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| Author: | Haans [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A 6 and Two 12's |
Here's a few I recently finished...     The 12's are one each Honduras and BRW. The BRW has a 25.34" scale, medium strings, and tuned to C#. The Honduras a 26.22" scale, .070-.015" cables and tuned to a B. The long scale Honduras is easily my favorite. ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")     Anyone ever see anything like this birdseye (?) in mahogany?    Thanks for lookin'! |
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| Author: | Dave Stewart [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Gorgeous Haans...soooo rich! |
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| Author: | coke_zero [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
So when are you shipping all 3 to me? I love smaller bodied 12 strings (as compared to dread/SJ/Jumbos) they look very classy and are very comfortable. Beautiful work indeed. |
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| Author: | Laurent Brondel [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Very nice and classy work, Haans. |
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| Author: | George L [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Well done! I'm inspired... and you have a nice interior design aesthetic as well. |
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| Author: | Jim_H [ Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Fantastic! And the top in the second picture... stunning! I love that look. Excellent photography skills too! Got any tips? |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Haans, you are the man. Superb looking guitars, all of them. |
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| Author: | Rick Cowan [ Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Haans, They are lovely! They have a wonderful vintage look about them. And I agree, the photography is excellent! Cheers Rick |
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| Author: | Haans [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Thanks folks! As far as photo tips, some of the important stuff is to use RAW, natural light, do a custom white balance if your camera has it, and use a tripod. If your lenses are fast enough you can hand hold as I did on these, but I bumped up the ISO to 400, dropped the lens to 5.6 from f8 or 11. Good enough for the web. |
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Haans, They are all really nice. I love the "old time" look. What are the bindings? Are they all ladder braced? Nitro? Brad |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Beautiful work as always Haans. The pics are pretty cool too! |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
You have a way with building those timeless classics. I really like the body shape on all of them. The hint of green in the back strip is a nice touch. So this is retirement? How many at a time did you put out when you were working?  What is the top purfling?Cheers, Danny |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Staggering, Haans! Immaculate work! ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations")
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| Author: | Lars Stahl [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Truly beautiful Haans. !! . Lars. |
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| Author: | Haans [ Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A 6 and Two 12's |
Thanks again folks! Brad, the binding is ivoroid with b/w/coco/b/w purflings. I'm replacing that with the new "dot and dash" Larson purfling. The 6 string is Larson X bracing and the 12's are a hybrid ladder/tone bar. The finishes are Nitro and I do the finishing. Danny, I've only been building guitars for about a year after a 37 year hiatus. As far as mandolins, I used to build about 6-8 a year, but I can't do that anymore as I have pretty bad neck arthritis that is directly attributable to carving tops and backs. I figure that once I get completely set for guitars, I'll be able to make somewhere around 5-10/year, depending on how I feel about being "retired", and the financials involved. Lars, if I had a last name like yours, I would certainly start copying Stahls!
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