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A.Hix
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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...


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more pics, out of order, though..


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Wow...nice Christmas gift!


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Looks great! I like the purple heart go bars.


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Nice Brazilian Aaron....!


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Have you made a braz with a sinker top?I was wondering about sound. I love the combo .

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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?
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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:]

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Beautiful, Aaron!


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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.

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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!

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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?
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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.

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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.

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Great looking guitars!! Love the look of them. Can't wait to see the finished product.


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Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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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.

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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.
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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.

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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?

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