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Ken C

Post subject: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:59 pm

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First name: Kenneth
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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

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Trevor Gore

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:44 pm

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Last Name: Gore
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Nice guitar, nice photography!

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:45 pm

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First name: Chris
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State: Kansas
Country: Good old US of A
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Ain't that the purtiest thang!

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Robbie_McD

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: 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!

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Ken McKay

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:40 pm

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Location: Traverse City Michigan

Nice work! Beautiful fiddle

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Ken

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johnparchem

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:56 pm

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First name: John
Last Name: Parchem
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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.

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dzsmith

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:02 pm

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Dang and yehaw!
Man, that is a nice one!

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timoM

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:38 pm

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First name: tim
Last Name: minkkinen
City: charlotte
State: nC
Zip/Postal Code: 28203
Country: united States
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Status: Amateur

Beautiful work. Details are real tight. Bravo! T

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mkellyvrod

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:53 pm

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Last Name: Kelly
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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

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Kamusur

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:55 pm

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First name: Steve
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Very nice attention to those little details, and love the finish well done.

Steve

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flounder

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: 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:

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Colin North

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:42 am

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Nice one Kenneth, classy!

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sdsollod

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:46 am

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That is beautiful Ken! Nice job! [clap]

...Love that purfling. Can you tell us anything about it?

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Goodin

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:27 pm

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Good job Ken! Your work is inspirational! Very clean, and soothing aesthetics.

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Quine

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:36 pm

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You sure made post 1000 a good one

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WaddyThomson

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:55 pm

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Oh, I thought it was guitar 1000!

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Ken C

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:50 pm

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First name: Kenneth
Last Name: Casper
City: Northville
State: MI
Country: U.S.A
Focus: Build

Thanks everyone! Customer is extremely happy with it

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

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klooker

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: 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

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Don Williams

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:48 pm

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Beautiful guitar!

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Joe Sallis

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: 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.

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Beth Mayer

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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:10 am

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Amazing work, Ken!

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Ken C

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:07 pm

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Location: SE Michigan
First name: Kenneth
Last Name: Casper
City: Northville
State: MI
Country: U.S.A
Focus: Build

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

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Parser

Post subject: Re: Posting #1000!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:42 am

Koa

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Status: Semi-pro

Ken, that is stunning....great work!!

Trev

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