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Fred Tellier
PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2015 8:09 am 
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My latest project completed, lots of photos.

African Blackwood back and sides
Engelmann spruce top
Ebony binding fingerboard and arm rest
Small jumbo body with Manzer wedge
Curly Maple laminated neck
Blackwood peg head overlay

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ernie
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C/est tres beau monsieur fred , j/aime
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Chris Pile
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Sweetness, Fred! Well done.

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Todd Rose
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Great looking guitar, Fred! Wish I could try it out.

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Shades of black! I'm with Todd, looks like one I would like to pick up and play.

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Bryan Bear
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That is just beautiful. I love the maple neck on the blackwood!

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Beauty Fred! No scrimping on the wood with that one eh.
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Lookin' good Fred.
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Beautiful! Wish I could play it.
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Holy Cow Fred thats beautiful.

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Alex Kleon
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The light and dark play beautifully together! Another great looking guitar, Fred!

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[clap] [clap] [clap] Has it all. What a finish!
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Fred Tellier
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Thanks for the kind comments, I can only take credit for the work, the wood choices are all the clients vision for the guitar. I did a Quilt maple guitar for him last year that was the same kind of black and white theme.

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I think I've run out of superlatives with this one Fred.
Excellent job.

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Another outstanding guitar !!! Your workmanship is just beautiful

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Beautiful Fred
I especially like how you embedded your picture in the back:)
Seriously... I love the black theme. After seeing this I am definitely building a black Johnny Cash Dread some day.

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Fantastic, Fred!
The blackwwod and maple are a perfect combination.

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Beautiful, Fred! I really like the neck. I'd love to hear that one!
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Nice work. Congrats.


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Elegant and well executed. I salute you!

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All I can say is "Dang!"

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Very beautiful!

What scale length and tuning did you choose?
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That's a beauty, Fred! Nice work. [clap] [clap] [clap]

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What scale length and tuning did you choose?


28" scale length and will be tuned with a low of A on the base string, presently in standard tuning from A to a. The client may go a bit higher but with the .070 to .016 string set it will I think feel somewhat stiff to play. I built a similar guitar that the client uses normal heavy gauge strings and plays with B or C on the bass I built his guitar with ability to capo into standard tuning as he does a fingerstyle singer songwriter thing so one guitar gives him many options. I loved that guitar tuned CGCFGC before I delivered it DADGAD one full step lower.

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Fred, You do absolutely beautiful work!

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