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Author:  Homeboy [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:02 am ]
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Here are some pics of the pile of wood I posted earlier. It is a Brazilian Rosewood OM with an european spruce top. The bindings and butt wedge are figured maple with a bwb. I did not mitre my purflings, I tired at first but then I screwed up when I was chiseling the mitres so I just butt jointed the whole thing. I could use everyones advice on that operation. Anyway thanks for looking.




Pile of wood


Guitar coming together







Now to scrape, scrape, scrape. Probably one of my favorite operations. Then sand, sand, sand. One of my least favorite operations. Unfortunately wood working is about 50% sanding.


Thanks again guys and gals,

Homeboy
Author:  peterm [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:11 am ]
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Looking great!!
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:04 am ]
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That's gonna be a sweet sounding one for sure, it looks great!
Author:  RCoates [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:19 am ]
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smokin'!
Author:  Dave White [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:58 am ]
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Homeboy,

Nice shape and great wood combinations - it will sound great I'm sure. The purfling at the butt-wedge looks neat enough to me.
Author:  rich altieri [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:02 am ]
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nice work, very clean

Author:  Alain Desforges [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:37 am ]
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Great looking instrument!

I'll echo the comments on the wedge, looks very clean and nice to my crooked eyes!

Keep it up!
Author:  D Stewart [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:46 pm ]
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Great wood choices. Fit and finish look great so far.

Very sweet. Nice set of BRW

Donovan
Author:  Mark Hanna [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:07 pm ]
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Nice Job!!! Show us more when it's done..
Author:  GregG [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:20 pm ]
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Looks great..I too bet it will sound great.

Greg
Author:  Dave Rector [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:30 am ]
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Homeboy, looks like you are going to have a sweet guitar when this one is finished. That's very nice looking Braz and I'm sure the Euro top will make it sound great. Keep us posted on your progress.
Author:  Dave Anderson [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:40 am ]
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Nice work,Nice wood...a good combination!
Lets us know how she sounds when your finished
Author:  CarltonM [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:00 am ]
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Nice work, Home! I'm likin' that tall-and-thin brace visible through the soundhole. Did you brace the top that way, too?
Author:  Homeboy [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:55 am ]
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Thanks for all of the positive comments. I appreciate it and it keeps me building. The braces are all tall and thin. I was at the Somogyi guitar listening session at the GAL and he talked a lot about the strength increases with height opposed to width of braces. He made a lot of sense so I am going with it on my builds right now. I'll let you all know how it sounds pretty soon. I'll be finishing two next week.

What does everyone else here use for finish. Right now I am using waterbased finish from Target Coatings. I would like to know what other options are available for finishing at home without a proper spraybooth.

Again thanks for looking.

Homeboy
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:52 pm ]
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Man, there have been some inspiring shots of tight maple joints lately! Thanks for the photos--the guitar is really looking nice!

Steve
Author:  Don Williams [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:14 pm ]
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Lookin' good....nice wood!
Author:  Kevin Gallagher [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:02 pm ]
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   Post a few pics of your process for inlaying that herringbone rosette.

Thanks,
Kevin Gallagher/Omega Guitars
Author:  CarltonM [ Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:31 am ]
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[QUOTE=Kevin Gallagher]    Post a few pics of your process for inlaying that herringbone rosette.
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Indeed! Very clean-looking work.
Author:  Homeboy [ Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:36 am ]
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The Rosette was a pre-made job by Stew-Mac. I wish I could say it was all my work but I can't. I bought the thing in a three ring rosette but just used the center ring. I cut all of my rosettes with a Milwaukee router and a circle cutting jig on the base of the router. I used to use the dremel but it wobbled too much for me.

Thanks again for the kind comments.

Homeboy
Author:  Anthony Z [ Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:54 am ]
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[QUOTE=Steve Kinnaird] Man, there have been some inspiring shots of tight maple joints lately! Thanks for the photos--the guitar is really looking nice!

Steve[/QUOTE]

You beat me to it Steve.

Lookin great Homeboy!
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