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Here's my latest:
Macassar ebony back( 4 piece-from lumberyard), sides head veneers and bridge
Heavy bear claw Sitka top (Brent Cole)
Honduran mahogany neck
curly Koa bindings and butt wedgie.
carbon fiber reinforced neck plus truss rod-(I ran the CF almost all the way to the end of the board)
Bolt on neck (butt joint)
Nitro finish (by me)
Gotoh 510 mini tuners-15 to 1 ratio with black finish-These are the most precise tuners I have ever used!

I put on light gauge strings-tuned to full pitch 24.9" scale-sounds nice-much "sweeter" than the Stella repros I just made-still has a lot of "opening up" to do....

Sorry for the not so great pictures-but they should give you the idea.

Al I can say is: WOW. Really nice work. Wish I'd made it myself.

...some day maybe....

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from "Your Owner's Manual" by Burt Hotchkiss.

Wow , that looks fantastic! Holy peg head, batman.

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-Marcus
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thats gorgeous, bro. great find on the mac ebony!

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sweat the small stuff.

Thanks for the nice comments.

Here are a couple of close ups I forgot to post:

Purdy! Tubby little thing, I like it Big and round curves and cutaway horn, wide rosette, and then the larger 12 string bridge to top off the look.

But my favorite part is the headstock. Very cool shape. And I don't normally like the "rat tail" backstrap style (although I do appreciate it from a strength point of view, in any case), but this one's tail isn't too long and skinny, and thus looks pretty cool.

All in all, a fine piece o' work, as usual

that guitar is an eye catcher.
cant stop staring at it.
congrats!

Another beauty, Brad! I really love that headstock!

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Seriously stunning! Thanks for posting!

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"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Winston Churchill

Su-weet!!!

Nice!!!!!
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Nice one Brad!!

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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.

Beautiful, I'd love to play it!

You've got a nice lumber yard there, Brad. That's some beautiful macassar. I don't always like the figure of bearclaw sitka, but that's a real pleasing set. Great work!

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Ken Franklin
clumsy yet persistent
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