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Author:  A.Hix [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:54 am ]
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I was commissioned to build a pair of brw guitars for a fellow to give to his sons for a gift. One right handed, one left handed. I am trying to get these finished before the holidays, but we will see if that is possible. I was given creative license to do what I thought would make beautiful, great sounding guitars, he wanted the best, so I chose brw backs and sides, sinker redwood tops with light figure, Adirondack spruce primary bracing with sinker redwood secondary braces.
I will probably bind these with either curly koa or possibly maple for a nice contrast.. not sure yet.
Anyhow, here is the process so far...
Author:  A.Hix [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:00 am ]
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more pics, out of order, though..
Author:  A.Hix [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:05 am ]
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more pics
Author:  Quine [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:26 pm ]
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Wow...nice Christmas gift!
Author:  Goodin [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:22 pm ]
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Looks great! I like the purple heart go bars.
Author:  Joe Beaver [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:03 pm ]
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Great stuff Aaron!!!
Author:  jack [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:07 pm ]
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Nice Brazilian Aaron....!
Author:  James W B [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:28 pm ]
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Have you made a braz with a sinker top?I was wondering about sound. I love the combo .
Author:  naccoachbob [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:59 pm ]
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Have your felt any temptation to play around with them and vary something on one to see what comes out tonally?
Bob
Oh, and yeh, they are nice :)
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:33 pm ]
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Humena Humena Humena
Beautiful.
Author:  Kamusur [ Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:15 am ]
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Now that's what you call a couple of nice presents, no need to exchange them at a Boxing Day sale. [:Y:]

Steve
Author:  Beth Mayer [ Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:06 am ]
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Beautiful, Aaron!
Author:  A.Hix [ Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:11 pm ]
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Thanks everyone! I have been in my shop almost every waking hour working on these. I'll update more pics soon.
Author:  A.Hix [ Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:13 pm ]
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James W B wrote:
Have you made a braz with a sinker top?I was wondering about sound. I love the combo .


James, these are the first ones I have made with this particular combo, its gotta be great, though. Just thumping the bodies makes a killer sound. Cant wait to see how they turn out!
Author:  A.Hix [ Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:15 pm ]
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naccoachbob wrote:
Have your felt any temptation to play around with them and vary something on one to see what comes out tonally?
Bob
Oh, and yeh, they are nice :)


Thanks, Bob! I used to do that quite a bit when I was learning what did what. I would build two identical guitars but slightly alter one from the other just to see what happened. These are pretty much identical, though, other than one being a lefty.
Author:  A.Hix [ Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:20 pm ]
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Goodin wrote:
Looks great! I like the purple heart go bars.


The purpleheart "go bars" work great! I may need to start marketing them! :D Purpleheart has one of the highest bending strengths of any wood I have seen, and will not split when you flex it. Much more downward force than fiberglass.
Author:  A.Hix [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:28 am ]
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A few more pics of progress.
Author:  A.Hix [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:32 am ]
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A few more..
Author:  ZekeM [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:41 am ]
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Great looking guitars!! Love the look of them. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Author:  Colin North [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:34 pm ]
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Beauties.
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:14 am ]
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Excellent looking work Aaron. Thanks for posting a build thread. They are always fun to watch, no matter how many I have read.
Author:  Theresa [ Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:22 am ]
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Beautiful guitars! And you used Sinker Redwood with the rosewood, my favorite combination. Do you have any recordings of those two guitars? I would love to hear the sound. And I've been wanting to make a go bar. Interesting using the purpleheart strips.
Author:  A.Hix [ Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:33 pm ]
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Theresa wrote:
Beautiful guitars! And you used Sinker Redwood with the rosewood, my favorite combination. Do you have any recordings of those two guitars? I would love to hear the sound. And I've been wanting to make a go bar. Interesting using the purpleheart strips.


Thank you! These are not finished yet, so recordings are yet to come.
Author:  nickton [ Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:51 am ]
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I bet those will sound great. Nice job.
Author:  Neil Gardiner [ Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:15 pm ]
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Hey Aaron those guitars look great.

When you use the tung oil for finish, are you pore filling at all? If so, what do you use with the tung oil?

Neil
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