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Alain Moisan
 Post subject: My 75th.
PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:46 pm 
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Hi all,

I'm happy to show you my 75th guitar. It's a cutaway classical model, with a bearclaw Lutz Spruce top and Shedua (Ovengkol) back and sides. Bindings and headstock veneer are in bubinga, the neck is in Spanish cedar and the fretboard is african ebony. The bridge is honduran rosewood.

Check out pictures here.

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ZekeM
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75!! Congratulations! What an accomplishment. I'll be lucky to ever get 7.5 guitars. She looks amazing. Keep on doing what your doing, cuz it's working.
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Chuck Gilbert
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Congratulations! It's beautiful.

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Alain Moisan
 Post subject: Re: My 75th.
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Thanks guys!

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James Orr
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Wow. What an accomplishment!
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Mike Collins
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Nice !
now get back to work & make 75 more!
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Alex Kleon
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Really nice looking milestone guitar, Alain! Congratulations!

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Dave Stewart
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Congrats on a major milestone and beautiful guitar Alain.
Have to go out for some 'pasta' to celebrate ;)

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Really pretty guitar Alain, congratulations!
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Alain Moisan
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Thanks Wendy!

Dave Stewart wrote:
Have to go out for some 'pasta' to celebrate ;)


Well I don't know Dave, I might read some safety indiction in english on the hand dryer in the bathroom and thus feel my mother tongue be threathened! :)

(for the ones not understanding what me and Dave are joking about, read this: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Mac ... story.html )

Oh and by the way, even the francophones here though it was crazy...

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Steven Odut
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Hello Alain, beautiful guitar and a great milestone!

I hope you don't mind a question about fingerboard radius...on your webpage you have a note:

"Two fretboard profiles are offered for the Classical. The well known more traditional flat profile as well as a slightly radiused one. This one is very popular with musicians having a more acoustic guitar background, being more used to this type of fretboard which makes barre chords easier to play."

I'm building my first classical and do not have sufficient classical playing experience to have fingerboard radius preference. Would you share what "slight radius" you use?

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Alain Moisan
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Hi Steven, and thanks!

No I don't mind at all. The radius I use when asked for by the customer is 20 inches. This exact guitar (the 75th) has one. My customer has a Cervantes that has that exact radius and he wanted to keep that feature.

I beleive I don't have much more to say about it! I hope it answers your question.

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CONGRATULATIONS, [clap] [clap] [clap] only 73 more to go before I cross that milestone.
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That's incredible! 75! Wow, I'm not sure I'll ever reach that number...
It sure shows the years of experience in it, that's for sure.
Congrats Alain!

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Congratulations Alain ... quite an accomplishment ... and quite the beautiful looking guitar!
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Alain,
It's a tremendous milestone in my opinion. Congratulations! At my rate of production as a hobbyist, I can't possibly live long enough to build 75 instruments. It's a pretty instrument, too. All the best to you.
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Quite the accomplishment Alain! Very Nice looking ...congratulations..
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Rick Cowan
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Lovely guitar Alain! 75! That is huge ... congratulations!

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Alain Moisan
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Thanks a lot everyone!

I really appreciate all the nice comments about the guitar!

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Bravo [:Y:]

She's a beauty to mark a notable milestone.
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George L
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Beautiful work and an impressive milestone. Well done!

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Beautiful guitar, Alain. How did you find Shedua to work with, like Rosewood ?
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Ken Franklin
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bftobin wrote:
Beautiful guitar, Alain. How did you find Shedua to work with, like Rosewood ?


+1 Beautiful guitar. Have you built classical guitars with shedua before? What do you think it does for the tone?

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Joe Sallis
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congratulations,
It has a very unique style and very beautiful.

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Congrats on 75!

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