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Jay suggested I post shots of this guitar when finished.
You've seen the rosette in an earlier thread, so that part will look familiar. Here's the stats:
Honduran Rosewood back/sides
Adirondack top
H. Rosewood fretboard/bridge (cut from same piece)
Kingwood bindings
Mahogany/Kingwood neck
FWI pins and saddle












The ivory end pin was fitted after the shot was taken.
The peghead is also from back cut-offs, like the rosette.
Tuners are gold Waverlys.

Thanks for looking, and Merry Christmas

Steve

P.S. This is a 13 fretter.

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Thats one nice looking guitar. Love that sunburst. I have a question though. Why extra sound holes and do you make the front one smaller than normal?

I really like that burst. Is that a chocolate color burst?

I like the back and the sides... the grain seem to be really confused... That's what makes it beautiful but.. Didn't you have any problems working it? I've recently worked with some african mahogany with really disorded grains, it was a nightmare...

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Francis Richer, Montréal
Les Guitares F&M Guitars

John, that extra sound hole is just a spare. Customer's request...wanted to hear what he was playing. And no (good question) the actual soundhole is same size as normal.
We tried playing it A/B style, with the soundport open, and then closed. No difference out front, but a good bit richer for the player.

Mike, I suppose you could call it that. Perhaps a milk chocolate. It's not as dark in person as it is in the photos.

Thanks guys,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Hi Francis, we were typing at the same time.
Yes, the wood was a little unruly. As the grain turned away from the quarter and moved toward slab, the sides wanted to ripple and cup. It wasn't so bad, though, that they couldn't be flattened out.
Normally I would have put the quartered figure at "top", but the way the wood was flawed at one end, we had to flip it over like the picture shows.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Nice Steve!!
I really like it.
Beautiful finish.
Nice combo of woods .

Mike

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Mike Collins

Beautiful guitar Steve! Great shape, and I like it as a 13 fretter!
Super job!

Joe

Very nice Steve, I really like HRW, but I've had a few sets that did not like being a guitar.

Cheers,

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Gwaltney Guitars

Lovely Steve.........very rich!

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Dave
Milton, ON

Great looking guitar as usual, Steve. HRW has become my latest favorite B&S wood. I'm itching to build a 00 from it soon.

BTW...are you still bending by hand? Would SS2 have helped with the bending?

Thanks for posting!

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Mike, Joe, Dave, thank you gents.
Greg, that's sorta my experience, too. The wood must actually want to be Marimba bars. However, when coaxed into a guitar, there seem to be few peers among tone woods.
JJ, HRW is one of my favorites as well. In fact Honduran w/ a smattering of Cocobolo could be all a guy needs for "alternate" rosewoods. Yes, I still bend by hand. On even numbered months, under a full moon. Super Soft might have worked, though it didn't occur to me to try it. You might need to use that for the tight bends of a 00. Get the sides as thin as you dare before bending.

My thanks guys!

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Hi Steve,
Well,another beauty from you as every one always is. The Honduran rw is
so nice as is the, Everything!! I don't know what else to say except...Where's my
Christmas bonus, boss ?
BRAVO !!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Hey thanks Dave.
You remember that last board meeting you missed?
We discussed Chrismas bonuses.
Only management gets one this year.


sorry....


But your hard work is greatly appreciated, and you will receive something-- I think it's a plaque of some sort.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

A plaque of some sort ? I was thinking a Guitar of
some sort!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

A free guitar?
That will come.
After 75 years of employment.

Hang in there,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

beautiful.

i love the burst.

that set of honduran is also lovely in a lot of unique ways.

stephen

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www.ziegenfussguitars.com

Cool !! I'll be counting the decades.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Thanks Stephen!

Dave, those decades will give you a chance to think through exactly what you want.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Steve, you hit it out of the park, every time! Another beautiful addition to your catalog of successes.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Steve, it sure is a beauty. I love the burst! How do you think the 13 fret box affects tone? What kind of music does this client play? Bravo!!!

Very nice Steve

More snow here today by the way. It is a mix of freezing rain and snow. what a sloppy mess

Waddy, what a nice thing to say. Thank you.

Randolph, thank you as well. My hope and my client's hope--he urged this 13 fret configuration--was that you'd have some of the benefit of a 14 fret neck, and some of the benefit of a 12 fret bridge location.
Of course the fear is that you'd get neither: you'd end up missing that extra length on the neck, and the rearward movement of the bridge would not be quite enough. Arrrgh.
But, not to fear! You feel a weeeeee bit of shortening to the neck, for sure, but wowser, did this guy sound good. Perhaps it was all in the Adi top, but perhaps that shift in bridge placement DID help.
There was a noticeable power in the bass not usually heard in a guitar this new. And this guy can be driven hard with a pick, and it gets better as it digs in. Anyway--I like it, and thanks for asking!

Michael, thanks amigo! You guys try to stay warm. It's been fairly dry here, but cold. However, the forecast is for some of that west Texas weather to make it down here.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Steve, another stellar Kinnaird guitar. As I said in your earlier thread that is the nicest radial rosette I've seen and I have to add that the overall aesthetics and colour blending of the whole guitar are nothing short of superb. I even have to say (and I don't believe I'm actually saying this) that if a gun was held to my head and I was told that I had to have a sunburst, then the one on this guitar would be the one I'd choose. It is the best match to an instrument for a sunburst that I have seen. I haven't changed my opinion, but you have got this one as right as they can be.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Colin, your thoughts are much appreciated.
I drug my wife up to the computer room just to read her your post.
If we can continue in this positive vein, then perhaps the day will come when we won't have to put that gun to your head.

You know I'm working toward that.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com