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Ha...good good for you, Danny! Err, I mean good for your friend! Using wood of an origin other than a luthier supply to build with does add a bit of intrigue IMO.

Looks nice, John. As many here know, guitar and boats go together well in my shop!

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Hey Todd, nice size 2. Do you have any close-ups of your joint at the junction of the binding and end graft? I've always found it difficult to get that really clean looking with light colored binding.

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Please excuse the gloat, but my wife was not impressed.

I went to my wood boutique & picked up some 8/4 Cocobolo. Not the most exciting grain but very straight & minimal runout for Cocobolo, IMO. Plan to slice it up this week.

These are 8-1/4" wide.

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flooding! lots of it! i´ll have to clean up the shop, dry it, try to save the freaking tools that go rusty with everything that´s not the sahara, assess if the wood did not get too wet, build a new solera, try to savage a gobar deck... well, all good fun! you guys please go on with that annoying guitar-building part of lutherie, i´ll stick with a shovel and a mop!

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Nice joints Todd. I always felt that T'ing the purfling at the end graft looked like a guy was too lazy to miter it or forgot to put his little riser for the binding routing jig in place (as I just did last week) but that actually looks pretty darn good. Nice job!

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Here's the guitar I posted earlier in this thread ... with French Polish, strings ... and the pickguard that ate New York city. Sort of a cow-punk Roy-Rogers-abducted-by-aliens design aesthetic. Lots of fun to mess with retro design elements!

david wren- one of the coolest steel stringers i've seen in here!

That's absolutely stunning, David! Congrats!

Thanks guys!

Bold and Beautiful David. And also, what about that binding?

Thanks again for the encouraging words guys. That binding is just the "rope" binding from LMI.

Strung this one up last week, glued down the FB extension on Friday. Small body, big sound, loud but full and clear, name Opus. This is the first one I've built that was what "I" wanted to build. I worked on the shape over the last two years, starting with an L-00. 12-fret, 24.9 scale, cocobolo/Lutz, Waverlys, double-X top, x-braced back. Brushed Behlen's Rockhard Tabletop Varnish, which sadly is no more.











Pat

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Really love the body shape on that one Pat ... and the front and back of the peghead just kills me ... gorgeous!

Wow David and Pat! Both really beautiful instruments. New workshop has the electrical all run, the double door hung, and tomorrow the insulation is sprayed. Monday the mini split HVAC system goes in. Should have tools in by Thanksgiving.

Finally got my new Mac ebony telecaster up and twanging. Next up, a similar guitar: a Euro spruce/padauk Hauser copy

I'm just flabbergasted! Fabulous work!

This definitely deserves a thread of its own!

That is beautiful. I love it. I only question the Fender logo on the back...

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The next few weeks will be busy . I have 4 conversions in the shop. All 60's era D 28's that will be converted to 1937 era specs. 2 D 28'a and one a D45. Another is to be a 12 strings 42 . This is unique. All the purflings and rosettes will be to pre war period. I will post a link to the documentation of the work.

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Just finished putting the rosette in #14. Redwood top, BRW B&S, Snakewood accents. New bracing pattern.

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Ha, credit where credit is due... I think the Telecaster is easily one of the greatest guitar designs of all time. Whenever I make one I am happy to put a few dollars in their coffers for the privilege so I always use all Fender hardware.

Please do... I've got a 60's D-35 in the shop that has seen better days and I'm not quite sure what to do with it yet.

...yep, on the line just below the one that says "stratocaster"

i'd love to try out (playing) a solid rosewood guitar. that thing looks so neat !

+1 on the Strat cred