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Just finish this guitar using some of the finest Brazilian Rosewood I’ve ever seen in my life.....
And I have had this set for about 20 years.

Adirondack spruce top, snakewood head veneer, backstrap, bridge pick guard and bindings and heel cap.

Spanish Cedar Neck with rosewood center stripe


Graph Tech Ratio tuners-I am very pleased with these if you’re not familiar with them you should look them up they really are interesting And work extremely precisely.

Nitro finish

Ivory nut and saddle






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The Brazilian is goodness.

What do you put the wood pickguard down with? I’m guessing it’s not finished in place, right?


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It is sanded and buffed( waxed) before I put it on the guitar with the special double stick tape.

Ooohh!

The snakewood looks great against the BRW. And the BRW is among the nicest I have seen.

Ed

Very Nice!

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Pretty nice BRW...
LiIke the tuners, must be high gear ratio. Buttons come off?

They are actually all different ratios depending on the core thickness of the string-from 39 to 1 to 12 to 1

The theory being that you turn the it the same amount no mater which string.

And no the buttons don't come off....

SWEET!

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That is a beaut! Congratulations. Pretty hard to go wrong with Adi and BZ on anything. Everything I have built with that combo has been hard to let go. Are you going to be able to?

Do you do your own finishes? Hide glue? Why Snakewood for the bridge? Have you had a good experience using it for that and how do you think it compares to BZ or Ebony.

One question. Whenever I join a back I usually check the strength of the joint on the off cut and see where it breaks. Whenever I inlaid a centerstrip with purfling on either side it always broke along one of the purfling lines. That has led me to just inlay a strip of plain wood, either contrasting or the same as the back. That seemed a lot stronger. Has anyone ever seen a back crack along a centerstrip purfling line? Maybe it is an unnecessary worry.

Well done!

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Nice one Brad.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

That is beautiful!

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

Yes, I do my own finishes. I have been trying to do the nitro as thin as possible.

This is the first time I have used Snakewood for a bridge- I chose it for aesthetic reasons. It is similar in density to ebony.

I have used hide glue on and off for several years, but am back to using Titebond ... A lot of my work sessions are only an hour so that complicates using hide glue.

I haven't had any problems with the center seams with purflings in them. I do use a back reinforcement.

Very nice! Good work

More great inspiration!

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Nice looking guitar and bet it sounds great.
Interesting tuners that I have never heard of before. Would you choose to use them again?

Oh man, that looks great!
The tuning keys are dope!

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Very, very nice Brazilian RW. You do not see that grain quality very often, even with well-quartered instrument grade Brazilian RW -- that set is special !!!

Yes, it is really sounding great-starting to open up.

I am planning on using these tuners again. Aside from the whole different ratio concept (which I like) they are extremely smooth and tight.
I also like the way they look. They also make more traditional looking closed back models with solid buttons.

Pretty guitar. Peghead appears to have an oriental theme. Interesting tuner design. The "wrap around" worm gear surface looks like a good way to make a stronger unit.

[quote="Clay S."]Pretty guitar. Peghead appears to have an oriental theme. Interesting tuner design. The "wrap around" worm gear surface looks like a good way to make a stronger unit.[/quote


I designed that head shape 45 years ago when I was 14 years old-just made it up out of my imagination. the funny thing is I have seen almost identical designs in Queen Anne furniture...

"I have seen almost identical designs in Queen Anne furniture..."

The Queen Anne style became popular during the same period that tea drinking became popular in England and had some oriental influences as did the preceding William and Mary style of furniture. An unusual but elegant peghead.