Maple never looked so good and the bridge plate is elegant - nice design!!
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| Author: | David LaPlante [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:22 am ] |
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Another maple guitar, this time U.S. eastern domestic bird's eye maple. Attachment: Laplante#102FinishedTop.jpg Attachment: Laplante#102FinishedBackful.jpg Attachment: Laplante#102FinishedBack.jpg Attachment: Laplante#102FinishedHead.jpg Attachment: Laplante#102FinishedBridge.jpg
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| Author: | Stephen Boone [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:23 am ] |
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Congratulations! I really admire your hard work. |
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| Author: | George L [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:43 am ] |
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Simply exquisite, David. Incredibly inspiring. Thanks for sharing. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:52 am ] |
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stunning ! |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:13 am ] |
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I love maple, and love seeing what you do with it. Wonderful guitar...thanks for sharing! Steve |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:28 pm ] |
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Outstanding work David. |
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| Author: | Darryl Young [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:31 pm ] |
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Very nice! You are in rare air with over 100 under your belt....... |
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| Author: | Robbie_McD [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:54 pm ] |
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Spectacular! |
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| Author: | Beth Mayer [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:59 pm ] |
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Beautiful, David. Thanks for sharing! |
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| Author: | MaxBishop [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:49 pm ] |
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Beautiful guitar, David. I just bought a set of birdseye maple. I have wanted to build a guitar of birdseye for ages. Any peculiarities in dealing with it? Bending, etc.? Thanks, Max |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:28 pm ] |
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Tasty, David, real tasty. Its amazing how much you can get done once you retire, no? |
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| Author: | patch [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:58 pm ] |
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really nice and very inspiring!! |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:36 pm ] |
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Maple seems to be popular for you, David. Another beauty. Nice work. |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:41 pm ] |
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Beautiful David! |
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| Author: | David LaPlante [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:28 am ] |
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Thanks all! Max, Birdseye is really easy to work with. I use a thicknessing sander to guage it so no problem there. The sides on this one were actually a test set which I got from a supplier to bend for practice before bending some very expensive Bosnian Bird's eye (my #96). It turned out to be a breeze because the grain is so interlocking that it does not have the weak fracture areas that you can find in fiddleback figuring. The only other concern was chip outs when routing for bindings but that turned out to not be a problem as well. I love the fact that there are no grain pores on this stuff and thus it takes FP very well (smells like popcorn when you sand it too). I'm not a big fan of fancy woods but I must admit that there is an attraction for some and if it helps them to want a guitar, so be it. Best!! |
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| Author: | woody b [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:47 am ] |
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Super nice guitar!!!!!! |
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| Author: | Gary L [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:49 am ] |
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Boy, that is tasty, David! I would love to play that one. |
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| Author: | jackwilliams [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:19 pm ] |
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A beautiful guitar !! |
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| Author: | mkellyvrod [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:05 pm ] |
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Maple never looked so good and the bridge plate is elegant - nice design!!
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| Author: | clucking [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:37 am ] |
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David LaPlante wrote: ... if it helps them to want a guitar, so be it. ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")  REALLY nice looking guitar, as always!!! |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:55 am ] |
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Lovely guitar, David. Congrats! |
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| Author: | David Wren [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:17 am ] |
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Gorgeous work ... especially love the center strip on the peghead veneer and the detail work on the bridge tie-block! |
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:10 am ] |
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stunning work! |
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| Author: | Chuck [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:16 am ] |
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Oh my that is pretty. Wish I could hear it. Chuck |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:55 am ] |
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I admire the work ethic as well. |
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