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OLF #2 Guitar Project

A Gift Guitar for an industry Guitar Guy,
known and revered by many. (Pssst! It's a secret)

Donation of Back and Side set, bindings; Bob Cefalu

Bend Sides, attach to tail block; Lance Kragenbrink

Back construction and neck block, join to sides, install neck block; Paul Woolson

Furnish Abalone Rosette; Dave Rector

Furnish Sitka Top, join top and install rosette,
install Adirondack braces using hhg, join top to body; Bruce Dickey

Bind and purfling; Brock Poling

Access Stage 5 Drednaught Case donated by George Armstrong

Gold Gotoh 510 Tuners donated by George Armstrong

Bridge fabrication; Michael Propsom

Fretboard blank furnished by Dennis Leahy;

Compound Radius, Slot and Bind fretboard; John Mayes

Shape Neck and join neck to body: John Watkins

Fret Neck; Hank Mauel

French polish or Nitrocellulose finish; no one yet on this job

K and K Pickup System; Don Atwood

Final setup; Michael McClain

Amertiage donated a custom case for final: Ameritage Case Company

Shipping money provided by anonymous OLF member.Dickey39081.0253935185

Check the list above and add to this thread thanks.

Just got a PM from John. He radiused the fretboard compound radius, slotted, and bound in bloodwood.

Dennis Leahy purchased the board from Bob Cefalu.

Thanks fellows, the project is coming together!

Bruce, I'm glad to see you getting this back on track.

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

And he does a great job with it, Go Bruce!

The OLF #2 Guitar Project is again underway and slated for completion soon. Thanks for all the wonderful response, emails and PM's, and of course to everyone involved so far in producing this instrument in cooperation with fellow OLFers for the worthy recipient.

I can think of a couple of needs that will face the project soon. We really need to line someone up to do a professional finishing job. The work on the guitar to date is very very good so it is deserving of a fine finish as well.

The guitar is now enroute to John Watkins for a neck build. It is travelling in the dred size Access Stage 5 Case, which is up for sale if someone wants it. We'll have to check the wear and tear from several shipments. So maybe some pics would be in order. We can use that cash for shipping or simply return that to George Armstrong. George was very flexible about that when he lent his support to the effort.

Once the neck is fitted, it's off to Hank Mauel for fretting. By this time, maybe we'll have a finisher lined up. Again, thanks to all who have put a little cash and sweat of the brow in on this project. While we don't know the outcome, we can be optimistic and say, "This is one of the coolest guitars on the planet and I'm glad to have been involved in it's production."

Best Regards, Bruce

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hey bruce..I'll take the guitar case, I have a good friend who was wanting a
nice dread case, and a few dings here and there are not a huge deal....
what's the price on it?John Mayes39083.0696064815

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John Mayes
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Okay you have dibs on it. We'll see what it looks like when it arrives at John Watkins place. Thanks, it should be fine, no obligation, your call. Bruce

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Let me know who to send the Ameritage case to

I have John Watkins address. When it arrives at his place in George's Access Stage 5 Case, we'll forward you the address. Thanks Michael, Bruce   

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