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New record for most frets on a guitar.
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Author:  David Collins [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:58 am ]
Post subject:  New record for most frets on a guitar.
Beat that.

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Author:  Colin North [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:04 am ]
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Like that, how does she play?
Soundclip please.
Author:  Hesh [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:42 am ]
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This guitar would be great to play metal.....:)
Author:  doncaparker [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:57 am ]
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. . . Or anything by John Cage.
Author:  JSDenvir [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:02 am ]
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Don? Hesh? Stop it right now :-)
Author:  Hesh [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:19 am ]
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Sorry :).

It is a little early for bad humor....
Author:  doncaparker [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:17 am ]
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Sorry. Addicted to punning.
Author:  Dave Stewart [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:18 am ]
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Beautiful work David!
Hope you find a good home for it where it can be appreciated.
Author:  mflazar [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:57 am ]
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That is a very fine piece of artwork. I love it.
Author:  printer2 [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:08 am ]
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Is that a soft C shape to the neck or more of a D?
Author:  David Collins [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:29 am ]
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Thanks guys. We inherited many pounds of fret wire from a 50+ year old store when we took over their old shop space. While interesting (a lot of brass wire as well as nickel silver), it was really junk. Extremely soft, poorly shaped, bunched up and tarnished. We weren't going to use it in customer instruments, but I didn't want to just throw it in the recycling bin either.
Author:  Jim Watts [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:01 pm ]
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That's pretty cool. I like it too.
Author:  James Ringelspaugh [ Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:04 pm ]
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Very cool!
Author:  sdsollod [ Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:53 pm ]
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David, did you do the artwork? It's really quite nice. You should display it in your shop. ...although, I'm sure someone would like to buy it...
Author:  RNRoberts [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:00 am ]
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Outstanding!

I've got a hunch your forearms look like Popeye's if all that twisting was done by hand. Now's the time to try out for American Ninja Warrior.
Author:  David Collins [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New record for most frets on a guitar.
Thanks! It's more or less freehand, modeled against an L-00. Put it together over a period of about 6 months, and dread to think of how many solder joints it includes.

As to twisting, certainly not done by hand. ;) Stretch out a few 20' lengths of wire, clamp ends at one side in a vice, cinch the others in a drill chuck, lean back to pull it taught, and spin.
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