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John Mayes
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Grand parlor. Bazilian appointments throughout. Waverly tuners, FWI
pins nut and saddle. Very powerful sounding little guitar.






















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Flat-out drop-dead gorgeous, John!! You should be proud!!

                               

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John, you are turning out world-class stuff. Wow, every guitar seems to get better and better. Beautiful.

So who's the lucky owner?

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John, let me say again how much I admire your detail work. Very nice...very classy.

What's the top purfling?

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Beautiful. A wonderful guitar, and I bet it sounds amazing.

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Geegollywhoppers! John that is a fantastic guitar. The mahogany and dark brazilian binding combination look great together and your photography really shows it off. Nice job, but from you we expect no less. Is the top perfling a cutoff from the sides?

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[QUOTE=Don A] Geegollywhoppers! John that is a fantastic guitar. The
mahogany and dark brazilian binding combination look great together and
your photography really shows it off. Nice job, but from you we expect no
less. Is the top perfling a cutoff from the sides? [/QUOTE]

Thanks , and yes the top sandwiched purfling is a cutoff curly mahogany
from the sides... came out really groovy I think.

Thanks for all the nice compliments guys.

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Gorgeous guitar and great attention to details John!

Was it your first experience with Lutz John? If so, what are your thoughts?


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Outstanding, John. Excellant work!!

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man, you did it again....

spectaculous!


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Soooooo nice John

Bravo again. Can't wait to see you get the recognition (and orders) you truly deserve

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Outstanding! I am a big fan of your work (and I am taking notes!).

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Beautiful guitar John, with outstanding attention to detail. You've just got to love that mahogany, and the Lutz looks great.

I've got an OM planned using the same combination (But Mad Rose bits) so I'd be interested to know what you think of the sound. The stuff on this forum just gets better and better.

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Hey John that turned out beautiful. It's always nice to see a pretty set of wood turn into a gorgeous guitar.

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[QUOTE=Bobc] Hey John that turned out beautiful. It's always nice to see a
pretty set of wood turn into a gorgeous guitar.[/QUOTE]

indeed. You're more than welcome, as always, to use the pics bob! That's
your Zoot on the back!

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As for the sound. The first thing that struck me was how forceful and loud it
was. I have not played it much yet (I normally let em sit for a few days
before I go to town much on em) but I'll report back in when I get a good
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[QUOTE=John Mayes] As for the sound. The first thing that struck me was how forceful and loud it
was. I have not played it much yet (I normally let em sit for a few days
before I go to town much on em) but I'll report back in when I get a good
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Thanks John I'll be very interested in your opinion.

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Gorgeous guitar in all respects!!! Gorgeous zoot and flawless execution. Can't wait to see the next one!


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AS usual,A real Beauty. I love the top purf and the dark BRW stuff. gorgeous zoot too!

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very nice guitar John. Great attention to detail. Was the Lutz top very stiff?

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Looks great John! I see you are up to your usual standards. Love that headstock!

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Great looking guitar John! I also enjoyed seeing it come together over at the APM. It was also every bit as nice in person I gave it a serious fondeling at Tonys

I have two sets like that I got from Steve at Colonial, I cant wait to use them no that ive seen yours.

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Oh, I failed to mention, I also have a NICE stash of Shanes Lutz too! Cant way to try that as well.

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