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Well, here is the "boat" to what I hope will be #2 of 3, possibly 4 that will be going with me to HGF. The top is addy. The bindings will be flamed Koa and the purlfings for the rosette and body will be black/red/black.
Its a little messy right now, needs to visit the air compressor

Thanks for lookin!

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

That's going to be another beauty, Lance. Very neat, as usual. Are your back braces let into the kerfing or just butted?

Ron

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Ron...I saw the same thing and thought, "that's either the best tuck I've ever seen, or they're butted".   Man, please tell me those are tucked so that I may covet accordingly.

Also, your kerf is set fairly high over the sides of the rim. Can you educate me (and I'm serious, I really am) on why you do it that way?

Bill

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Wow..that's nice...It's so unfortunate that all the beautiful work on the insides of guitars is eventually cover up...just  not fair!!

Bill, there all tucked, not butted.
I think I understand your question about the kerfing height, I leave them a little proud so I can sand in the radius back after the lining is glued in.

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Lance,

Beautiful, precise work. The tuck cuts are amazing!

Do you pre-bend your reverse kerf strips, or wet them while inserting? I like the added strength, but I'm having trouble bending them without breaking, especially at the waist.

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Thanks Gene,
No heat, I take a wet rag and wipe the outside, or solid side to moisten them before I put them in. The trick is not to ask to much of them, let them sit flush at the waist and go proud of the rims at the upper and lower bouts, then you can sand off the excess. Notice the height of my linings at the lower bout area, it is about 1/8th shorter.

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It is looking great Lance! Very clean.

Charles Fox says that he should be able to sell a guitar by the time that someone looks in the soundhole of a guitar...the outside of yours is looking good and the inside also will look super.

How do you like the Malaysian Blackwood? I have been building with it for about 4 years now and really like it. While not a rosewood, it sounds great and I now prefer it sonically to macassar and other ebonies.

I have only used it for classicals but for a steel string with an Adi top, it should be awesome.

Very clean as usual
You need to do a "how to" on tucking braces into your linings.
Yours are always PERFECT!!!! Mine always are too tight or have a gap

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Andy,
I will try to do that, its really not to terribly difficult though, it just takes a lot of time. I fit them one by one, they are never the same height.
I will find the shortest brace end and set my dremel to that depth, then cut the two inlets for the lowest brace. Then I use a chisel and sand paper to "fit" the end into the inlet. After its perfect, I move on to brace #2, or the second from the end and repeat. So I am really fitting the brace to the inlet, instead of the other way around.

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Thanks, Lance. It's just one of those little details that we all need to know. Gotta say, those puppies are tighter'n James Brown's rhythm section! Nice work!

Lance you are truly the King of Neat. I don't think I'll ever get to that level of "tight". Quick question: do you use side braces?

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I don't know Bill, it seems he's slumping a little. I see all kinds of dust and stuff that he missed.
Come on Lance, you can do better....

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Thanks for the reality check Don Hows this now. I took it to the air compressor









Bill, I am sorta hot and cold on side braces. I tend to put them on if I feel that the sides needs them - if that makes any sense?
I prefer not to though, I love the clean look. In the E2 there are hardly no flat surfaces on the sides, so the rim is pretty tight.

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Very clean and neat as always Lance.

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Lance you better check that air compressor...I believe it squirts naptha.   

As always, your guitars are to be envied.   

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Superb as usual, Lance.
Great looking set of M. Blackwood.
Where did you get that? Allied?

Steve

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Wow...that is going to be a fine guitar.

And speak of the devil - would you know I am almost done French
Polishing an Adirondack/ Malaysian Blackwood guitar that is going to be
for my favorite customer - me.

I have heard excellent things about Malaysian Blackwood and thought
Adirondack would make for a killer guitar. Here is a link to some pictures
of the guitar after it was pore-filled. It is a nice looking set with some
figure but I really like the dark lines on your back set - very beautiful.   

Guitar for
Me

That's clean!

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Lance--

Very nice work. You guys are setting the bar pretty high for us newb's! Thanks for the update and the pics.

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Jim Howell
Charlotte, NC

Incredibly beautiful wood and workmanship.

It is a pretty common technique in furniture work to fit a tenon to a mortise by trimming the tenon, so your tucking technique makes a lot of sense. Cheers.

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Very nice work as usual lance

I am very interested in how the b/r/b will look with the koa.   I have tried it with bubinga but never koa and I am curious.

John

Very nice! Hopefully some day I can show off a guitar of the same quality... Actually I just hope I can show a guitar. :)

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