Congratulations on your first! It looks really nice.
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| Author: | BuzzRoberts [ Tue May 20, 2014 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Six months of fun and frolic |
Finally finished my first guitar. I had originally planed on building a kit, but knew I'd get more satisfaction building more or less from the ground up. I learned a lot, so when I build one for my wife, it should go easier. Of course, there were some flubs along the way. The biggest was making my radius dishes based on a 28' and 30' diameter rather then a radius. But, in the end it is without a doubt the best sounding guitar I've ever owned. I'd really like to thank all the posters on this forum for the wealth of information that held make this build possible. |
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| Author: | Steven Odut [ Tue May 20, 2014 11:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
That looks great. Nice job on the finish. |
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| Author: | Murray Hunt [ Wed May 21, 2014 12:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
That's fine work! What did you use for your finish? |
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| Author: | BuzzRoberts [ Wed May 21, 2014 4:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
The finish is a french polish. Another thing I've never done before. I mixed shellac flakes with Everclear to make the shellac, then had a very enjoyable time applying the finish. I used the pumice method to fill the pores. |
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| Author: | J De Rocher [ Sat May 24, 2014 11:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
Very nice looking guitar. That's a cool looking backstrip and it looks like there's something interesting going on with the end graft. Do you have a close up photo of those? |
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| Author: | Beth Mayer [ Sun May 25, 2014 5:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
Congratulations on your first! It looks really nice.
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| Author: | Hesh [ Sun May 25, 2014 5:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
She looks fantastic Buzz!!!! Great job and something to be very proud of too! ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
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| Author: | BuzzRoberts [ Wed May 28, 2014 6:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
Sorry for the delay guys, I just got out of the hospital today, I'll take some photos of the end graft for J. It's just a piece of red oak, but some rosewood got into the pores and make it look like stitches. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Wed May 28, 2014 6:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Six months of fun and frolic |
BuzzRoberts wrote: Sorry for the delay guys, I just got out of the hospital today, I'll take some photos of the end graft for J. It's just a piece of red oak, but some rosewood got into the pores and make it look like stitches. Then not only congrats but feel better too! |
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