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It's been a busy week for me with neck resets in the Ann Arbor shop and not much time at home to get into my own shop.... But that's improving....

This box is ready for binding and I hope to get to it this weekend:



The purflings are b/koa/b and the idea at least as far as my being turned onto this combo came from Brock. He sent me some that he had made up several years ago. I liked them so very much I had a batch made up too.



Here I was thickness sanding the bindings to about .080:



So... let's see what's happening in YOUR shops this week please? Thanks!

Had a new arrival which has kept me busy along with building coops for the last ones i got in feb. I did get a butt wedge put in my last guitar box for this winter. Hesh buddy, i'm at the same stage as you. I now have to bind all five boxes i made this winter as soon as i close the last one.It still needs braceing though so it will be a little while yet. Her's a pic. of the new arrival.

I finally found a little time to work on my Grand Concert - RW/Adi

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Dave, what are you using for the headstock overlay? Thats nice!

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Looks like BRW to me.

Nice looking stuff everyone. I haven't been the shop for over a week so nothing is happening. Air is moving around though to keep the RH under control.

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That's a bookmatched Brazillian RW peghead overlay I've been saving Steve.
I thought it's time to use it on this one.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Sure I'm a newbie builder with only one guitar under my belt. But I'm currently building #2 and #3 simultaneously. in the last 'what's happening' thread I posted pics of #2, the 00. this week I have been working on #3, the OM.

I glued the back on early this week.


The last couple of days I've been working on the top bracing. I'll glue the top on tonight or tomorrow.




I had major things happen on guitars #1 and #2 that I had to back up on and correct. so far guitar #3 has been 'flawless.' so far.

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Just sent out this OO'ish cutaway guitar. Macassar and Lutz.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

I'm judging a woodcarving show this weekend and the organizer told me they gave me a display table if I want it. So.....I spent yesterday coming up with a quicky display stand for my carved guitar and banjos. I've been thinking about building an enclosed cabinet, but time has not offered me that option.
Kent

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Delivering this one today. Composite top (Cedar/Balsa/Spruce) and Pau Ferro back and sides.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Pat

Wow lots of great stuff happening!

Great looking guitar Pat. Hey I'm curious, where are you incorporating the balsa in your guitars if I may ask please?

Great looking selection AND rack Ken!

Beautiful Arnt - absolutely beautiful!!!

Great progress Martin!

She's coming along nicely Dave buddy and I too love that head plate!

Mark, Papa Mark... When do I get to come over and meet the chickens?

Lets see some more of what's happening in YOUR shops please?

Thanks

I glued the neck on the 000 12 fret and double checked the bridge location and buffed the bridge this morning. I plan to finish buffing the Bubinga wedge and add some braces to the D top in my go bar deck. I will glue up the bridge on the 12 fret after supper and start the setup on it tomorrow.

I will have some photos soon.

Fred

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I have been working on thicknessing the tops I have -
this one is the Lutz top - for a classical - I have cedar top I will attack this weekend or on Monday.
I got the Lutz top around .09 average. Should I leave it here and then count on the finish sanding to get it to around .085 ?

The other picture shows the sides I bent a couple of weeks ago. I also made the drying rack a couple of weeks ago.

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Now that I am back from Deutchland, I can have some fun again. Bending up some Spanish Cypress sides for a Flamenco.

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John Nowicki

Well dudes, I'm seriously jealous but equally impressed. Arnt that guitar looks gorgeous. Here's a shot of my shop as it looks right now...yup I'm a hair stylist and own hairstyling salons, this one I did the reno on myself last year.....(oh yeah, the wood is bamboo, cedar, maple and oak...lol)

Diggin' the lighting in your shop Sneezy. More going on in there than in my shop, that's for sure.

Darrin

Hmmm.......I wonder where the nodes are.

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StuMusic

Top and back braced for the next long scale mahogany/red spruce 12 string. Top is .3" at the bridge plate!

I like everyone's work!

Who doesn't love a tele

I am working on this archtop telecaster hollowbody prototype. Made molds for laminating the plates and jigs for getting everything so my 17 Y/O son can crank the bodies out for college cash. There will be different pup configurations, this one will be double humbuckers with the TOM bridge and stop tailpiece. Another design will be for a flat tele classic bridge and tele bridge pup with a neck tele. Another is double P90 for the BLUES. There will be solid block almost through the center like and ES 335 Gibson. The choice of wood should make it sound different. Ash for a tele sound, Maple for the 335 crank etc...

Who doesn't love a tele

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Ken

Arnt and Pat- those are Beautiful guitars Stunning
wood selections.

I've been working on setting up a new buffer, getting the parts assembled
for a PID-based controller for the bending jig, and working on my OM #5,
mahogany with bloodwood appointments. This is the first guitar I've really
worked on Chaldni patterns on both back and face.

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Gene

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason- Mark Twain

Glued the back braces onto a coco/sinker OMC:



Gonna try and close the box this weekend...

Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Hey Sneezy, thanks! Say, you wouldn't happen to know a little fellow named Grumpy up there in Canada, would you...?

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

I fretted a cutaway resonator I working on.

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Not too much for me....at least not too much in terms on taking pictures...

I have the Baritone and a Zion ready for finish and a bunch of other stuff in the works. Spending a lot of time designing my small body guitar but very excited about it.

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
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Packing pores on an EIR body with Tru-Oil Sealer and Filler.
Day 6 and the end is in sight!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.