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Ruby50
 Post subject: my fourth
PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:15 pm 
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First name: Ed
Last Name: Minch
City: Chestertown
State: MD
Zip/Postal Code: 21620
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur
I finally got my next guitar back from the finisher. I never
had tendinitis before I French Polished my first guitar about
1-1/2 years ago, and it got worse with subsequent guitars,
so I decided to pay a pro to spray this with nitrocellulose
lacquer. Looks very nice.

It really sounds very bright with a lot of volume. Right
now its sounds about what I was hoping for with the Osage
Orange. Still adjusting the action, but I
got it pretty close the first time.

Here are shots of the guitar:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/ ... 884410045/

And here is the whole process which you have seen a million times - you should only
attempt this if you have some time and are really interested -
warning - blowhard at work:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/ ... 029319394/

I wish I could take a reasonable sound recording.

g'day

Ed Minch
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jack
 Post subject: Re: my fourth
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nice looking guitar...
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meddlingfool
 Post subject: Re: my fourth
PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:38 pm 
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First name: Ed
Last Name: Bond
City: Nanaimo
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Professional
Nice clean work!
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jfmckenna
 Post subject: Re: my fourth
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Nice size and shape I like it. Osage looks great too I've never worked with that stuff before.
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Lonnie J Barber
 Post subject: Re: my fourth
PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:19 pm 
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First name: Lonnie
Last Name: Barber
City: Manchester
State: Tennessee
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Very nice I've never seen Osage. Sounds like an Oklahoma wood.


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Ruby50
 Post subject: Re: my fourth
PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:27 pm 
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It's an all-over wood that is not native AFAIK. Here in MD it is used for hedgerows so it does not grow big or straight, so I got this wood from Wisconsin. Really good to work with.

Ed
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Kamusur
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City: Mangrove Mountain
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Zip/Postal Code: 2250
Country: Australia
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Very nice guitar Ed. We only get to read about O,Or down here never get to see it much.

Steve
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Beth Mayer
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:09 pm 
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Very pretty, Ed. I love the V at the volute and the way you did the back of your headstock. I lived in WI all my life and never heard of Osage Orange trees growing there! Congrats.
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Quine
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Tasty looking guitar
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Clay S.
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Hi Ed,
That is a lovely guitar. The pattern is a little different than the typical LG2-3/4 (more like an L0 ?) but I think it looks quite nice.
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