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Here are some pics of #2. It is an OM with Mahogany with Lutz sound board. Bubinga binding with Orange Agate back head plate and rosette. I Used African Black Wood for the bridge and really like how that turned out. She sounds really sweet. We are in the process of moving, so sorry, no sound clips

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EddieLee

Great job Eddie! Love the rosette.

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

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That is beautiful!

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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.

Great looking guitar. Really impressive for a #2, especially the finish.

Kent

Amazing number two...

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

Beautiful job Eddielee. I really like the fact you didn't shy away from things like using purfling in the binding scheme, giving it a sound port, doing a great head stock with inlay, and a classy rosette. It looks like you might have even used radial purfling around the top plate.... and you pulled them all off beautifully !!!

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

I never get tired of looking at sweet guitars and that is sweeeeet! Backstrap looks great.

Cheers

Very nice... I'm not sure my 20th guitar had that kind of fit and finish

Very,very nice. That's an elegant guitar. The bubinga binding looks great against the mahogany and I like the headstock shape, the inlay, and the backstrap a lot. Is the purfling on the top also orange agate?

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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

I love it. There are half a dozen little design ideas there that I might steal. I am not telling you which. Those are my ideas now!

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

The top purfling is Brazilian Cherry. Bending that was the hardest part for me. I made a lot of those and lost most of them in bending. I am not really sure what the definition of "Radial" purfling is but I do not think this qualifies. If you look at the end of the purfling, the grain is vertical along the long dimension. I liked the look of that but it probably made bending it much harder.

Thanks again.

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EddieLee

Yes, that is radial purfling. I have yet to do it but I think most guys just make the strips but don't bend. They leave a channel in the binding arrangement with a nylon strip, the same as you do for abalone. Then pull the nylon out after the glue is set up and install the radial stuff by just working pieces in the same as you do with abalone, but... yours came out great so you can't argue with the way you did it. Great Job!!!

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Joe, That might be the easier way to do it.

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EddieLee

Looks like a beauty

That's a beautiful guitar.


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That's downright inspiring, is what I say!

Super job!

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"