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So I am building a batch of 12 guitars. The first one I finished is a jumbo Stella style 12 string with Adirondack red spruce top and Angel stair quilted maple back and sides and hard maple neck, ebony board,bridge and head veneer,Ivoroid bindings and heel cap, Stew Mac Golden Age tuners -26 1/2 inch scale- Satin nitro finish:

Wow! Love a good 12.

Here's another Stella 12 string this one is a commission Adi top cherry back sides and neck


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Mighty Fine, Brad!

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Beautiful. I like the cherry too!


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Wow this is the very most productive a single person has ever been and displayed it on the OLF!!!


Good going and BEAUTIFUL Geetars too Brad!!!

Here is here is one based on a J-185 with sapwood cedar top with marquetry rosette.
I call this guitar "The Orange Creamsicle".




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The top on this guitar is aromatic red cedar.
Usually this species of wood grows very small with a lot of knots in it so it was a rare find to find a quarter sawn board wide enough for guitars.
The back is a killer piece of quilted maple the picture shows just water on it.



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There is a whole lot of awesome good my on here!

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Ooooh dude!!

Thanks, Hesh!
I always wanted to do a big batch like this so now that I have tried it seems to be working really well and it's improved my efficiency I also like it because I get to try a lot of different things.



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Gluing the top on the orange Creamsicle..

Did I mention I love go bars!


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Is that .080 binding, Brad?
Looks nice and phat!

The finished boat...



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I love the Stella clones. May I ask how you string and tune them?

Hi Freeman,

I usually tune them in octaves for the lower 4 and unisons for the top 2.
but this particular one, I tuned the 3rd set in unisons.

I tune them down 4 (C) or 5 (B) half steps.

Man I really love the look of that cedar instrument:) I like the choice of the abalone


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Like!

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Abalone?


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Another box assembled.

Deep bodied single O
Cuban mahogany and Adirondack Red spruce






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Nice top...

Sorry, upon first glance it looked like the rosette had a shell inner ring


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Yes, Haans.

I know you are partial to the late wood/early wood look, I have grown to like it also.........

A regal style 12 string coming together


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