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patch

Post subject: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:59 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:25 am
Posts: 189
Location: Taos, NM
First name: Patch
Last Name: Rubin
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

finished my first today! what an incredible feeling to finally be able to strum this thing. i need to adjust the action, it too high. there are tons of things i wish i had done better or different and hopefully the next one will be a bit better. not sure how to comment on how it sounds, i am thoroughly enjoying playing though!

thanks to everyone on this forum! what a tremendously helpful community!

i really want to thank member james watts who graciously spent a saturday with me, showing me his work shop and his process.

so its mahogany sides and back. sitka top. mahogany neck. ebony bridge and fret board. bubinga trim. french polish finish.

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Tony_in_NYC

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:04 am

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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:01 pm
Posts: 3031
First name: Tony
Last Name: C
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Looks great Patch! Excellent job on the finish.

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PeterF

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:02 am

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Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:04 am
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First name: Peter
Last Name: Fenske
City: Leeds
State: Yorkshire
Country: Uk
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Beautiful. I hope my first comes out as good as that [:Y:]

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mkellyvrod

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:08 am

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Joined: Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:10 am
Posts: 522
First name: Martin
Last Name: Kelly
City: Tampa
State: FL
Zip/Postal Code: 33634
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Looks great to me!! [:Y:]

Working on my first two, and posts like this encourage the rest of us to keep on keeping on. Thanks.

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Linus

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:02 am

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Joined: Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:17 am
Posts: 295
First name: Linus
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
Zip/Postal Code: 11215
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Wow...

Looks beautiful.

And a beveled edge and a side port on your FIRST???? Very impressive.

Is there a good description of how to do the beveled edge? I'd love to be able to do that eventually.

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:40 am

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Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:04 am
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First name: Chris
Last Name: Pile
City: Wichita
State: Kansas
Country: Good old US of A
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Awesome - well done!

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WendyW

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:15 am

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Joined: Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:44 pm
Posts: 706
First name: Wendy
Last Name: W
State: Arizona
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Wow! That is amazingly impressive for a first! Congratulations.
Wendy

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Bryan Bear

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:29 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:12 pm
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First name: Bryan
Last Name: Bear
City: St. Louis
State: Mo
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Very nice. You bit off quite a lot for your first and it looks like you were ablet to chew it all.

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WaddyThomson

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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:40 am

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Joined: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:05 am
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Location: United States
First name: Waddy
Last Name: Thomson
City: Charlotte
State: NC
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Mighty fine looking first guitar! No feeling like it! [clap]

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meddlingfool

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:27 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:15 pm
Posts: 7549
First name: Ed
Last Name: Bond
City: Nanaimo
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Congrats!

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Stephen Boone

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:03 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:43 am
Posts: 601
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Focus: Build

This is always fun!

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Colin North

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:02 pm

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Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:44 am
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First name: colin
Last Name: north
Country: Scotland.
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Nice.
Ambitious first build, and some very interesting design features.
Well done, you pulled it off.

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patch

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:38 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:25 am
Posts: 189
Location: Taos, NM
First name: Patch
Last Name: Rubin
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

thanks for the kind words! it has been really inspiring to see others post their finished guitars and it is fun to finally get to do the same.

it is hard for me to how this sounds but i am pretty happy with it. it has great sustain, like in spinal tap. i am taking it out to my cousin's wedding this weekend. he plays guitar in hot buttered rum, a great hard working bluegrass band, there will be lots of players there and i am looking forward to getting some feedback.

linus- i haven't had much luck finding info on how to do the bevel so i just went for it. here is a link i put up awhile ago trying to show how i did it. i'll try to get better pictures of the next one.

http://luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=36625

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Fred Tellier

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:02 am

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Location: Windsor Ontario Canada
First name: Fred
Last Name: Tellier
City: Windsor
State: Ontario
Zip/Postal Code: N8T2C6
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Very nice job, what are you planning to build next?

Fred

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Glen H

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:24 pm

Koa

Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:17 am
Posts: 1032
Location: United States
City: Tyler
State: Texas

Incredible, and a side bevel to boot!

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Jim Watts

Post subject: Re: put strings on my 1st!

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:25 pm

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Joined: Thu May 12, 2005 5:46 am
Posts: 2997
Location: United States

That looks like it came out nice! Way to go.

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