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I built this one for an old friend. He plays in a couple bands so it will be fun to see this one getting played in the wild.

Adirondack spruce top
Indian rosewood back, sides, and bridge
Mahogany neck (stained)
Cocobolo binding, back strip, and rosette
Macassar ebony fretboard
K&K Pure Mini pickup

I'm happy with how it sounds and plays

Now it's back to working on my 2016 Challenge guitar.....

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Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right - Robert Hunter

Nice!

Well done, Jay!

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

Nice. Cool looking cutout design.

That looks really sharp. I like the coco ill with the rosewood.

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

Very nice Jay. I especially like the originality of design in the bridge and headstock.

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Brad Hall
Mystic Dawg Guitars

Nice one Jay!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Lots to like about that one!

Really, really nice! I love what you did at the tail.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

That's a beauty Jay. And you'll get to see it on stage, what a thrill that must be

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Wow. I'm impressed. Beautiful combination of colors in the woods. I'll bet it sounds great too.


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"It is easier to fool a man, than it is to convince him that he has been fooled"
Mark Twain

Outstanding, I especially like the end graft and the wood combination

Very nice! The rosewood and coco is a nice combination. ...unusual headstock.

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Nice looking guitar! I like the cocobolo bindings and your head stock design.

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http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com

Thanks a lot for the comments, everyone. They're much appreciated. This is the second guitar I've built with the combination of cocobolo binding and Indian rosewood. I like the look a lot.

The headstock is design is my take on the snakehead type headstock shape which I've always liked and it's intended to give something close to straight string pull.

This was my first time staining a neck and I'm happy with how it came out, although sanding the finish was a pretty tense time because I most definitely did not want to sand through the stain. I tested three different colors of Behlen stains and went with the Hickory color. Three applications gave a color and darkness that are a pretty close match to the rosewood (except on the end grain of the heel which came out significantly darker, but that's fine).

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Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right - Robert Hunter

Very, very nice. I especially like the headstock...! Nice aesthetics all around.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Nice J.
Beautiful woods & work.

Mike

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Mike Collins

I recorded a clip on my iphone of me playing it so here's an idea of how it sounds, in the absence of a good microphone.

I apologize in advance for my playing and my knees....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Quxf--5mo&feature=youtu.be

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Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right - Robert Hunter

very sweet combination of colors
I also really like the headstock