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Brad Goodman
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:26 pm 
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I built this for an old high school buddy of mine who is a professional climber,hence the inlay of the carabiner in the head.

Sitka top,curly maple back and sides,
koa and ebony appointments, 25-1/2" scale Gotoh open back tuners.Nitro finish


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the Padma
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the Padma wrote:
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Steak sauce?
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Ya, A1, first class stake saws...real tasty she is.

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beautiful.
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That thing looks sweeter than the scones I baked tonight.... well done!

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does it have any electronics...?? just noticed that little detail. lol
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Brad Goodman wrote:
the Padma wrote:
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Steak sauce?

Well it is saucy Brad. Nice to see some of your work again. They are all beauties. Love the tail piece and pick guard on this one.

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nyazzip wrote:
does it have any electronics...?? just noticed that little detail. lol



I usually install a floating Kent Armstrong pickup, but the owner did not want any elecronics.
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Filippo Morelli wrote:
Brad Goodman wrote:
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does it have any electronics...?? just noticed that little detail. lol



I usually install a floating Kent Armstrong pickup, but the owner did not want any elecronics.

My respect for the owner went up even more!

Nice work, Brad. Eastern Hard Maple or ?

Filippo


Filippo,

The back is big leaf (soft0 Maple and the sides are eastern hard maple.

I broke 3 sets of soft maple sides (my personal record!) and that's all I had left and it bent like butter-Go figure.

The nice thing was it is a great match.
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Filippo Morelli wrote:
Brad, I know you've done a few of these. I had planned two archtops in my near future (been studying them for some time). Any thoughts you can share on various maples for these ... euro, hard, soft, et cetera ... would love to hear your thoughts!

Filippo


Filippo,
I have built about 30 archtop guitars mostly out of Curly Big Leaf western maple and quilted maple all with Sitka spruce tops-all X braced in 18",17" and 16" sizes mostly 3" deep-a couple 3-1/4" .

So unlike the 30 flattops I have built which vary greatly,(different sizes, models, woods) it has been a much more controlled "experiment".

Out of all this I have to say I like the sound of the 18" archtops-unfortunatly they are the hardest to sell so I no longer build them on spec. I will probably build one for myself (right!) one day.

I have also gone from 3" to 3-1/4" on the 16's as standard practice.-Nicer bottom

I am also building lighter than in the past.
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Brad Goodman wrote:
nyazzip wrote:
does it have any electronics...?? just noticed that little detail. lol



I usually install a floating Kent Armstrong pickup, but the owner did not want any elecronics.

I'm sure he thought if he had a pickup installed he would also have to figure out a way of carrying an amp up the mountain too. :)

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Lovely looking work there good job.
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Shaw wrote:
Brad Goodman wrote:
nyazzip wrote:
does it have any electronics...?? just noticed that little detail. lol



I usually install a floating Kent Armstrong pickup, but the owner did not want any elecronics.

I'm sure he thought if he had a pickup installed he would also have to figure out a way of carrying an amp up the mountain too. :)



Believe me, this guy COULD climb a mountain with a guitar AND an amp!!!!
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Filippo Morelli wrote:
Thanks Brad ... I'm planning to build two L-5's ... I figure it is a good place to start, archtop-wise. You can disabuse me of that idea if you think it's off base ;-).

Filippo

I think an L-5 is a great place to start.......


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Very nice! I love archtops.
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Absoulutly fantastic!

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