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Tony_in_NYC
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Wow Virgil, those dragon fly wings look so good, I almost forgot how girly the dragonfly was for a moment!!
Seriously, it is amazing! You have way more patience than I do!! I messed up a simple old English style "M" twice and I am sending it out! Still have not sent it though, so if you really are interested in taking on outside work, lets talk.

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You sir are an inlayin fool!!! In a good way lol.
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I'm lucky if I dont mess up dot inlays, this guy does murals on his first 2 guitars. :oops:
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Tony_in_NYC wrote:
Wow Virgil, those dragon fly wings look so good, I almost forgot how girly the dragonfly was for a moment!!
Seriously, it is amazing! You have way more patience than I do!! I messed up a simple old English style "M" twice and I am sending it out! Still have not sent it though, so if you really are interested in taking on outside work, lets talk.


Thanks Tony - I PM'd you

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Yoshi wrote:
You sir are an inlayin fool!!! In a good way lol.


Yeah I am - thanks Joshua! :D

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I'm lucky if I dont mess up dot inlays, this guy does murals on his first 2 guitars. :oops:


I am in fear of making dots - I betcha I's screw them up LOL laughing6-hehe

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I'm the dot master. I'll do your dots for you, if you wish...
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I'm the dot master. I'll do your dots for you, if you wish...
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That's rich.

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Really really impressive. Both this and the "dueling dragon" guitar.. saw the video, waaay cool. these things are whats keep one going. [clap] [clap] [clap]

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Lars Stahl wrote:
Really really impressive. Both this and the "dueling dragon" guitar.. saw the video, waaay cool. these things are whats keep one going. [clap] [clap] [clap]

all the best, Lars


Hey - thanks so much for your kind words Lars - this is what you get when you give some sandpaper to a compulsive-obsessive! LOL I found out recently that I had a great-uncle from Denmark who was a furniture maker - maybe it's in the blood? :D PS - coincidentally, I have a new student who has his second lesson tonight and he is from Sweden as well - it's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it!

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Those dragonfly wings look awesome! I loved the dueling dragons build, and I'll be waiting eagerly to see progress on this one.

The only suggestion I have is that you should make your own necks. You would definitely have no trouble with it, and carving the neck was my favorite part of the build I just finished.
Maybe not for this one, since you already have the neck, but definitely for number 3, since it's a commission. That way It's all your own work.
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Hey !! thanks man!
Yeah, I finally got back to work on the silver willow today - been busy for the past couple weeks making jigs - I am definitely game for making my own necks, but I have a couple that I still need to use - also need a better band saw than the POS Lowe's Skill saw I currently have - it's good for 1/4" stock only gaah - as soon as I get a good bandsaw, I'll be trying to make my own necks as well...

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You can always come use my bandsaw.

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Virgil, where are you, dude? Need the update pizza
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Virgil, where are you, dude? Need the update pizza


Hi Roger! Ha! I first spent a few weeks on making the neck pocket jig (will post pics soon!) Also, I been creating the world's LARGEST pile of sawdust (no lie!) I ran into a couple of problems with the neck and have since fixed the problem - it decided to get a back-bow and after a week or so of doing some kung-fu meets ti-chi clamping, it seems to be flat once again. It did this because the cocobolo fingerboard could have had the fret slots widened a bit more before hammering them in there, so this has all been a learning experience - I also began guitars number 3 & 4 while the neck was flattening... glued up, cut up, carved, routed, etc. I have been taking pics along the way of everything, but spending 12 hour days on all of the guitars... pics coming soon!!

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OK, so here's some updates...

After gluing up the fb, i put in the frets - I tried using the fret press, but the cocobolo seemed not as forgiving as the rosewood on the Dragons guitar (Meaning much more dense) so after some filing I ended up using a fret hammer to put them in - by the time I got to the end, I felt like I had a much better feel for this...

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I made this cast of the neck with some bondo, which is nice to hold the neck into something while I worked on things..

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The trussrod slot had been cut into the padauk and I wasn't sure as to whether the pup rings were going to cover up the hole, so I plugged it up here - can ya tell?

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Beveling the frets:
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My first attempt at a contour top - still have a way to go....
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That's what I'm talking about! Good stuff man. That fretboard is a knockout eek
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Thanks Roger - soon, the body will match that awesomeness (Hopefully!) :shock:

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Thanks Tony!

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Are those the stainless steel frets you got there?

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Lookin' good!
Don't use the word "bondo" around here!
You'll get Padma all excited.
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Lookin' good!
Don't use the word "bondo" around here!
You'll get Padma all excited.


Bondo, James Bondo

laughing6-hehe
Yeah, I noticed people got wiggy when I mentioned that on the Dueling dragons build - I am thinking of building a guitar out of JUST bondo and MDF and use shards of glass and rubber for my inlay work!- that'll knock em dead!

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Also, I been creating the world's LARGEST pile of sawdust (no lie!)


I have a Whole Foods bag filled to the top with cocobolo sawdust.

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That can be sold on the black market for millions!

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