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Stephen Boone

Post subject: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:25 pm

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I really still need to buff out the tru-oil and touch up here and there, but I could'nt stand it any more and went ahead and put it all together. I will record something this week and post. (If I can figure it out-no promises.)

You can see No. 4 progressing on the bench as well.

I took this photo about midnight last night just before stringing up

Sitka top(french polish-thank you Mr. Payne and Mr. O'brien for your tutorial and video respectively.)
Eir back and sides
granadillo headstock, fingerboard, and bridge
rosette has mahogany, yellow cedar, walnut, and ovankol.

Thanks for looking. I really appreciate feedback and comments.

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Mike Lindstrom

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:39 pm

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Looks great. Very cool rosette. I like it.

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John Killin

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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 10:42 pm

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Stephen,

I like it. Great Job. I can't wait for the sound clip.

What did you use for the binding?

John

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Ken Franklin

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:47 am

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Very clean work Stephen! Did you Tru-oil the body? I'm looking forward to the sound clip.

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Hesh

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:24 am

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Great looking guitar Stephen my friend!

I too really like the rosette and I also like what you did with the fret board extension and the last fret. Super clean looking work too!

Way-to-go! [:Y:]

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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:59 am

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I like it. The Tru-Oil look real nice. [:Y:]

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Stephen Boone

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:54 am

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Thanks everyone!

The top is French polish and the rest is Tru-oil. The bindings are also East Indian rosewood with a simple white stripe.

Getting sound recorded is no problem, getting posted on here is where I will need help. I can record and mp3 and post it on my own website to link to just like my photos. If anyone can help from there it will be appreciated. I will be out all day as I am going on a field trip to Headwaters State Park on a field trip with my second grade daughter. I will record something tonight.

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Bill Hodge

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:24 am

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Looks great Stephen, and I like the rosette and beveled radius on the end of the fingerboard. Looking forward to the sound clip. [:Y:]

Hesh would probably appreciate it if you'd play the classical rendition of "Smoke On The Water". :lol:

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WaddyThomson

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:27 am

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Great job, Stephen! Really pretty guitar. I look forward to hearing a clip. Just make the recording, and post the mp3 to your site. A direct link will work fine. I just made a folder on the website, and uploaded the clip. No magic involved.

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Peter J

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:20 am

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Really nice work Stephen [:Y:]

Elegant and what appears to be precise workmanship throughout. I like the inlay on the headstock and how it complements the rosette and purflings. I'm anxious to hear how it sounds. It appears to be a Torres plantilla?

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Darryl Young

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:24 am

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You're a machine!!!

Awesome guitar, wow! [clap]

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Matthew Jenkins

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:56 am

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Beautiful work Stephen

Isn't Tru-oil great! The FP top looks great too.

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Mat

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Frank Aarre

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:15 pm

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Looks great

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Mike Collins

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:57 pm

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Beautiful Stephen !!!
Nice blend of colors and workmanship !
The finish looks great also !!

How many pieces in the rosette??

I hear you may be making a Lutz & Curly Maple guitar soon !

Mike

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Randolph

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:17 pm

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Wow, Stephan ! Superb job. I have to say, also, I love the rosette, headstock and the fine workmanship. I also love that piece of sitka on this one. You should be proud. Looking forward to the clip. [:Y:]

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Stephen Boone

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:06 pm

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Thanks for all the nice words. My wife can barely keep from rolling her eyes when I am fishing for compliments the poor thing.

It is a Romanillos plantilla from the '73 guitar.

I will get to all the questions and figure out this sound clip deal later, my son MUST get on webkins world now.

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John Kinnaird jr

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:42 pm

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Very nice guitar Stephen. I love the shape and the workmanship. The rosette is very daring. Where did you get the inspiration for that? How does it sound?

John

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jmpbuffalo

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:09 pm

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Beautiful silking on the top, and very nice job of binding! Looks great!

Joe

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ChuckB

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:42 pm

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Great job Stephen! I love the rossette!...Looking forward to hearing it.

Chuck

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Lars Stahl

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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:04 pm

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Wow great stephen, congrats. Beautiful work. Really cool rosette. [:Y:]

Lars.

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Stephen Boone

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:43 pm

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For some reason I cannot play these mp3's directly from the links. I have to save the files to the computer and then I can open them. I think this has something to do with my computer set up and not the links themselves. I did get these things to play in this fashion.

Please let me know if you cannot hear them and hopefully we can figure it out. These are as recorded on my Zoom H2 recorder with a little gain adjustment to make them louder.

http://studioboone.com/stephen/olf1.mp3

http://studioboone.com/stephen/olf2.mp3

http://studioboone.com/stephen/olf3.mp3

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Robbie_McD

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:48 pm

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Nice work Stephen!
The detail at the last fret is killer (note to self...hahaaaa! My first will never be done!)
The Sitka top is amazing - no streaking at all...master grade?
Nice job of the binding miters as well!

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Stephen Boone

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:11 pm

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Thanks especially for the compliments on the headstock and rosette. The outer part of the headstock is bookmatched from a granadillo bridge blank. I used this to compliment the granadillo fingerboard and bridge. I wrapped the bookmatched headstock pieces around a section of the exact same lamination I used to form the rosette pieces.

I attempted to create a more traditional end grain rosette with the little sticks and then with veneer sheets. I just do not have the dexterity to do it well. I thought about this for a long time and had fun looking at rosettes here on the OLF. I decided to try a method that I have used in the past in my woodworking that uses laminations. Basically you create a lamination like the one in the image. Cut it at an angle (15 degrees is what I used) flip every other piece over and glue it all back together. I do not know how many individual parts there are but the process is pretty straight forward. I then cut the tiles at the angle necessary to yield eight sections. The tricky part was to have the angles and length correct so that the pattern stayed in the center of the circle and everything matched up. I am very happy with this rosette method and it is now my "signature" rosette.

This image shows the headstock in more detail at an earlier stage of the build and you can see the rosette lamination in the center.

All your generous comments sure are a boost!!

Thanks so much.

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Chris Paulick

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:43 am

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Nicely done Steve. Excellant work.

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Marc

Post subject: Re: No. 3 is done (mostly)

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:52 pm

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Great work stephen, beautiful classical, and nice playing too.

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