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Awww, c'mon, Lillian. Show us some pics. Hesh can take it!

Pat

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

Yup. Lollar Vintage Pickups.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

Its nice to have a copy of Photoshop. Judicious editing allows for Hesh-safe viewing.

My first run at a rosette.

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Aoibeann

This is my first bridge.
It is sitting on a baseball card box that is almost done. One slot for each MLB team. The box is for a client in New York. The bridge is for me. The guitar is awaiting final sanding between pore filling sessions. My first build.

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Pat,
The vise is the StewMac one. I got it 6 or 7 years ago. I use it a lot more than my Parrot vise.
Terry

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Thanks, Terence. I was just curious, since it's the StewMac red, but without the handwheel.

Pat

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

Lotsa really nice looking work being done by all of you. I don't have anything but a dirty, cluttered shop at the moment--but I did resaw two maple archtop back sets today on my friend's big bandsaw. They are in my dirty, cluttered shop tonight, acclimating.
Patrick

This is an electic I am working on, the one photo is in mock-up, the other is with finish on, curing, waiting to be buffed.
Mark

Man you all are talented people!!!! WOW!!

There is just too much to comment on but I do want to say that Lillian your rosette looks excellent!!!! And Stephen your first classical, box, and bridge also look killer!!!

You guys do great work!!!!

Maybe we all should get together and form a guitar f*ctory?

Spent a lot of time in the shop but it seems that I didn't get too much done.

Joined the top but haven't run it through the sander yet. In spite of my best efforts, the joints still aren't perfectly even. Got to work on that. Also, finally used a shooting board to joint and it made life way easier. (SB is in the background). Not too thrilled with the color on this soundboard, the supplier led me to believe they'd be better. This will be my first sitka topped bandura too.

Managed to nearly destroy my neck by chambering it with a cheap router too. I was using an upcut bit and it got sucked out of the collet. Once I got done shedding some weight (almost half a pound) I glued the neck to the rim, forgetting that I was going to glue the pinblock on first to make it easier to profile it.

My first guitar is still hanging waiting for the finish to cure, target USL. It's been about two weeks. I'm thinking I may level and buff soon so the finish isn't too too hard.

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I wish you guys would quit it! I have been working on the same two rosettes now for over a month, and keep having "issues". I'm so frustrated, I could spit! I cleaned out a nice 1mm groove around the #3 rosette, and tried to glue in a few lines of purfling to correct the chip out in the top, and for the second time, it has gaps in it where the purfling was, apparently, not seated in the slot as well as I thought. Looks like I may end up chiseling out a second rosette, and starting over. Maddening!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Lillian,

Looks great! Is that top perchance one of those from Gurian that Rick Davis gave to us at the meeting in Seattle?

Pat

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

Ah, no, not really. I sort of got it from Shane. Well I got it from Shane, but not as a top. It was what he shipped the good tops that I order in as protection. It has a bit of curl and some color streaking. Since it rang like a bell I couldn't just toss it. I decided to use it as my first. As a newbie, I thought it was cool of Shane to send a practice top along with the others.

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Aoibeann

A lot of cussing. Still working on my first and I'm at yet another one of those points where I have to do a lot of head scratching and questioning my mental stability. I'm getting to where I can see the finish line though. It's kinda like knowing Christmas is only a few days away and trying not to get excited. You just can't help it. Plus that means I'm that much closer to starting the second so the trash guys can get to see my first effort.

I also wet sanded my friend's bass...did you know when you color sand, youre not supposed to see any colors? Yup, I sanded through in a spot. I've color sanded entire cars and never sanded through. I mean paper that fine is not even as coarse as a paper towel. Of course it doesn't happen where the pick guard is going to live, noooooo. I'm going to see if i can fix it without starting over.

Darrin

Fitted the sides and glued the blocks on my Manzer wedge Small Jumbo, I probably get the kerf lining in today and top the Cocobolo 000. This cold weather makes me want to be in the workshop.
The glue bottle is not Glue-all but actually titebond I like the tip better on that bottle.





Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
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No photos for me, but I've been spending a great deal of time in the shop revamping my layout to create space, reworking some of the my dust collector drops and wiring a new 220v circuit for a new bandsaw I've got coming in the next couple of weeks.

Bill

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Almost there! Just need to wire the power transformer and run the heater wiring to the tubes.

I just finished leveling the bindings and am getting ready to rout the dovetails in the body on #6 and #7. #6 is Euro/Cuban and I'll have to add #7 in another post.

Tim

Here is #7. It is EIR/Sitka and is my first cutaway. This one really slowed me up with new tooling and figuring out all the new angles.

Tim

#7 is beautiful, Tim.

Well I have been gone a week I am sure the cats have had a field day. I have the IRW/ Addi burst to finish up and a Mahogany/Sitka to do and a repair/refinish job then I am not going to take any orders till I get 3 show guitars built. I am going to build a Jap Cherry and Redwood MJ with my yellow rose of Texas vine inlay on a Coco FB, one simple IRW and WRC OM and a Blackheart Sassafras with Addi SJ. I am not sure what trim and FB I will use with it yet probably Ziricote.

Well, I haven't shared anything for while, so here's what's on my bench. We're almost exactly halfway through them. There's 200 in total for a single order.

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John Watkins
CNC Guitar Parts

Nice pile of necks John, but I don't see no fingerboards! Whattup?

Mike Franks
www.mjfranksguitar.com

Here's what has been going on with me!

I designed a new headstock that i think I may finally stick with. I got some jigs to help with the tight bends in the purfling and my friend Steve cut the pearl for me. Plus I am finally using some of my ziricoco stash



I have a couple of guitars going in different steps. This is a photo of the insides of an experimental one. I made some ball joint flying buttresses that can be popped out at the waist and then shimmed inside the ball. I realize that the epoxied in buttresses should hold fine but I wanted a little ability to fine tune it. Plus I can pull them out and see what a guitar with a mini UTB brace sounds like. Here is a photo from the soundport.



Last is a rosette for a new guitar I am starting. It is redwood burl with curly maple and koa. It is a little rough sanded and shellac sealed but I reckon you will get the picture.



I am planning a few tutorials coming up too. I have been doing my solid linings a way i don't see anyone else doing and I may work one up for the bevelled cutaway if anyone is interested.

Thanks for looking!

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

Cool stuff Burton, I always enjoy seeing your work.

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/