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cwood8656
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:47 pm 
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Hey everybody,

Here are some pics of my just completed dread, and som sound clips also. It's Honduras mahogany with a bearclaw Sitka top, 25.4" scale.

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Beautiful. Excellent work Chris.

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Chris Pile
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All kinds of yummy.

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Nice! Diggin' the bookmatched end wedge. I like to bookmatch my headplates.

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Sweet look ! [:Y:] You guys all make me look like such a beginner ! Ahhhhhhh Some day ! :D

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Thanks guys. I like this one quite a bit.

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As a beginner, I am most impressed with two parts of your guitar. One are the two small pieces of binding around the headstock at the corners. The second is the sculpted head/neck area on the back. From the angle, the symmetry looks great.

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Great guitar, love your bearclaw top and the headstock binding job.

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Sounds as good as it looks. Well done!
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Very nice! Chris, are you also a Cobra owner? I saw on your "about" page.
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cwood8656
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BlueBellyGuitars wrote:
Very nice! Chris, are you also a Cobra owner? I saw on your "about" page.



Yes, I am. I have a Factory Five Racing replica that I finished building at the end 2008.

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Very cool. I know of another Luthier down south who has a FFR. I have an ERA FIA. That's 3 of us! Ha! Anyhow, I forwarded your website to a good friend of mine in WA who is always on the lookout for good acoustics.
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BBelly, thanks for forwarding my info to your buddy. Got a picture of your ERA?
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Here's a link. I didn't want to ruin your thread by planting a big car picture in it. idunno
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Back attcha.

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Very nice! I always thought if I were to build a 427 bodied car that I'd have a tough time deciding between the street or comp look. I've seen a couple street originals that were really appealing.
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Mike D on this forum has a street look FFR. Perhaps he'll chime in.
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Dotson? That's the other!
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Very, very , very , very nice Chris..

And i love that American Tune .. !!!!!!

regards from Spain!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks Jorge. American Tune is one of my wife's favorites. She played the dread for these clips.

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Yessir...that's a really elegant guitar. I really like all the bookmatching...even the heel cap!
Beautiful set of Hog too. I had some like it, but regretfully, I sold it.
Bravo, sir.

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