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Ruby50

Post subject: Ladder braced oak

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:28 pm

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First name: Ed
Last Name: Minch
City: Chestertown
State: MD
Zip/Postal Code: 21620
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Just finished an oak + red spruce, ladder brace, 12 fret, J-185. It is my attempt at a fancy guitar based on some of the work that Gibson did on guitars and banjos in the 20's and 30's. It was a lot of fun and I was able to involve a couple of local craftspeople. By the way, did you know a banjo is a guitar whose parents were first cousins?

The oak and red spruce will take a while to open up, but for now it has that ladder braced sound with a bit less sustain and a bluesy sound.

Here is the guitar:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/20982107379/in/album-72157649776959267/

And for those of you who haven't seen this sort of thing enough times, here is the whole thing:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/16542043212/in/album-72157649776959267/

Ed

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Alex Kleon

Post subject: Re: Ladder braced oak

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:05 pm

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First name: Alex
Last Name: Kleon
City: Whitby
State: Ontario
Zip/Postal Code: L1N8X2
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Sweet! The oak neck looks awesome!

Alex

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Greg B

Post subject: Re: Ladder braced oak

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:43 pm

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First name: Greg
Last Name: B
City: Los Angeles
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Wow! That's lovely, and it took some guts.

Love the sparkle purflings/rosette and the scrimshawed MOTS. The oak looks great as well.

I'm sure the sound will open up. FWIW I prefer ladder braced guitars with medium or a bit thicker strings, but I'm sure it depends...

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Colin North

Post subject: Re: Ladder braced oak

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:47 am

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Last Name: north
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Spectacular!

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JSDenvir

Post subject: Re: Ladder braced oak

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:11 am

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First name: Steve
Last Name: Denvir
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Nice. And I particularly like your banjo line :-)

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Ruby50

Post subject: Re: Ladder braced oak

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:18 pm

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Thanks all. I had more fun than ever on it

Ed

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