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Datlen Luthiery guitars for SBAIC
Hi folks,
My name is John Datlen. I have spent most of my career working as a cabinetmaker/finish carpenter doing high end residential work in the SF Bay Area. I started building guitars about 6 years ago after a visit to Bruce Sexauer's shop to purchase a string bass from him. He welcomed me into his guitar shop and I was blown away. I must have been bitten by the guitar building bug that he has residing in his shop. His work has been a constant inspiration for me. I started out building classical guitars and transitioned to steel string about 4 years ago. Most of my steel string guitars have been patterned after classic "Martin" shapes. Recently I designed a new OM and 00 model which I will be introducing at the SBAIC. I have been selling my work privately and through Mighty Fine Guitars in Lafayette, Ca. I will be bringing 3 guitars to the upcoming Santa Barbara Acoustic Instrument Celebration. The first is my new OM cutaway. It is well under way in finish right now but I will post some shots of the build. Enjoy! Adirondack Spruce East Indian Rosewood Mahogany neck Ebony fretboard and bridge Black acacia bindings Zebra wood inlays Gotoh 510 tuners 25.4 scale length Last edited by JDatlen; 07-03-2017 at 01:39 PM. Reason: Incomplete information |
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Very nice detailing. Should be a winner!
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Guys, please do yourselves a favour and head down to his booth to try these guitars out. I just played a couple of John's guitars yesterday and was absolutely blown away..... I'm now trying to figure out how to add a guitar or two of his to my collection!
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John built me a guitar that I've had now for a few months and, without exaggeration, it is incredible. RIDICULOUS value in Johns work right now.
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Here is a couple more shots of the OM.
[IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] I have been building with standard "Martin" shapes for my OM up until now. This new shape is my take on an OM. I laid out the scale length, 14 fret to body and the soundhole location and the sketched out this shape. I made the lower bout a bit rounder and moved the waist up closer to the soundhole. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] |
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Wow - that's some scary scalloping on the x-brace! Is it a trick of the lighting, or are you down to 5 - 6 mm there?
Drew |
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It measures just over 6mm. That location is already quite stiff with the bridge plate as well as the bridge on the face of the guitar. Seems to work for me! |
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Guitar has about 5 coats of varnish at this point.
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The second guitar I will be bringing to SBAIC is my new design for a 00. It is based on the new OM model but scaled down to the 00 size.
Redwood top Claro walnut back and sides black walnut neck ebony fretboard and bridge EIR bindings Gotoh 510 tuners 25.4" scale [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] |
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Ready to close the box.
[IMG][/IMG] Bindings on and cleaned up. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] Headstock is done. I did a 4 way bookmatch with some of the Claro walnut. [IMG][/IMG] |
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Looking really sharp so far. I love the headstock!
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PS. I love guitars! |
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Thank you TomB'sox!
[IMG][/IMG] Fitting the neck joint. [IMG][/IMG] |
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Very nice work. The headstock detail in particular is exceptional. Well done.
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[IMG][/IMG] A few more pics of the finishing. [IMG][/IMG][IMG] [/IMG] |
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SMOOTH.....!
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