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Brad Goodman

Post subject: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 8:41 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:11 am
Posts: 2173

Well, I finally broke the 100 guitar mark on my acoustic series.

This one was a commission.
Sitka spruce top
Birdseye maple back and sides
maple Neck
Ebony fretboard and bridge
25.5 scale
Ladder braced
Nitro finish

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Hesh

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 2:27 am

Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:49 am
Posts: 13386
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
First name: Hesh
Last Name: Breakstone
City: Ann Arbor
State: Michigan
Country: United States
Status: Professional

Congrats Brad she's a beauty and 101 is quite the accomplishment too, congrats man!!

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Colin North

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 5:50 am

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Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:44 am
Posts: 5493
First name: colin
Last Name: north
Country: Scotland.
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Knocked it out of the park again Brad.
Experience shows!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

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bcombs510

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 5:54 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:21 am
Posts: 3602
First name: Brad
Last Name: Combs
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

What a milestone. Great work!

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jfmckenna

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 9:32 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Tue May 13, 2008 10:44 am
Posts: 6256
Location: Virginia

Lovely work as usual Brad but those rocks! :shock:

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Jim Watts

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 11:57 am

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Joined: Thu May 12, 2005 5:46 am
Posts: 2968
Location: United States

Congrats Brad, it looks really nice. I have a rock wall just like that in my house! I've been tempted to take pics like yours to see if we could start a trend:).

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Terence Kennedy

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 6:26 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:21 pm
Posts: 3389
Location: Alexandria MN

Beauty. I am at 87 with a goal of 100 before I croak.

That is a big accomplishment. Do you ever feel like you know less now than you thought you did at 50?

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Brad Goodman

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 6:39 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:11 am
Posts: 2173

Terence Kennedy wrote:

Beauty. I am at 87 with a goal of 100 before I croak.

That is a big accomplishment. Do you ever feel like you know less now than you thought you did at 50?

Yes and no....

Yes- I still surprise myself at the stupid mistakes I make.....

No- I finally don't have to figure out what the next step is.
I have a procedure for every step.... I didn't have this method at 50 so I lost a lot of time "reinventing the wheel" so to speak.
I also have many jigs that speed the process. some are very simple like a piece of sandpaper glued to a large piece of plywood that I use to fair down the lining to the sides.

So in summary a guitar that took me 100 hours at guitar #50 now take me 60 hours at #101

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Pat Foster

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 8:51 pm

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Joined: Sat May 17, 2008 1:11 pm
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Location: Spokane, Washington
First name: Pat
Last Name: Foster
Country: USA
Focus: Build

Congratulations, Brad. That's a major milestone. Guitar looks like a fine instrument, nothing flashy, by a mature builder.

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SnowManSnow

Post subject: Re: Guitar # 101…

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 8:26 pm

Koa

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:43 am
Posts: 1707

Super nice ! Congrats on 101

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