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Author:  Ken C [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:59 pm ]
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I just finished a post on Hesh's open house thread and realized the post was number 999! I decided to post one more to get to an even 1,000! I don't read or post as much to the forum as I used to, but kudos to Lance and all the members as this forum has been a great resource throughout the six or so years I have been a member. I've built a few guitars and last week shipped number 20 to a customer in Colorado. Hard to believe!
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Good times!

Ken
Author:  Trevor Gore [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:44 pm ]
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Nice guitar, nice photography!
Author:  Chris Pile [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:45 pm ]
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Ain't that the purtiest thang!
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:11 pm ]
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Oh my - that is absolutely spectacular!
And fitting for the g-post....
Great photos as well - and I especially like your backstrap treatment, very classy!
Author:  Ken McKay [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:40 pm ]
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Nice work! Beautiful fiddle


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Ken
Author:  johnparchem [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:56 pm ]
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Wonderful looking guitar. I love the rosette. What is the inside wood on the thin rosette purfling? I have always like the aesthetics that your guitars have and steal as many ideas as I can.
Author:  dzsmith [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:02 pm ]
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Dang and yehaw!
Man, that is a nice one!
Author:  timoM [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:38 pm ]
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Beautiful work. Details are real tight. Bravo! T
Author:  mkellyvrod [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:53 pm ]
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Great looking guitar and the close-up pictures prove it!!! Really good photography, great finish, and congrats on making 1000 contributions to the OLF
Author:  Kamusur [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:55 pm ]
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Very nice attention to those little details, and love the finish well done.

Steve
Author:  flounder [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:07 am ]
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Ken, that is genuinely beautiful work! Now, if you could just get the screws on the tuners to line up….! :lol:
Author:  Colin North [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:42 am ]
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Nice one Kenneth, classy!
Author:  sdsollod [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:46 am ]
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That is beautiful Ken! Nice job! [clap] [clap] [clap] ...Love that purfling. Can you tell us anything about it?
Author:  Goodin [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:27 pm ]
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Good job Ken! Your work is inspirational! Very clean, and soothing aesthetics.
Author:  Quine [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:36 pm ]
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You sure made post 1000 a good one
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:55 pm ]
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Oh, I thought it was guitar 1000! :D
Author:  Ken C [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:50 pm ]
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Thanks everyone! Customer is extremely happy with it :D I was originally just going to make a short post to tick over 1,000, but as I had just finished a couple of guitars, I decided to post a few pics of one. Guess I should have shared some details:

25.4" scale OM
Madagascar rosewood back and sides, rosette, and headstock face plate laminate
Osage orange purflings
Wenge bindings, quartersawn
Palisander backstrap and neck laminates
Red spruce soundboard
Waverly tuning machines (with screws intentionally not aligned ;)

Ken
Author:  klooker [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:03 pm ]
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Beautiful & inspiring work Ken!

Those darker neck laminates are very cool but scare the hell out of me. Any asymmetry (one of my trademarks) would stick out like a sore thumb.

Thanks for sharing.

Kevin Looker
Author:  Don Williams [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:48 pm ]
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Beautiful guitar!
Author:  Joe Sallis [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:21 am ]
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I also really like the neck laminates especially where they come into the heel block. I think I'll give it a go. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful guitar.
Author:  Beth Mayer [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:10 am ]
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Amazing work, Ken!
Author:  Ken C [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:07 pm ]
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Thanks again everyone! I appreciate all the wonderful compliments!

Kevin and Joe, yes, that dual lam is tricky as the lams have to be perfectly spaced along the sides of the heel. Not impossible, it just requires some care in designing and shaping. I do cheat, though, as I have my CNC machine mill the neck. But even then, I must have my stock glued up properly and set up dead center on the machine. I also have to ensure I get the mortise and tenon cut so the center of my heel aligns with the center of the back. I typically cut the tenon first, then with that done, I can lay out the mortise and cut it (I cut the mortise slot after the body is all done). Without those lams, the heel can be cheated a bit by reshaping, but with those lams fanning out, I can't shave more off one side or I expose more of the lam along that side. It's a very cool effect that I like a lot better than a single lam running up the center.

Ken
Author:  Parser [ Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:42 am ]
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Ken, that is stunning....great work!!

Trev
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