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Here's my latest guitar, a cocoblo / Italian spruce steel string. Mahogany two piece neck, ebony fingerboard, bridge and appointments, finished with nitro over z-poxy. 645 mm scale, 400 mm wide lower bout.

It's got a nice, deep voice, but it's clear and distinct in the mids and trebles as well. To my ears it's probably my best sounding guitar to date, if I may be so bold! Hopefully it will mature into an even richer sounding instrument over time.















Thanks for looking!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

That's lovely, Arnt!
Classic European styling, and what appears to be flawless craftsmanship.
As usual, it's a treat to see one of your instruments.
Thanks for posting,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

I really love the style of this one. What a nice looking guitar. Thanks for the pics!

Arnt,

Lovely instrument - very tasteful and full of class. Beautiful craftmanship as usual. Any chance of a soundclip?

How thin did you take the cocobolo back and sides down to?

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

beautiful and yet somehow subtle. I love it!

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Arnt ! It's very pretty...but what a tease to not show us the back!

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Only badly."

Really, really nice, Arnt. Squeaky clean! Only in looks, hopefully, not squeaky when played!

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Beautiful, Arnt. You should be proud! The simple design elements work very well together.

Pat

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

That is so tasteful and restrained. You really should take more drugs.

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

Very nice Arnt... I am still chuckling at Howard's comment...

Anymore images of the back?

Andrew

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Hibdon Hardwood, Inc.
http://www.hibdonhardwood.com
1410 N. Broadway
Saint Louis, Missouri 63102
314.621.7711

Arnt, that is a beauty!
I love the rosette!

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WOW incredible beautiful !! I also would like to see some more photos . I saw saw the barritone you made at another post, and this one has the same wonderful lines and beauty.

Lars

Good stuff Arnt. It's the look I always strive for and you captured it in spades.
Terry

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

A perky looking guitar, Arnt!

It really looks like it could be incredibly light and wonderful to play.

Beautiful!

Great stuff Arnt! Keep up the good work.

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Matt Jacobs

"Don't tase me bro"

Nydelig!! Extremely nice and clean as always Arnt, so give us a shot of that back! Is the top from rivolta? Gotta get my ass up there and visit you someday! My best friends girlfriend is going to the music conservatory now, so it might be soon!

just beautiful. i too love the simplicity. glad to hear that it sounds as good as the execution.
phil

Arnt, that is one truly elegant guitar. I would be very proud to have made that, just my type of instrument.

Colin

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Outstanding Arnt!!
Very tasteful!
Of course you always do great work!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Absolutely stunning. Beautiful work!

Chuck

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Thanks everybody, you are most kind!

The back... I'm delivering the instrument tomorrow, and my good camera is unfortunately MIA. The pictures in the first post were taken in a hurry today at work with an old camera, and for the life of me I couldn't get a good picture of the back. Here is a couple that were taken during construction that will have to do.

First, one that shows how it looked with freshly scraped bindings...


And this one was taken during finishing (sorry about the reflections)


Dave: My notebook says the back was 2 mm before it was glued on.

Howard: No comment!

Lars (skinnysteel): This instrument is indeed intended to be a sibling to the instrument I believe you are referring to (although it was a guitar bouzouki, not a baritone. Close enough!), and was commissioned by http://www.andreasaase.com/, the fellow who owns the ‘zouk.

Lars Rasmussen: Yes, this top is from a bunch that I got from Rivolta back in 2004. There is a bit more runout than I like to see in some of them so I probably won’t use them all, but generally they are very nice. You know you have a standing invitation to my shop.

Thanks again folks, you make my day!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

That's beautiful!

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

This is exactly what I love to see in a guitar too - tasteful, restrained, makes you want to pull the shades, not answer the phone, and chow down on some fresh baked cookies.......

Superb, classy, HOT - great guitar Arnt my friend!

Very Elegant guitar Arnt! I really like everything about it .
Great Job as always!!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Arnt,

When I see you announcing new work, my interest goes up. Very tasteful, as always. Keep it up.

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Kent

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