Official Luthiers Forum!

Here's the latest out of my shop. client took delivery today. EIR/Sitka "SIG" 12 string. 7 piece neck (mahogany, maple, walnut, maple, walnut, maple, mahogany) Double x braced top and x braced back. Poly finish.







Pwoolson38639.7028819444

Beautiful as your work always is Paul RussellR38639.7066087963

Paul I relly dig that "s" shaped end graft. Looks good as always!

_________________
Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

Hey Paul,

Great looking guitar. Could you post a picture of the back of the neck? I'd like to see the laminations.

Thanks   

Jeez I got a long way to go.
Way to go Paul...LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!!

The pics I took were all I could get in about 30 mins. So this is the best one I've got. Sorry. I think I'll be able to get it back so that I can shoot it properly.



Pwoolson38639.7222685185

PAUL...
ANOTHER BEAUTY!!!
really nice brother. Nice Inlay..!
congrat's

walter WalterK38639.7630671296

Really nice Paul.

_________________
Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

Paul, that is truly a beaut!!

Very nice work. I love the shape, she has a NICE figure!

Shane

_________________
Canada

Wow, That is a truly beautiful 12 string. Excellant work Paul as usual !

_________________
Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Nice work, Paul. I too like the end graft.

Paul, your guitars continue to amaze me. I think you have come up with your signature end graft. Something about the way you build makes the guitar look fluid, everything flowing in nice easy arcs. I think your rosette treatment has a lot to do with not distracting from the rest of the guitar. I'd buy it.

_________________
Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

Beautiful , just beautiful!
   The whole thing just flows.I too love the end graft

    KiwiCraig

_________________
CRAIG LAWRENCE of AUSTRALIA
_____________________________________________

Superb as always. Great stuff.

You said "Poly finish". You didn't say what kind. Water base? Normal? Oil base? 2-part? Single part? What is it? Lookos good for sure.

_________________
"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

[QUOTE=Don A]   I'd buy it. [/QUOTE]
Sorry, this one is sold. But I'd be happy to build you one.

Thanks all for the nice comments. I really appreciate the "fluid" comments as that is absolutely what I'm striving to acheive. All of the curves on this guitar match the others in some way. ie, the end graft is a mirror of my headstock shape, and a mirror of that. Cutaway is the same shape as the curve of the headstock. Curves of the bridge are the same as the headstock...
It sort of makes me crazy when builders don't think of how all of the elements work together. I guess that's the designer in me. My teachers in art school drove that home on a daily basis.

[QUOTE=Don Williams] Superb as always. Great stuff.

You said "Poly finish". You didn't say what kind. Water base? Normal? Oil base? 2-part? Single part? What is it? Lookos good for sure.[/QUOTE]
2 part catalyzed poly urathane, McFaddens. Tony Ferguson did this one and did an absolutely incredible job.

Paul, very nice! How about a closeup shot of the tail detail under finish when you get it back for more pictures?

_________________
Instagram: @jfrenchluthier
Web: https://www.jfrenchguitars.com/

Wonderful.

Ron

_________________
OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Beautiful work, Paul. How did you bind the sound port?

_________________
From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Learned that one the hard way. I bind them before I bend it. Nothing quite like trying to do a compound bend of a .090 x .25 piece of EIR.

Awesome work Paul...as always! Puts my 12 to shame!    I hope my customer never finds your website!

_________________
http://www.presnallguitars.com

sweet job paully. Still love the endgraft, both beautiful, and takes some
skill to pull off!

_________________
John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

   I've done very similar things with the endgraft to what you did on this guitar. Usually after a customer saw one that i'd done before and requested it.

It's one of those areas of the guitar you can be pretty creative at whuile still maintaining functionality of the graft.

Very nicely done,
Kevin Gallagher/Omega Guitars

[QUOTE=Pwoolson]



Hay Paul, how about a close up of the sound port. I need to check out you binding to see if it is wraped and joined or formed whole...I may need to steal an idea or two Two sweet looking boxes by the way

Michael,


Sorry, this is the best I have. the guitar is gone and that's what I could get on 30 minutes notice (the photo that is).
The port is bound like I do my soundholes. wrapped and jointed. I do everything on the hole prior to bending the side. Then it all bends as one unit. On particularily stubborn woods I have to insert a plug to keep the binding from pulling away from the long ends of the hole.