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| Author: | Bill N [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:42 am ] |
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Before sanding again and shooting more lacquer I took a few photos of the guitar so far... The bridge is just put in place with a piece of sticky tape but this way you can see it in the context of the rest of the guitar. 
Thanks to everyone for all the terrific advice...I hope I don't screw it up :) |
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| Author: | Bill Greene [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:05 am ] |
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Bill that is just incredible, really. Obviously your inlay is impressive, but the guitar itself looks amazing. I think someone else said it best: you may be "new" to guitar building, but you are clearly no stranger to high-quality woodworking. Beautiful work. Can't wait to see the final results. When you have time, I'd love to see a closeup of that fretboard extension, where the leaf is on half of it, and the other half of the leaf is on the guitar.  |
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| Author: | BruceH [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:08 am ] |
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Wow! Looks great. I really like the leaf inlays.
Do you have any close-up shots? Thanks. |
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| Author: | old man [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:18 am ] |
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Wooooowwwww! Magnificient work. I really love the leaves. I, too, would like a close up of the FB extension.
Ron |
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| Author: | Bill N [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:37 am ] |
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here is a close up of the fretboard extension. of course the neck is not really attached to the guitar yet...it's just sitting in place right now. 
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| Author: | Bobc [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:39 am ] |
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Beautiful! Just beautiful! |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:55 am ] |
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Now that's a guitar I'd be proud to own, or even more to have made. It's gorgeous. |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:57 am ] |
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Looks great! I think you have a winner. |
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| Author: | Philip Perdue [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:55 am ] |
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Beautiful work! You have really carried out the theme well. I also like the look of the bound peghead with overlay on both sides. Philip |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:08 am ] |
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Wow, she's a beauty! And ironically, the inlay scheme is very similar to one I sketched out quite a while back, just featuring maple leaves instead of oak. |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:49 am ] |
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Man,What a cool guitar.Very fine work Bill 
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| Author: | Bill N [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:31 am ] |
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thanks.. it's funny you should mention the Winter guitar. I just received the wood for it from Steve at Colonial Tonewoods. It's going to be Carpathian Spruce on Curly Afican Mahogany. I'm still comtemplating the inlay design. |
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:17 pm ] |
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that sure is a pretty guitar. I think the entire instrument carries the autumn theme nicely. John |
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| Author: | Robbie O'Brien [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:34 pm ] |
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WOW!!!!
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| Author: | Lars Rasmussen [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:41 pm ] |
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Wow, thats some nice inlay on beautiful guitar! Are those inlays different types of wood or are they colored? |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:05 pm ] |
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Bill, that's a really nicely designed and excecuted instrument! That stand is interesting. Did you make it, too? If so, how about a shot of that as well? |
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| Author: | Bill N [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:22 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Lars Rasmussen] Wow, thats some nice inlay on beautiful guitar! Are those inlays different types of wood or are they colored? [/QUOTE] No Stains..just different woods. The leaves are Koa, Walnut, Padouk, Bloodwood and one other that I just can't remember right now. |
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| Author: | Bill N [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:23 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=CarltonM] Bill, that's a really nicely designed and excecuted instrument! That stand is interesting. Did you make it, too? If so, how about a shot of that as well?[/QUOTE] Yes the stand is mine also. I used to offer them on my web-site but they just take too darn long to make, so I discontinued them. |
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| Author: | EBarajas [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:08 pm ] |
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Wow!! |
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| Author: | BlueSpirit [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:41 pm ] |
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Absolutley Stunning work. I can almost believe the leaves will start falling right off the neck, while being replaced by another batch. Just beautiful!! |
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| Author: | Tom Dowey [ Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:24 pm ] |
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Unbelievable!! That is a great looking guitar. The inlay work is beautiful. Wow is right!! |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:11 am ] |
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That's incredible! In that closeup shot of the FB extension it looks like a real leaf just fell onto the guitar top. Excellent work! |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:08 am ] |
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I'd like to see a closeup of that headstock....nice wood! |
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| Author: | Shawn [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:36 am ] |
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Bill, Beautiful job, well executed. Todd's idea of 'Christmas Time is Here' as a song for the WInter guitar brought to mind what I think would be the perfect complement to the Autumn guitar which would be Eva Cassidy's arrangement of "Autumn Leaves"...a very haunting arrangement and very nice for a figurestyle guitar. Once you have the quartet of guitars done, if you had a song clip to go with each of your "seasonal" guitars and put them on a website, it would get alot of attention... |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:08 am ] |
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Very nice! I'm working on my own 'Season' series, and it's interesting to see the different ways people evoke the same things. My 'Autumn' guitar is a classical, although it's based loosely on a 12-fret 000, and the leaves had to be smaller to fit as purfling around the top. There ended up being about a thousand of them, 3.5mm square, with twenty pieces of side grain wood in each. My 'Winter' is an archtop, with the 'tuxedo' look; all maple, spruce and ebony, with white pearl for the inlays. I still have to make 'Spring' and 'Summer'. You can see them on my web site: http://www.alcarruthluthier.com under 'New Work'. I don't know how to post pics here. Maybe we ought to get all the 'season' collections togther sometime, at Newport or H'burg, or a GAL or ASIA meeting! |
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