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Haven't seen anyone post one of these is awhile so I will.
Not much going on in my shop this weekend bc I'm having thanksgiving
With a bunch of friends and I get to deep fry the turkey.
But I did finally get to clean my work area up and hoping to finish sanding
My braces on my first top.

Cleaning up. Still planning my next build with my client (there's obviously no hurry).

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

Not much guitar related, but I've been working on the pattern for my Clairtone Project G speaker globes. Sanding, sanding, sanding, and polishing. Got the fiberglass laid up on it for the mold yesterday and now have to face the challenge of getting it off! The photo is before the polishing and 'glassing.

Have 2 canoes underway at the moment, and they take up all of my shop space and time.

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Expectation is the source of all misery; comparison the thief of joy.
http://redrivercanoe.ca/

Joe

Just finished a re-fret with some additional repairs last night. That included filling a couple of dings in the top. Did some glazing of the French Polish on the two I am working on this morning. Then me and the Mrs. headed down to Hearne Hardwoods to pick out some stock for future necks and bindings and such. That place is heaven! So much wood, so little money in my account.

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

Gluing the top binding and purfling on an OM, and bridge on all Koa tenor uke.

Happy Thanksgiving, all.

Oh, just messing up some slotted headstocks here, one yesterday and then another today! Losing woodworking confidence fast. I'd provide some pics for doofus of the month, but it doesn't feel amusing yet.

Wish I had been at Hearne's looking for neck stock with Brian - now I need to!

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

I'm at binding #14 and making some progress with #15

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Build log

Some inlayed aluminum volume knobs.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Just to add to the world-wide glut of handbuilt L-OOs, here are a couple more.
One is Amazon rosewood & second growth Sitka. The other is Koa B&S and top.

Hanging in the spray room after the first three coats of nitro.



The Sitka gets a sunburst. An old radius dish mounted on a lazy susan makes this job a lot easier.



A "silver" & abalone vine inlay for the Koa guitar.



I haven't done much colour mixing with FX dyes before. Here is a pic of how I got the colour match I wanted. Putting a drop of each dye onto the paper, straight out of the bottle was a big help. It gave me an idea of how each dye might influence the final colour.
It took a while. Adding a few drops of this & a few drops of that, but I ended up with a shade which compliments the rosewood & the Macassar ebony fingerboard & bridge. (I hope!)
To start, I measured five ounces of lacquer into the jar & then kept track of each drop of dye added. If I have to, I can reproduce the colour.



Looking forward to stringing these two up. Especially the Koa. This is the first non-Weissenborn guitar I've build with a hardwood top.
Tap tuning the Koa presented a whole new set of challenges!

As always, it's great to see so much great work on these threads. Bring it on!

#101, a Cypress guitar (classical of course) for a client in Colorado.

I haven't made one of these since my #90 guitar in 2008 so I'm rather looking forward to it.

Doing my first f.p. finishes,
and liking it!
2 Weissies,
and 1 "Kona" modified to modern looks.
No pics until the yellow siris Weiss has a few more coats on it.
Also inlayed my "A" logo on the y.s. one.
Best inlay yet for me, I think.....
Also, figuring out how to do 2 commissions,
a Phin, and an elec slab dulcimer.
My '92 Chevy work truck passed smog inspection today!
In CA, that is a big deal.
Really nice work, peeps!

Not to much happening in my shop this weekend, just finished this rosette, you can see more in the doc-u-build section or on my facebook page.

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"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

Making a couple of bridges for #4 and 5. Necks and bodies are FP'd. Getting very close.

BTW Daniel, beautiful sunburst.

Steve

Almost forgot. Doing a "Meet the Maker" for American Lutherie mag. Just finished transcribing roughly 6000 words, now the easy part is just cleaning it up a bit.

Steve

resawing, resawing, resawing,

the results as always on my web-album:

https://picasaweb.google.com/115793185519493121307

Putting some cabinets together in the shop. Hopefully after hanging the Christmas lights tomorrow I can install the top.

Oh, dude - I really dig your knobs.
I'm not kidding.
Those are some nice knobs.

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

Yeah--what Chris said. Those are truly elegant.
Brings to mind Bridge City Toolworks.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Those inlaid volume knobs are exquisite !!!

Setting the two necks on another 6/12 doubleneck acoustic ... tough to get them both even with the same pitch, once you get the yaw just right (the curve of the body isnt anywhwere near square where the necks attach top and bottom of centre) .. only took about 5 hours. Now I get to rough in the radius and inlay a couple of rose vines down each one .....

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Thanks guys! Those are part of a motiff. Volume knobs, electronics panel, and truss rod cover....all inlayed like these. It ties things together.

Next time I do this I'll make all the hardware out of both aluminum and brass to be able to offer a choice of color on the hardware.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Great work everyone...must say though that this is truly a beautiful thing.



Awesome work Stuart

Cheers

Kim

Glued the top on my recent german spruce/koa. This is my first custom body shape

Too cold and dry in the shop for guitar building, so I built a new bench hook.

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Jim Hansen

I haven't honestly thought to sell them...though I would be interested in hearing what other people think they are worth. It might affect my thinking on this. PM if anyone has an idea. Truthfully...I was toying with the idea of having these peripherals exclusive to my guitars.

The bottoms are shaped to fit into recesses in my bodies so I'm not sure how they'd look mounted on a flat top.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic