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Old 12-31-2017, 06:00 PM
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A beautiful work of functional art. Thanks for sharing it with us, Bob.
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A beautiful work of functional art. Thanks for sharing it with us, Bob.
My pleasure JT...

Bruce has fabricated and installed an ebony belly bridge and a bone saddle. I see strings in 2018...

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Wow Bob! This is looking like a fun guitar. Awesome!
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Bod, that's the way to start the new year!
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Well January 3rd brought, tuners (Schaller GrandTunes) a bone nut and strings. The guitar is now under load and can begin the transformative process of forgetting that it was once a tree. Tomorrow, the set up can be refined, a truss rod cover and pickguard can be crafted.



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Magnificent. May this guitar last for two hundred years.
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Looking great bob. I really liked the 16 inch Pernambuco guitar that I was able to play in Bruce’s shop, it was big sounding and balanced, interesting tonally and totally fun. I am sure yours will have the mojo.

I still want to get that east coast jam togeather. Maybe this guitar will push things along!
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Magnificent. May this guitar last for two hundred years.
I will happy if I get another 20-30 years of custodianship..

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Looking great bob. I really liked the 16 inch Pernambuco guitar that I was able to play in Bruce’s shop, it was big sounding and balanced, interesting tonally and totally fun. I am sure yours will have the mojo.

I still want to get that east coast jam together. Maybe this guitar will push things along!
I will likely be at the Artisan Guitar Show in Harrisburg, PA in mid April with a few guitars in tow...
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I will likely be at the Artisan Guitar Show in Harrisburg, PA in mid April with a few guitars in tow...
I think I may have to plan a road trip!
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I will keep an eye out for you...
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Bruce made a unique pickguard that harmonizes beautifully with the voluptuous, J-185esque body shape. As an hommage to Kalamazoo, he used a fire stripe tortoid material. In the detail on the right the curly koa in the rosette is making itself known...

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Bruce made a simple but elegant truss rod cover out of some Brazilian Rosewood.

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Here’s a shot of the finished guitar in its Harptone case... It will stay with Bruce for a week post-strings. He’s a fine player and I suspect it will see a daily workout or two before being shipped.



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A gorgeous masterpiece!
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