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Doug Balzer
 Post subject: #10 BRW/Adi
PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:17 pm 
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#10 is in the books. BRW / Adi, curly maple binding. Engraved Waverly tuners. Buffalo horn nut and bridge. Now that the photo shoot is done (thanks to my son Jason) I'll be installing a LR Baggs Anthem pickup for its new owner. Double sides - 0.06" BRW & 0.04" Mahogany. This is my first BRW guitar and man oh man does it sound nice from the moment the strings are on. The owner also sprung for a custom Hoffee case.

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That's beautiful. I like the shape.


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Sweet looking guitar!

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Alex Kleon
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Just Beautiful, Doug! Great curves!

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Gorgeous guitar, looks very classy indeed.

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Bold design, well executed, just spectacular!


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That is really nice Doug, beautiful rosette and just plain well executed.

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Terence Kennedy
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I really like the inlet end graft. A butt joint with Maple is hard to get looking good.

Is that .060 purfling on the binding and end graft? The miters look great.

I didn't use BZ until #50 but it made me a believer as well.

Nice job!

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Nicely done. Very appealing...

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Beauty! Nice workmanship.


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Wow..lovely guitar doug ..


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I also like the mitred end graft...


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I also like the shape very much. I think the wide rosette is very appealing on this guitar, too. It's a beauty.


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That's one classy guitar! I love the shape. Superb craftsmanship. How does it sound?
Bravo. [clap] [clap]


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I like it... it's really tough to pull off a unique body shape that doesn't look odd or forced. To me yours looks quite graceful and natural... bravo!


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That shows real flair, Doug. Lovely work. Add another to the fans of your approach to the end graft. I'll be stealing that idea...or at least attempting to steal it. :-)

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That's a beauty!

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Terence Kennedy wrote:
I really like the inlet end graft. A butt joint with Maple is hard to get looking good.

Is that .060 purfling on the binding and end graft? The miters look great.

I didn't use BZ until #50 but it made me a believer as well.

Nice job!



Thanks Terence - The end graft mitre is an idea I stole from I-can't-remember-who. Yes the purfling is 0.06" B/W.

To others commenting on the body shape: I must give due credit to those who inspired the idea for this kind of shape: Michihiro Matsuda and Simon Fay. On my design both the neck and tail ends have a constant radius from left to right without flattening at the neck or tail block. This does make it a little more challenging to floss the neck-to-body joint perfectly but I've figured out how to do that without too much trouble.

Thanks for the kind words.

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Wow a real beauty! Love the binding and shape. That set of BRW is really nice. I love the darkness of it.

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Very nice indeed.

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Nice and clean. Good job!

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