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Well, this may be a bit of whimsy, but since a couple of people asked, here it is. As a bit of background, one of the "other" things we do is make rustic furniture. There are three of us involved and we get together a couple of times a week to work on this. We have been working on some new designs and BJ, one of us, said her husband thought we should make a chair specifically designed for sitting in while playing a guitar. As you can see below, we got a bit carried away


We make our furniture from hardwood saplings, mortised and tenoned together. Here is BJ making the shavings fly as she cuts a tenon on a piece.


Early in the game, we decided it needed a guitar neck, so here I am gluing a scrap fingerboard onto a piece of mahogany for that.


Yes, we did get a bit carried away Christy and BJ showing off our bookmatched spruce guitar-top seat and all.


At this point, BJ decided it needed a trial run


So here is what it looked like last Friday, temporarily strung up. Still needs a couple of dot markers in the fingerboard to cover up some screws and a bit of fine tuning

Just thought I would share some of our lighter moments around here. But it is quite functional.

Grant

Very cool look and a fun vibe from it.

I like the shaving horse also ...I have built alot of reproduction furniture from log to finished piece and have spent alot of time with a drawknife and spokeshave on a similar shaving horse...I have even been known to use it to hold necks I was shaping

Nicely done Grant! Thanks for sharing!

Shane

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That is just great. Ah, woodworking. Ain't it grand?

They make you want to sit right down and play...play...play!!!
Good luck!!

WalterK

Hey Grant what a beautiful chair, a great idea. What about a cool guitar stand now?
Gg

Great idea Grant,
Funny cause couple of months ago, i was thinkin' of building a guitar table, no jokes! I didn't figure out the size, types of wood or colors yet, but lookin' at this chair makes me think seriously about building one.

Thanks for sharing

Serge

That's great Grant! Looks like you guys know how to have fun up there.

BTW, it looks like you even bound the top, did you?

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

[QUOTE=Hesh1956] Hows it sound? Just kidding.....

Great looking guitar chair and functional too with no arms to get in the way of playing.

Who is the maker of the guitar that BJ is playing?

Hesh[/QUOTE]

The guitar is one of mine. A rather "Plain Jane" with a mismatched myrtle back. It is just my "shop guitar". It sits out here and gets abused but it sounds good. And it is always handy for those lighter moments/

Dave, Yes I had an extra half set of cocobolo binding already bent laying around, so I touched up the curve on the nozzle of the heat gun and slapped it on.

Grant