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#226
07-09-2023, 08:39 PM
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I'm declaring this one done but in an auditionary period while it settles in. I've been playing it for the last few days and am satisfied.
 Credit to Tim McKnight for the donation of the Tone Rite. I closed the box a long time ago so I knew that it was resonant but I'm curious to see what the effects of the device will be. I recorded the guitar prior to attaching the Tone Rite and am going to do another recording tomorrow and compare.
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(2006) Larrivee OM-03R, (2009) Martin D-16GT, (1998) Fender Am Std Ash Stratocaster, (2013) McKnight McUke, (1989) Kramer Striker ST600, a couple of DIY builds (2013, 2023) 
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#227
07-11-2023, 06:50 AM
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Some more pictures, with my first that was made with the same molds and bending form. This one is shallower than my first but the angle kind of makes it look smaller too to my eye somehow.
 Here are the backs. Apologies for the scratches. French polish is very delicate and I've been playing these two a lot.  I'm tempted to build another sister, this time with a cutaway in western red cedar with east Indian rosewood. I need to get more practice in though. I have other projects planned.
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(2006) Larrivee OM-03R, (2009) Martin D-16GT, (1998) Fender Am Std Ash Stratocaster, (2013) McKnight McUke, (1989) Kramer Striker ST600, a couple of DIY builds (2013, 2023)
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#229
07-12-2023, 02:52 PM
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Honestly, the two guitars are the same general shape but the tops and bracing are completely different. No. 1 is cedar so it lacks the headroom but I countered with a harder bridge plate and a deeper body. It has a great bottom end but the trebles are not as complex. I'm tempted to reach inside with sandpaper and revoice the top  No. 2 is rosewood with a wide grained spruce top. I went a little overboard with the thickness sanding and left it very thin. I showed it to Tim and he warned me to take it easy on the final sanding.  He is familiar with Somogyi's principles and suggested using a spruce secondary plate and nontraditional lattice bracing, but the idea scared me and I chickened out and went with a double X bracing pattern.  In all honesty I closed the box on March 27, 2019 so it's basically been a guitar for about 4 years. The holdup was the binding. I even finished the body last summer, with the holdup being the frets and finishing the neck. I could say I'm a perfectionist but that's not true; instead I'm a horrible procrastinator. With that said, I'm glad I didn't rush because I like No. 2 better. It sounds better to my biased ear.
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(2006) Larrivee OM-03R, (2009) Martin D-16GT, (1998) Fender Am Std Ash Stratocaster, (2013) McKnight McUke, (1989) Kramer Striker ST600, a couple of DIY builds (2013, 2023)
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#231
07-13-2023, 12:08 AM
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Here are clips of my first recording session before I put the Tone Rite on it.
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(2006) Larrivee OM-03R, (2009) Martin D-16GT, (1998) Fender Am Std Ash Stratocaster, (2013) McKnight McUke, (1989) Kramer Striker ST600, a couple of DIY builds (2013, 2023)
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#233
07-13-2023, 02:27 PM
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congratulations, your guitars looks really great!
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#234
01-10-2024, 12:52 PM
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Update and confession. I’ve been tweaking the neck angle on this and need to cut the fret slots a little deeper. The action on the low E is very high: close to 1/4” and down by the nut it could also stand to come down a couple of 1/32”. It’s not solely the neck angle but the neck itself. There’s a slight twist and relief issues that only present themselves when the neck is under full tension; the angle is good when the strings are off. The other tipoff is that the intonation is off a couple of ticks.
Meanwhile, the day before yesterday I was singing and playing along a bit aggressively (as I am wont to do when the moment strikes me just right) and decided to take a break. That’s when I noticed that there was a little light reflecting in the gloss finish under the bass side wing of the bridge. To confirm this I grabbed a random business card and found that it wasn’t just a visual illusion, the bridge was indeed lifting. With haste I slackened all the strings then pulled the bridge pins. To my surprise the entire bridge came free of the body! Fortunately, no fibers came up off the top. It was simply a glue failure. In fact, it looks like I may have not used enough. I guess that not 100% a bad thing. I’m waiting until spring to address it though. I’m thinking changes in weather conditions might be another culprit.
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(2006) Larrivee OM-03R, (2009) Martin D-16GT, (1998) Fender Am Std Ash Stratocaster, (2013) McKnight McUke, (1989) Kramer Striker ST600, a couple of DIY builds (2013, 2023)
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