New McKnight Build - "The Dominator"

[Rodger]

Orbital sander to the rescue...



Ear plugs are a necessity in this process!



A little blurry, but you get my drift on the sanding process...



Again, the pore filler is used until the guitar is slick as glass...





Where's Waldo?



Another close up view...



And yet another close up view. The next time you see this it will be sanded again ... and again.



OK, Rodger. My McJam suggestion for you is to make a song titled "Tim's shadow on my guitar."



And there you have the Mary Challenge. Well, challenge accepted. No one said it couldn't be an instrumental. Though, writing lyrics for that would be interesting.

[David Wren]

Man ... that thing is looking FINE Tim!

[Montesdad]

This whole thread gives one much appreciation for the term "Hand Made"

Hi Mary, hope you are doing well - - -

[Neil K Walk]

Originally Posted by Montesdad

This whole thread gives one much appreciation for the term "Hand Made"

Indeed. Seeing Tim work in person is equally inspiring. While I've become smitten by many of his guitars over the years, there have been so many that I can't say that I have a favorite and instead I come to appreciate the details, such as the attention to detail he plays with the mitering and soundport designs. For example, on one guitar the customer commissioned a beautiful inlay of a bulldog from Jimmi Wingert but Tim incorporated it into a theme that included a sound port in the same of a paw print.

BTW Roger, I know this one technically isn't for you but if memory serves this is your THIRD McKnight in as many years. If you keep this up you'll be up there with Eire!

Sorry - I tease. I'm just jealous because my little McKnight needs a big sister but I can't make it happen just yet.

[Rodger]

Hey Neil... yes. My third McKnight. (that doesn't include Kathy's OM Highlander - so, 4 in the family). This is the first commissioned one.

No intention of competing with Eire (Kurt). This will be my last guitar purchase for a few years. The last time I said that, I went almost 3 years without any guitar related purchases, so I can control it to some extent.

Good luck with adding a McKnight "Big Sister."

[Eire]

Originally Posted by Neil K Walk

BTW Roger, I know this one technically isn't for you but if memory serves this is your THIRD McKnight in as many years. If you keep this up you'll be up there with Eire!

Here, here, now: I've spaced mine out over a much longer stretch. I couldn't take the shock to the system of having three McKnights in my hands in as many years!

And, before he asks, I will not be passing one of mine along to Rodger's grandson.

Still loving the purling on the end-block area. A second picture of it was appreciated!

[Mary]

Originally Posted by Eire

Here, here, now: I've spaced mine out over a much longer stretch. I couldn't take the shock to the system of having three McKnights in my hands in as many years!

FYI: I'm always gonna be working on Kurt to fulfill a mini contract.

[Rodger]

Originally Posted by Eire

Here, here, now: I've spaced mine out over a much longer stretch. I couldn't take the shock to the system of having three McKnights in my hands in as many years!

And, before he asks, I will not be passing one of mine along to Rodger's grandson.

Still loving the purling on the end-block area. A second picture of it was appreciated!

I did skip a year or two between McKnight 1 and McKnight 2. Two years, I think. Don't forget, I have a picture of you with about half a dozen McKnights from last year's McJam.

I'll look for the most adorable picture of my Grandson to see if you can resist giving him one of your McKnights.

[Eire]

Originally Posted by Rodger

Don't forget, I have a picture of you with about half a dozen McKnights from last year's McJam.

Ouch. Hard evidence. Yep, that could shut me up. But I do believe there were "only" three, and not a half dozen McKnights in that photo. Still...

You probably could twist a few threads in my heart with photos of your grandson, Rodger. He's one lucky young man, though, to have a granddaddy building such an exceptional guitar to bequeath to him one day. Knowing that would have me practicing and practicing and practicing! Again: Kudos to you for the thoughtfulness and generosity on your part. What a guitar; what a legacy.

[Eire]

Originally Posted by Mary

FYI: I'm always gonna be working on Kurt to fulfill a mini contract.

I thought that "mini contract" became null and void with the purchase of the cedar-topped Skeeter last summer, no? You are such a tough negotiator, Sis!

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by Eire

I thought that "mini contract" became null and void with the purchase of the cedar-topped Skeeter last summer, no? You are such a tough negotiator, Sis!

... and not to mention a better memory than both of us put together

[Eire]

Originally Posted by Tim McKnight

... and not to mention a better memory than both of us put together

And that's because we're both golfers, Tim. Short memory is a good thing!

Now, enough hijacking of threads: Fret wire should be coming up. We want more photos!!!

[Mary]

Originally Posted by Montesdad

This whole thread gives one much appreciation for the term "Hand Made"

Hi Mary, hope you are doing well - - -

Doin' good. Had a rough couple of months toward the closing of 2017, but we are happy to be back in the saddle. We haven't forgotten Rodger and his guitar. This is when things slow down for a while. It's almost like watching paint dry.

[LouieAtienza]

Originally Posted by Mary

Doin' good. Had a rough couple of months toward the closing of 2017, but we are happy to be back in the saddle. We haven't forgotten Rodger and his guitar. This is when things slow down for a while. It's almost like watching paint dry.

LOL that's too much!

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by Eire

Now, enough hijacking of threads: Fret wire should be coming up. We want more photos!!!

Hi Kurt,
Fret wire is many weeks away. I am just beginning the varnish process so we will be watching varnish dry for a L-O-N-G time ;(