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First a Small Concert prototype and a Zion in Amazon Rosewood.

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Very Very Nice...Is that a doug fir top?

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Nice, thanks for sharing. I really like your treatment of the purfling at the end of the fretboard.

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I love that cutaway! Perfect proportions and very elegant! [:Y:]

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A1 First class Peter.
Very beautiful.
Nothing short of what we have come to expect from you.


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That Finish sure brings out the beauty of the wood and really helps show off
your smooth clean style of building.

I look forward to seeing them tomorrow. [:Y:]
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Beautiful work Peter. The bevel looks fantastic.

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That is some very inspiring work. I just love your material choices and appointments. Thanks for sharing!

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Lovely!
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Great job as usual. Love the bevel. Do you use nitro for a finish?

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Filipo,
you have done what many people seem to be afraid to do.... offer honest criticism and I appreciate that.
Let me address your points....

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....I'm not sure if it is the fact that the lip seems to droop into the soundhole and/or the spacing of the inset purfling (not sure what to call the red line) has a fair bit of space in front of the drooping area.


The purflings are bloodwood. It may be look a bit wider than it is because the pictures are so close. Just have to see it in person. The fretboard treatment is a sort of rounded end and the intention was to make it obvious. Off course not everyone is going to like it.

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You do a great job with the bevel - honestly most of them look like crap. You're looks classy, which must mean you've figured out something about the proportions that many others have not.
Filippo


Thank you for that, its probably one of the hardest part to execute.

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The red line looks naked on the fretboard. I'm not sure if it needs additional purfling lines (as next to the binding). It almost feels like you wanted to adorn the fretboard, but wasn't sure how far to go and stopped somewhere in between.

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Actually I did it the other way, I didn't want to overdo the fretboard so it will draw attention to the beauty of the woods.

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On the rosette I very much like your thin proportions. Again, many folks put big rings of wood and shell which never seem to come together - very tasteful selection of radial purfling and shell. You have a good eye.
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thank you. Actually its not radial purfling, just cocobolo cut out in sections so the grain is consecutive.

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The Zion back is beautiful. Is there a bit of finish separation on the back joint, in the middle of the back? Or is the light playing tricks on us and laying down a thin white line?

Gorgeous execution as usual. Always enjoy seeing your instruments. Hope the constructive criticism is ... constructive!

Filippo


No finish separation anywhere on the back, whatever you are seeing is a reflection or something else.

Once again, thanks for the kind compliments and the feedback! :D

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Nice, Nice, Nice !!! Really like the woods on the small concert. Beautiful finish work on both.

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Really nice Peter!
That top guitar sure looks a lot like Braz to me.
Nice wood.
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Lovely work, Peter!

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Nice looking guitar Peter!
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Nice work, Peter. Your transitions into the bevel are about the smoothest I've seen.

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Man....what a beautiful guitar!!...By the way....what kind of finish do you use?
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Normally, I don't care for the looks of bevelled armrest guitars, but yours is just beautiful. Very nicely thought through and wonderful execution of lots of good choices. Congratulations!
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Kirt Myers wrote:
Great job as usual. Love the bevel. Do you use nitro for a finish?

Kirt


Just reading through some posts and I think I missed this one.
The finish is Polyester and to give credit where credit is due, its a Joe White job! [:Y:]

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Thanks Peter. Fine job indeed.

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Ian Cunningham
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Pics are beautifully clear. One thing that annoys me a bit is the white flecks under the finish. The finish itself looks amazing. And of course the guitar looks awesome. love the rosewood armrest bit. Very well done.
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wow.....

fantastic work. I love the bevel as well. I'm inspired....
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Wow, very nice guitar. What is the top? I really like the armrest bevel.
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Wow! What a thing to behold!
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Excellent work Peter!

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