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CarlD
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:20 pm 
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First name: Carl
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Remember when I sanded this hole in the side?
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Since it had such wide, sloped shoulders I didn't think a scoop or cutaway would look right so I went with Clay's suggestion of additional binding proud of the side to cover. At the time I couldn't find Manzanita in the woodpile long enough for binding so I used Flamed Maple with Manzanita purfling edges (I pieced them).
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Sitka top from Alaska Specialty Woods.
Quilted Maple back and sides.
Flamed Maple/Kyana laminated neck.
Flamed Maple binding, body and neck.
Manzanita Burl rosette with natural edge.
Manzanita bridge, fingerboard and peghead veneer.
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Took a while cuz I was working on 5 at the time (never again!! 2 or 3's enough!)

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Ha! Wow. Very interesting solution to that problem. How does she sound?


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Sounds big and well balanced. The lower bout is 17". I'm not much of a player anymore so I'll have to find someone who can do it justice.
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That's actually pretty cool!


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Very nice, creative solution. I was just thinking about adding some depth to my builds. Inspired...

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That's very cool! It reminds me of a similar approach used on the Schneider guitar below. How did you fit the bindings to the sides and then keep them snug against the sides while gluing?

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Cool!
I like the live edge purfling ring style rosette. I think it compliments the raised side bindings. I suggested it because of the Weymann guitar originally built for Jimmy Rogers and the copy by John Arnold that was played by Doc Watson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0_kqEFNv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2q_8VMhcYw


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Fish glue and lots of binding tape and I tacked the miters on the end first with CA.

Thanks for the compliments.

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