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#10- Koa and Lutz (big picture warning)
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Author:  GNGuitars [ Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:49 am ]
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Well I thought I'd bring you all on another adventure. This is a commissioned build in what I consider my "Muse" Line. This guitar will have my Custom cutaway (patent pending), a "Y" laminate neck, My "Mono Point" fret board (also patent pending), and an armrest bevel. Most of those things won't make sense until you see them, but here's the other specs.

Lutz spruce - top
Koa - Back and sides
Bloodwood - binding and accents

Also, at some point during this build I'll be building a new shop as well as doubling the square footage of my house. So please don't get upset if a few construction photos get mixed in.
Let the fun begin...

The future owner was taken by the shapely Womens figure in this set of Koa and quickly reserved it for his guitar.
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The neck will have my elevated fret board design that will take shape further down the road. That's why it seems long.
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The beginnings of my "Y" laminate neck.
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A nice segmented rosette made from the back cutoffs.
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Some tools make things so much easier.
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Getting set.
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Looks good, I'm happy.
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This was my first time using the side bending machine. Amazing, I'm a believer now.
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Both sides and the binding bent in one evening, I could get used to this.
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Thanks for looking, stay tuned for more.
Author:  Yoshi [ Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:46 am ]
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Looks great so far! Can't wait to see more!
Author:  GNGuitars [ Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:34 pm ]
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Started working on the sides. Putting in the side braces and a new end block design.

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Hopefully more pictures soon. Thanks for lookin' [:Y:]
Author:  crazicarl [ Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:11 am ]
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Looks awesome. I love the rosette. Very ingenious. What's the pics of the blood wood accents? Are those on the inside of the box?
Author:  muskr@ [ Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:38 pm ]
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crazicarl wrote:
Looks awesome. I love the rosette. Very ingenious. What's the pics of the blood wood accents? Are those on the inside of the box?

I had the same question. What's with all the fancy pieces that you'd need a mirror to see?
Author:  Mitch Johnson [ Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:57 pm ]
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Looking good Jeremy! Looking forward to this one progressing!
Author:  GNGuitars [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:56 am ]
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muskr@ wrote:
crazicarl wrote:
Looks awesome. I love the rosette. Very ingenious. What's the pics of the blood wood accents? Are those on the inside of the box?

I had the same question. What's with all the fancy pieces that you'd need a mirror to see?


Ones beauty is found in the inside right? :D
I find a few extra minutes spent on the inside to make it look unique is worth the investment if down the road someone with an eye for detail is impressed with the workmanship on all levels. I believe in creating things that every time someone picks up the guitar they notice something that they didn't see before.

Thanks for looking [:Y:]
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:08 am ]
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Very nice work so far. I agree that the small details on the inside of the box are worth the small amount of extra time. It probably takes all of 5 minutes to lay up the purfling and binding to make the side supports but when people finally do notice it, they say, "Wow!"
I like your style! I spend a lot of time sanding the inside of my boxes so they are nice and smooth. I chamfer the side supports by hand as well. Takes a bit more time, but I enjoy it.
They say that it's not what you do when people are looking that counts, it's what you do when nobody is looking. I think that is very true. I also feel that craftsmanship is not determined by what you can see, but by what you can't see. You know that probably 95% of the people who ever see that guitar will not notice your tail block or your side supports, but you spent the time to make the beautiful anyway. Beautiful work.
Author:  Jakell2010 [ Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:24 pm ]
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Did you route one big circle or are the blonde micro lines a second route?

Or is it a blonde piece of trim,,,,,I like the uneven shape,,,nice work
Author:  GNGuitars [ Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:02 pm ]
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Jakell2010 wrote:
Did you route one big circle or are the blonde micro lines a second route?

Or is it a blonde piece of trim,,,,,I like the uneven shape,,,nice work


One pass for the main ring, a second for the purfling inlays.

thanks for looking. :D
Author:  GNGuitars [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:20 am ]
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As stated in the beginning, this build has spanned a much longer time than I wanted. After a new shop, 1000+ ft2 added to my house, while still working a full time job I finally finished this build. But I'll go back to where I left off. Just realize about 12 Months had past before the build continued. This will take several posts so bear with me.
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Author:  GNGuitars [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:27 am ]
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Continuing...
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Author:  GNGuitars [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:31 am ]
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And some more...
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Author:  johnparchem [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:36 am ]
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wow nicely done, congratulations!
Author:  GNGuitars [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:37 am ]
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And finally!!
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Thanks for looking...See you soon.
Author:  the Padma [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:29 am ]
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A1 nice build.
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:29 am ]
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Beautiful. Nice job!
Author:  JasonMoe [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:14 pm ]
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WOW, amazing detail. One of the best i've seen on here in awhile.
Author:  jecaisale [ Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:39 pm ]
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This is absolutely beautiful...
You got me an idea for rosette. Thanks.
Author:  Don Williams [ Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:23 pm ]
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Sweet! Congrats.
Author:  PeterF [ Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:29 pm ]
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wow7-eyes Wow! I love everything about it! You have a great sense of design. [:Y:]
What's going on with the UTB being attached to the rims before the top? Also does the fingerboard extension press down on the top at all?
Author:  GNGuitars [ Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:40 pm ]
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PeterF wrote:
wow7-eyes Wow! I love everything about it! You have a great sense of design. [:Y:]
What's going on with the UTB being attached to the rims before the top? Also does the fingerboard extension press down on the top at all?


Thanks Peter,
The extension does touch the soundboard. So much discusion on neck transferance with its effect on sound, I decided to try designing the neck to bring those vibrations to the soundboard yet still keeping it separate from the X bracing. Purely just an experiment, but the results have been promising.
Thanks everyone for looking.
Author:  PeterF [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:12 pm ]
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Hmm interesting... Did you reinforce the neck-heel joint at all? With the fingerboard flying, I guess there must be quite a bit of stress on it.
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