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Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:14 am ]
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BobC was kind enough to ask for a few more pics of this guitar. Of course, he has a vested interest, having supplied most of the wood. So if you weary of this, take it up with the Zootman....

First, the back, showing the Bloodwood center stripe which Bob supplied (well at least the black / Bloodwood / black purfling). Sorry that the shot is fuzzy:





Next a shot of the top, which is striped Engelmann from Larry Stamm of British Columbia:






A close-up of the rosette, which has been painted with super glue to stabilize it:





Finally a shot of the side. It will also have Bloodwood bindings, with blk/Bloodwood/blk side purflings to match the center stripe.




You can see the little beetle holes all over the guitar needing to be filled. I can advertise this as already having been attacked by bugs, so no worries for the future.

Thanks mucho for looking,

Steve
Author:  LanceK [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:32 am ]
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So so cool!
Thanks Steve! I love the rosette!
Author:  JJ Donohue [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:00 am ]
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Gorgeous! What a unique appearance. Thanks for posting, Steve!
Author:  Shane Neifer [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:11 am ]
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That looks GREAT Steve. I just cut up a few of them Larry Stamm Engelmann billets. Not stripy like yours though.. That white back with those red slashes through it and the back stripe sure looks nice.

Just awesome!

Shane
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:53 pm ]
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Shucks, guys, I'm turning as red as the rosette. Thanks for your kindness!

To be fair, the praise goes to our own BobC. It was on his web site that I first saw the Am. maple, and he showed it trimmed in that Bloodwood combo. In fact, I'm simply immitating his efforts. Even the rosette material came from him.

Oh yes, there was enough of the rosette stock left over to cut a tail wedge. It's not inlayed yet, but let me include a shot showing the idea. I normally like to keep the tail wedge the same material as the binding, but I just couldn't pass this up:





Thanks again,

Steve
Author:  BlueSpirit [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:24 pm ]
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Steve,
That is one beautiful piece of work. The rosette and tail wedge are just gorgeous. What did you paint them with?
Author:  old man [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:30 pm ]
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Absolutely beautiful!! Can't wait to see it finished.



Ron
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:04 pm ]
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[QUOTE=BlueSpirit] Steve,
That is one beautiful piece of work. The rosette and tail wedge are just gorgeous. What did you paint them with?[/QUOTE]

They are "painted" with a thin coat of super glue. I did this when carving the top braces, and noticed that a bit of the rosette was starting to erode (!) due to the handling. Some of that spalt is just SO soft.
The CA was wiped on to help solidify the remaining wood.
It sort of makes the color / figure jump out, doesn't it?

Steve
Author:  Mark Swanson [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:27 pm ]
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That is going to be a really unique guitar, Steve! it looks great.
I built an electric out of that wood. You can see it on my website, on the electric guitar page, it's the first one.
Author:  Bobc [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:53 pm ]
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Steve now your making me blush. Thanks for the kind words but it's your skill and imagination that is turning this set of ambrosia into one beautiful and unique guitar.
Author:  Skip Beach [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:07 pm ]
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That's very cool & unusual looking Steve. I really like the different mix of woods - especially the spalted rosette! I can't wait to see how the finish effects the different materials. GREAT job - both in concept & execution.

Skip
Author:  Brian Hawkins [ Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:51 pm ]
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Steve,
That is one BEAUTIFUL piece of work!! Very nice wood selection. What will you bind it with?
Author:  chmood [ Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:01 am ]
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Steve, that really IS one amazing-looking guitar you've got going on!
For all the credit due to Bob, he's right: it's YOU who's turning out this fine
instrument

How are you planning to fill the bug-holes? Enough of that bloodwood to
dowel them?
Author:  Don A [ Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:17 am ]
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Steve, you cleated all the holes didn't you? I think I would leave the holes for their uniqueness and drop fill before finish. This is going to be an amazing guitar. I also bought some of this from the zootman, but after seeing your work, I think I'll leave it in the back of the wood stash for at least 10 years.    
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:24 pm ]
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Ok, you guys are really nice. I appreciate your generous praise. Let's see--
Brian: I'll use more of the same. I mean same as the back stripe, so it'll have Bloodwood bindings with blk / Bloodwood / blk purfling on the sides and back.

Charlie and Don-- yes, the holes were cleated on the inside, and the idea was to fill the outside with some black superglue. Or something like that. My thinking was like yours, to go ahead and accentuate the holes, and make them a design feature. But Don, take your wood out from the stash and go ahead and work it. It bends easily, and looks undeniably cool. Plus, it's odd enough that it might take some time to find a customer....

Thanks guys,

Steve
Author:  John Kinnaird [ Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:25 pm ]
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Hey
That is going to be a beautiful guitar. I wanted to sing your praises and in the process bump this work of art to the head of the class one more time.

KBE
Author:  tl507362 [ Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:30 am ]
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Very nice! I'd say this guitar should be in the EYE CANDY section of the next issue of Asia's Guitar Maker Magazine. I think everyone here would agree. Thanks for sharing!
Tracy
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:14 am ]
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Tracy, that's very kind of you, but that's assuming it would be done in time.

Probably isn't going to be....

Steve
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