12-fret 000. All-mahogany. Short scale. Hide glue. French polish. Flamed mahogany from Tom Thiel at Northwind Tonewoods.
Photograph by David Wren.
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| Author: | JSDenvir [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:00 am ] |
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12-fret 000. All-mahogany. Short scale. Hide glue. French polish. Flamed mahogany from Tom Thiel at Northwind Tonewoods. Photograph by David Wren. |
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| Author: | charlton [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:18 am ] |
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Awesome! Would be nice to see more photos. How are the new digs?  Charlton |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:21 am ] |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:47 am ] |
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My jaw just dropped, Steve! Is this a commission, or for yourself? Either way, someone will be very happy! ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations") Alex |
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| Author: | brazil66 [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:58 am ] |
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Very nice. |
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| Author: | JSDenvir [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:26 am ] |
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Alex, it's a commission, but it was pretty hard to let this one go. Charlton, the new shop is great. An oversized 2-car garage, insulated, heated and air conditioned. With an insulated plywood floor. I'm pretty much in heaven. Steve |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:48 am ] |
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Steve, it's beautiful! |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:58 am ] |
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Dear Lord! That is just gorgeous! |
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| Author: | Michaeldc [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:14 am ] |
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Beautiful! I'm assuming you bought more than one set of that gorgeous stuff..? I'd also like to see more pics. |
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:29 am ] |
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Just beautiful Steve! Can you give us more pics?
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:22 am ] |
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Nice! An awful lot nicer than my number 11... |
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| Author: | J De Rocher [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:43 am ] |
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Gorgeous guitar! That's a nice clean, elegant design and I didn't know mahogany could look like that. |
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:02 pm ] |
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Nice wood, nice guitar, nice picture! Is that a real reflection or some sort of Photoshop? |
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| Author: | Phil J [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:07 pm ] |
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That is GORGEOUS! |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:45 pm ] |
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Steve: That is a lovely guitar.....less is more and I do love that concept. Will have to book myself another therapy session..........I feel my inadequacy feelings coming back..........................!! Congrats. Tom |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:49 pm ] |
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I like that! Very classy. I've never made a Mahogany topped guitar. A guy is bugging me to do one. Few questions- What thickness did you wind up with for the top and why? What's the finish? What was your technique for making the bridge? Thanks--nice job! |
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| Author: | JSDenvir [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:28 pm ] |
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Hey Terrence, I'm not sure about top thickness. I work to deflection, and I treated this exactly as I would spruce. Finish is french polish Bridge technique was simple. 1. Pick up credit card. 2. Call Stewmac  Steve |
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| Author: | George L [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:59 pm ] |
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Beautiful work. That mahogany is as lovely as koa! More pics, please.
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:55 pm ] |
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Classy and elegant! Wow! |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:26 pm ] |
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I just made the Thiel connection. I have a pair of Thiel speakers that I bought in the early 80's. They still sound great! Alex |
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| Author: | JSDenvir [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:35 pm ] |
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pat macaluso wrote: Nice wood, nice guitar, nice picture! Is that a real reflection or some sort of Photoshop? Hi Pat, yes it's photoshop. Or some obscure variant. Steve |
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:58 pm ] |
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wow .. that's a great looking guitar Steve ... well done .. I remember seeing some of that stuff that Tom had at Woodstock a couple years back .. didn't buy any though, spent all my money on adi !!! |
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| Author: | JSDenvir [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:24 pm ] |
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Hey Tony, I was going back and forth with Tom today after sending him a picture of the guitar. He'll be at ASIA with more from this tree. I have another back and side set, but I think I'm gonna need a top. I want to make another one of these. I was thrilled with the way this one worked out. |
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| Author: | pdolan [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:41 pm ] |
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Beautiful. |
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| Author: | patch [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:55 pm ] |
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absolutely beautiful! i'd love to see more photos too. never seen mahogany like that! i've been interested in an all mahogany guitar. how would you compare this to a similar build with a spruce top? |
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