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I thought I would share some pictures of 1 of my current builds, it is a Honduran Rosewood and Lutz Spruce 000-13. It seems that Honduran Rosewood always has a great tap-tone but it can be pretty boring to look at, I just think this set is so rich and elegant that I wanted to see what you guys thought....is this nice Honduran Rosewood or what









Cheers,
Greg

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That's nice!

You gonna put bracing on that back?

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Hi Steve,

How are you doing? Of course I'm going to put bracing on the back silly I'm working on some new bracing that is messing with my head, just about got it figured out though, should be fun!

Greg

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Looking great! I like those curvy side braces.

Very brazilian looking Honduran. Nice wood....

HRW is one of my favorites, and some of the stuff I have blows the doors off of most brazilian in glassy, musical tap tone.

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I think it's beautiful. And Greg I really like some of the unique touches you've got in there...the endblock, that's classy, and the side braces have those offsetting curves, very nice. Impressive work.

What is the endblock made of?

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Hi Bill,

Appreciate the kind words....that end block is from an old billet of Honduran Mahogany that I've had for a while. It is the heaviest, hardest mahogany I've come across, I wish it had been wide enough for some back and side sets but it wasn't, so parts and pieces is what I use it for....it's really dark and quite beautiful for mahogany.

Cheers,
Greg

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Beautiful work Greg!
Your little extras really set it off...too bad no one can see the inside.
Maybe we need to try a plexiglass top?

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I love the sap line too--thats going to be a beaut!

Hi Chris...you know it always surprises me how intensely some folks peer inside a guitar, they can see more than we might think, especially when you put a sound-port into it..Yikes!!

Greg

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Very pretty. What have you decided to bind it with?

John

Very beautiful wood, however I'm getting the "uncanny valley" feeling looking inside that box without braces....

Greg, I’m not real familiar with Honduran Rosewood, but, I don’t need to be to appreciate the
beauty in the piece you have chosen for this guitar. It’s gonna be very nice!

I’m curious as to what you have used for your sort of hourglass shaped side braces.
Are they made of ebony?

Also, very nice and neat work!

Robert

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[QUOTE=Hesh1956] Don and I always agree that we think that HRWis equal to or even superior to BRW.
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Hesh, we're not really alone in that opinion. I know a number of builders who feel that way.
Problem is, Brazilian was the rosewood of choice in the furniture industry (because of it's physical beauty) for so long, that it became the rosewood of choice in the guitar industry by virtue of availability.

Tonally, all the Honduran I've ever cut has been glassy and rings like a bell. It's fantastic rosewood, but because it is more "boring" in appearance, it hasn't caught on with consumers.....yet. The more guitars made with HRW, the more customers will start to understand that this is a top-shelf tonewood, right up there with Brazilian and Madagascar and even some of the Asian varieties. There are a lot of fantastic dalbergia's out there.

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Hi Robert, the side braces are made of ebony and I make them with the same jig used to cut the tail inlay.

John, I think I'm going to use an ebony binding bordered by bloodwood purfling top and bottom. The tail inlay will also be ebony bordered by the bloodwood purfling lines. Then possibly a bloodwood rosette bordered by ebony inside and out.

Greg

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Very Nice and clean. If it sounds anything like that Walnut one of yours it
will be great!!!

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Thanks Andy....I really hope it sounds even better than the Walnut dread...it better!

Cheers,
Greg

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