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Author:  sdsollod [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:57 pm ]
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I working on my next build... Keeping it simple.
Author:  J De Rocher [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:57 pm ]
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It's time to carve the neck on the latest:

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Author:  Michaeldc [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:26 pm ]
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I've got a neck to buff out tomorrow at which point I can do final setup on the last guitar on the shelf of ufo's. After that I get to build what ever I want for the next couple. Yay me!

Additional: I forgot about yesterday. Guitar body octave mando neck carve...
Author:  Michaeldc [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:28 pm ]
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sdsollod wrote:
I working on my next build... Keeping it simple.


What's that material in the rosette? I like it!
Author:  jfmckenna [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:33 pm ]
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Michaeldc wrote:
sdsollod wrote:
I working on my next build... Keeping it simple.


What's that material in the rosette? I like it!


Ditto!
Author:  GCote [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:34 pm ]
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Looks like palm wood
Author:  Freeman [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:44 pm ]
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Fixing sunbursts - !953 Guild X-175 getting frets, 1961 Gibson J-45 needs a bridge, an Epi AJ with a broken head, an Epi LP with a broken head, and a funkly 1938 or 9 Regal "cowboy" guitar that needs..... a lot of love.

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Also building a tele clone, but nothing special about that

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Author:  Michaeldc [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:51 pm ]
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Freeman wrote:
Fixing sunbursts - !953 Guild X-175 getting frets, 1961 Gibson J-45 needs a bridge, an Epi AJ with a broken head, an Epi LP with a broken head, and a funkly 1938 or 9 Regal "cowboy" guitar that needs..... a lot of love.

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Also building a tele clone, but nothing special about that

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So not much happening then?!

Sweet looking clone!
Author:  DanKirkland [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:37 pm ]
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Getting some tooling ordered for my first build. Selecting woods and such (maple or sapele?). Also getting my setlist polished up to open a concert for Phil Keaggy tomorrow.

Also got a few interesting repairs going at work, nothing crazy. Just a guy that decided to level his own frets with a mill file. He failed, fun times haha!
Author:  sdsollod [ Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:21 pm ]
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Wow. Cool to open for Phil Keaggy. You must be very good.

The rosette above is end grain of black palm. I tried to arrange the pieces to make it denser dots on one side and a little sparser on the other.
Author:  Pmaj7 [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:53 am ]
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I usually have a couple guitars in for fret level and setup, but now I've got eight! I just got ultra low action on a larrivee. I thought it was because of the compound radius, but I just got the same on a Gibson with 12", so I must be doing something right. As soon as I get these done I can start on a commissioned concert Uke.

Dan, good call. It's always best to play BEFORE Phil Keaggy!

Steve, slick black palm. Actually I sensed the shading but my eyes just told me it was the lighting. Good work!

New username, same ole Pat Macaluso!
Author:  SteveSmith [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:38 am ]
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Adi & Honduran rosewood dred ready for finish. Based on a bracing plan of a '37 D (28?) from John Arnold.

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Author:  George L [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:16 pm ]
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I've been busy devising the super-ultimate adjustable workboard:

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And foraging for mushrooms in our local forests:

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Author:  Michaeldc [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:30 pm ]
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Chanterelles!! Yum!!
Author:  jfmckenna [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:07 pm ]
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Wow it's way to late in the season now here in Virginia for chantrelles. I love them though!
Author:  Colin North [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:22 pm ]
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George L wrote:
I've been busy devising the super-ultimate adjustable workboard:

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Been thinking about the same thing recently.
Please let us know how that goes - maybe a tutorial?
Author:  Colin North [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:30 pm ]
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I'm just doing my 3rd fret job and setup this week.
First a Martin D-1GT, then an Epiphone LP, now a sweet little Martin 00-18 SH, #231 of 250.
Author:  Terence Kennedy [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:56 pm ]
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I have a BZ/Adi dred and double side Mahogany/Sitka OM going. BZ/Adi 000 12F should be back from finish next week. Couple of repairs waiting.

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Author:  johnparchem [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:15 pm ]
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I FINALLY delivered this guitar today to a young musician and great guitarist.
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I finished the top with post catalyzed Royal Lac sprayed on top of a shellac wash coat. It took a bit as I did not like how the first top was reacting to the load and retopped it.

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On my bench is a pair of soprano ukuleles that I am making for a couple of very young identical twins, commissioned by their parents. These ukuleles are made from tops and components I grabbed from the classified section on this site.

Here are the kitted parts. They both will have figured Koa bindings.

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I am ready to close them up but I want to glue in the label first and need to ask the parents if they have a preference about who gets what.

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Author:  Haans [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:38 pm ]
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Looks like a bunch of nice traditionals. Terry, looks like the BRW bent well...
John, nice lookin' 9 string...back is?
I have been doing my usual drooling, wishing, remembering and got a steroid shot in the adz today so I could breathe easier.
Author:  johnparchem [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:42 pm ]
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Haans wrote:
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John, nice lookin' 7 string...back is? ...


Thanks It is an 8 string crossover! The back and side are bocote also bought on this site. The fretboard is rocklite sundari. I really liked this product.
Author:  Terence Kennedy [ Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:50 pm ]
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Haans wrote:
Looks like a bunch of nice traditionals. Terry, looks like the BRW bent well...
John, nice lookin' 9 string...back is?
I have been doing my usual drooling, wishing, remembering and got a steroid shot in the adz today so I could breathe easier.


It bent just fine Hans. It will be beautiful. Would have preferred using it on a smaller instrument but couldn’t talk the customer out of a dred :)
Author:  jfmckenna [ Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:21 am ]
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Thumbing through some real nice BRW sets for a couple up coming projects.

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Author:  Haans [ Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:51 am ]
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Not seeing that well anymore...counted 7 the first time...should have just counted tuners.
Author:  CarlD [ Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:56 am ]
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Sitting in a hotel room in Reno, evacuated from our place because of the Camp Fire. The whole town of Paradise on the next ridge over is gone. We held out for a time but was running out of gas for the generator so we put 5 of the guitars in the van, some clothes and vital papers and left.

The perimeter is about 3 miles away from the place and the wind is blowing toward the fire, so we're hoping for the best. Had to buy a new computer to get back online.
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