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Built this to match a guy's guitar. same woods and as near the same shape as I could manage......

Walnut neck, back & sides
sitka top
maple binding & veneer under fretboard
Macassar ebony fretboard & bridge
Bone nut, saddle & pins
MOP dots
Gotoh tuners
Maple & walnut segnmented rosette









Action is pleasingly low

client wanted a 16" scale and untra light strings, but to my mind a shorter scale merits hevier...... I'd perfer to bung a set of 13s on there, but he wants 10s..... ah well, the customer is alwa.... no, the customer is NOT always right, but it's not often you can win an argument with a customer!!

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and yes I know the pic of the back was before the tuners were fitted!!!!

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Martin,

Very nice - sounds good too!!

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Great job Martin and a very nice sounding instrument as well!!!


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Huzzah! Martin, that one looks and sounds great.  Nice job.

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I love it Martin!

Did you put a truss rod in the neck?

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Awesome job, I love it! Great playing too.
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Don't tell lies about the playing Tracy, Santa wont bring you any pressies!!!

And Yes Wade there's a double acting truss rod in there, accesable from the head. got it from Sam in Taiwan on Ebay for pennies.

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