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I sent a few pics over to BobC today, to let him know that some of the wood he sends me doesn't just end up as sawdust....thought I might as well post them here too!

This one is an SJC model in cocobolo with curly eucalyptus binding and an Italian spruce top. The rosette is green ab, and the soundhole is bound in ebony.










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Nice! You did that Zootman wood proud!

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Russ, very orginal shape, great job!
Love the bridge!

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Love that shape, very sensual...   Gorgeous guitar. The cocobolo, eucaliptus and abalone complement themselves superbly! Outstanding! Keep'em coming Russ.

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Russ, awesome design, superb bridge and combination of wood on the entire guitar, sensual and refined are the words that come to mind! Great job sir!


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Beautiful!!!
Awesome bridge and cutaway

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Very nice!!!!

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I like it! Interesting design and great workmanship! Are you rich and famous yet?


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Wow, that is beyond really nice, awesome!

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cool bridge. John W does great work with that cnc eh?

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That is just drop dead gorgeous - shape, materials combination....
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Russ, that's a very beautiful instrument. The level of craftsmanship is
impeccable. I just can't believe what I see on this forum almost every day.
It's humbling. I want to know more about how it's braced, how it sounds,
and what your method of voicing/tuning is. Other than its obvious
beauty, what's your goal/reason for the asymetric bridge?
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Really cool guitar, Russ. I love the shape. I wanna play that baby.

I got some of that curly eucalyptus binding from Bob, too. I haven't used it yet - it's nice to see it on a guitar. Great stuff.

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Since a few people are asking about this, I will clarify a bit as to how this goes together.

The bridge itself is in ebony, and the shape is something I modeled in 3-D software. It took a bit of tweaking to get this to fit in an average sized bridge blank!

As John Mayes pointed out, I am smart/lazy enough to have John W. CNC machine the bridges for me, and he does an excellent job!

The bridge design is fundamentally based on the pinless bridge of Steve Klein. The shape is a more "organic" development of the Klein shape, and is quite similar (I found out afterward...great minds think alike... ) to the bridge shape used by Michael Bashkin on his fine guitars.

The strings are held via 2mm stainless steel pins, which the ball ends of the strings fit over. The strings then pass under 5-40 caphead screws before passing over the saddle. These screws allow a tiny bit of adjustment in the break angle over the saddle, and serve as string guides as well.

As far as the body shape...this is a result of looking to build something a bit "different". It evolved by playing with shapes (specifically making the lower bout rounder than normal). The cutaway is a bit of a mutation of the Macaferri cutaway. I am currently building a similar guitar, only with a Florentine cutaway.

That should just about cover it!

Thanks for all the compliments...I appreciate it very much, especially considering the amount of talent here!
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Beautifully done!

Man, the guitars around here a just getting better and better. Where will it end?


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Wow! That's nice!

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Lovely Russ, really lovely. Curves, class and sophistication, what a package, simply lovely Russ well done.

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Bee-u-ti-ful, I'd sure like to see the bracing inside.
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Russ as I said in my e-mail very beautiful work. It's allways a pleasure to work with you my friend.

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Hey, that is relly nice!

You mentioned your bridge is similar to Klein's, is the bracing also similar? I second the request for pictures of the insides...

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Red/Arnt,

The bracing of the top is basically "normal" (x-brace, fingerbraces, etc.)and not at all like the Klein/Kasha bracing.

On the back, I used a double X-brace as seen below:





Thanks again for all the positive feedback on this guitar...I appreciate it!



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Excellant job !Those Euc. bindings really stand out.Very nice!
I like the ebony soundhole too! DaveAndy38797.4460532407

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[QUOTE=CarltonM] I like it! Interesting design and great workmanship! Are you rich and famous yet? [/QUOTE]

Neither! Although I did pick up some lottery tickets yesterday...15 million euro sure would buy a lot of wood!!



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