadn't decided on whether I was going to sell it or not. I took it to a campground where my Brother in Law was camping to see how it held up in a group of guitars. There was several guitars, including one Brackett Slope D, a newer Martin D, a couple imports and a Mandolin. I really enjoyed jamming with them and never wished I'd taken another guitar. One of the guys playing an imported guitar asked about buying it. I sold it to him the next weekend. It's got a good bark. It compresses if you play it really hard, but that's the Redwood. It's fairly responsive, but the bridge is too heavy.(34 grams) I like a bigger bridge footprint with Redwood, and shouldn't have chosen Honduran Rosewood for bridge material.

Reguarding an "A" tuned guitar, Tacoma's Papoose was the size of a Baritone Uke, and they're highly reguarded by alot of Bluegrassers, at least around here.


Thanks for the compliments guys.
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:42 pm ]
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That is delightful!
Love everything about it.
The redwood and claro is a nice colour combo, nice figure on the walnut!
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