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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theu...a-t174497.html I'm a great believer in function over form, so I would be happy with it.
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Magnificent! It won't be too long now. Great way to end this year and start the New Year!
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Looking schweeet! And the pace has really picked up. Certainly won’t be long now.
Happy New Year’s guys!
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Thanks guys, Bruce has done a great job as usual...
Things tend to progress rapidly on a build in Bruce’s shop at this point. The fingerboard will be shaped, inlayed, fretted, bridge fabricated, nut, bridge, tuners, pins installed and the guitar set up. I like to let it settle in a luthier’s shop for a week under string tension before it’s shipped. Barring no unforseen issues, this feels like a second week of January ‘018 guitar... Quote:
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Beautiful guitar!
I am really smitten with the perfect line between the butt joint and the back strip. It looks continuous with only the binding interruption. That is harder than you might think.
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Agreed John, those like yourself with a bench, magnifiers and chisels notice these details... One other thing to note is Bruce uses .010” and not the .020” purflings often used and achieves very nice miters to boot...
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My father was a woodworker (NOT a luthier by any means) and I remember being mesmerized by the quality of what he built but the craftsmanship of this guitar is beyond anything I could ever have imagined.
The beauty of your instrument is stunning. I can only imagine what it looks like, and of course sounds like, in person. I am truly in awe... I can't wait to see photos once it's complete. Best, PJ Last edited by Photojeep; 12-29-2017 at 09:54 AM. Reason: gramar |
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Yesterday, Bruce planed the fingerboard, added some hand sawn abalone birds at the octave and fretted it with Jescar EVO 43080 wire. I suspect today a bridge, nut and saddle will be created to close out 2017...
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I like the three birds, nice simple, elegant!
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Bruce’s hand sawn birds have been a signature feature in his guitars for a number of years now. These are all hand sawn and unique. They are usually inlayed as a pattern of position markers. I asked him to come up with a 12th fret inlay with his birds that had some gestural movement to it. None of my other guitars by Bruce have any birds. I am glad that we found a way to integrate them...
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Bruce chose a low density ebony bridge blank and crafted a belly bridge weighs about 32 grams. This is light for a belly bridge. The pyramid bridge on the single 0 that he made me was about 27 grams. This guitar has a much larger soundboard (16” vs. 13-1/2”). He has it cawled as the HHG hardens.
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That there guitar looks like a beauty!
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