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Hello all,this guitar's been an obsession of mine for many years and i finally got around to building it.It's based on Dylans 13 fret Nick Lucas. Adi top and EIR back sides bridge and fingerboard.Here's some pics. Roby.

Very nice - clean and well executed. How wide are the UB, waist, and LB? How's it play?

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Thanks Steve i made a template from a friends 1937 L-00 ub 10 3/8 w 8 3/8 lb 14 3/4 Roby

Nice job, love that EIR fb and bridge (sides & back too )

14 3/4 LB That's pretty wide for a L-00. Do you mean 13 3/4?

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Thanks Rod lower bout is 14 3/4 approx check out the national music museum for info on the nick lucas gives dimensions for loads of guitars very usefull site Thanks again Roby

Wow! The templete I got from Tim McKnight off a 1927 N.L.S. is just over 13 1/2" lower bout.

Anyway, nice job on the guitar.

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Nice !!
Love those guitars. Have you checked out Nick Lucas on U-Tube ? What a consummate performer.
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Looks great. I love those too. Built one for a customer early this year. I have some osage orange that's waiting to become an L-00, one for myself.

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Thanks all for the good words . Rod, the earlier NL's were a totally different shape from the later ones with a more rounded lower bout, the later ones were the same as the L-00 body shape but with the body depth of a dread ,so your 27 template is correct, i think gibson changed the shape of the NL around 1930 as far as i can find out.Thank all Roby

Hey Roby
Great job man
What finish did you use on that??
I live near Andover too, maybe I can nick your plans some day.
Congrats
Mat

Hello Mat french polish finish,didnt have any plans got the dimensions from the national music museum and the body template from a 37 L-00. how far are you from Andover. Roby

Great job on the FP
I'm about 15/20 mins from Andover -
a Village on the way to Basingstoke

Thanks Mat have to get together sometime,dont think i'd do another french polish ,nice to use but not hard enough.Roby

Looks great.

Now the question is: After such a long wait did it meet your expectations?

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Roby-
Thanks for the tip about the National Music Museum.

There's enough info there
http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Guitars/Gibson/12574/NickLucasGuitar.html
that a person could probably draw a decent template after a bit of time playing with the computer/printer, etc.

Beautiful work on the guitar- congrats. What did you use for the end wedge? Very clean look.

Cheers
John

Wow thats nice.
I am going to build a scratch L00 from GAL plans as my second attempt.
My first isn't finished but her name is Frankenstein.

Thanks all,just to answer a couple of questions, John, the end graft is white plastic material from stewmac with b/w fibre purfling from lmi .And Douglas, it more than met my expectations i was suprised at how loud this thing is, and it plays so easily due to the short gibson scale.Thanks again Roby