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Hey!
I have been really busy,
and haven't been around here much lately.
Can I still get in?
I've got some ideas going!

Hi Phillip,

My only suggestion would be to relax the amount in Item #2. I think the only exception for this should be the tuners. I much prefer to use good quality tuners on my instruments. That doesn't mean Waverly's necessarily, but more often than not, yes. I also like Gotoh 510's, and these will eat into the budget a lot also. Why build a nice high-end instrument and put poor quality tuners on it? I know that they can be replaced often, but it's not something that I prefer to do. Once tuners are on, I prefer to leave them rather than risk a nice finish job, or have to deal with screw holes that aren't in the same locations.

The time limitation is tough for me, but I guess I just need to finish my other two projects at the same time, and use the spray booth time for all three at once. Yikes...

I love Damascus steel knives, and I think that's an incredibly wonderful and generous prize. I might have to buy one from you if I don't win! A nice Santoku or Nakiri would be a hot choice for this (or for what I buy!)

Best,

Don

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Hi Todd,
Someone has made copies of the "princess dulcimer", although not exact replicas. Toward the bottom of this article from the Everything Dulcimer website is a discussion of the acoustic properties of the model.

http://www.everythingdulcimer.com/discu ... &start=156

No doubt!

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+1 to Filippo. That is one of my favorite parts of instrument making; I love collecting materials from unlikely/non-tonewood sources.

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Hey if I'm not too late, count me in.
Mine will be one of my Po' Boy model guitars. It's a L-00, which is a suitable platform for a budget instrument.
Thanks.
-C

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and home of BeauGuard©

Ha! I'm just getting to finishing off the neck/fb for my first challenge entry! Should finally have the thing done in a couple of weeks now!! Talk about slow....

Despite my horrible track record for not finishing on time, I'd really like to participate in the new build also - but didn't get to read the threads until just now.
Can I go start a latecomer's blog too? I have a mind to do a new $150 experimental (2nd round of my "triple-top" work) SJ, again using local woods

Cheers,
Dave F.

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