Neck/Bridge alignment and finishing touches ....
 

Thanks Pete! I am over the moon on this one!

Thanks Nicholas. Appreciate you hanging in for the ride!

Thanks Brandon!

Thanks for following along Zach! Appreciate the kind words.

No problem sleeping ... I just dream about how schweeet she will sing. Thanks Michael!

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Fitting the neck and bridge. That fretboard and rosette look soooo nice together!

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And here she is, "in the white" as Ryan calls it.

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Our first glimpse of the Alessi tuning machines on the peghead. Mmmmm!

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Scruptious!

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Not sure but I think these are the last pics we will see for a while. This beauty is off to get her gloss finish. Gonna be a while. I Kinnairdly wait!

Yep she came together real nicely Dennis, Steve, and Ryan. You guys really worked together to come up with a vision and execution. Oh, Larry also, sorry. I can't wait for this to be back from finish and it hasn't even left yet!!! Fantastic, just wonder if we could have dressed up the fretboard a little more? :D

Gotta love a guitar that smiles


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Thanks again, guys, and thanks to you for following along Tom.
Yes, we could have dressed up the fretboard further, but I don't think Larry (Robinson) would have taken kindly to that suggestion! ;)

Steve

This guitar just blows me away every time I see it - - -

Dennis, as it's keeper, you are a fortunate man.

Better and better...
 

Looking forward to the pics with finish!

What a beauty!

Way to go guys...

Cheers

Paul

+1 to that sentiment...beautiful woods and craftsmanship indeed!

Very pretty guitar.

Montesdad, Paul, doodahdoug, brother John, many thanks all.
Not long before we see some early pics of the finish process. Stay tuned...

Steve

Gorgeous guitar!! WOWOWOWOWOW!!

There's some beeeeautiful workmanship in this guitar and you are very fortunate to get it cigarfan! All the best!
Perry

Hey gang
 

Please remember, since it is a Kinnaird it is bound to sound even better than it looks!!!
Mine from bro JK are out of this world tonally!!!

This is so COOL

cheers

Paul

Tom, Brandon, Nicholas, Paul, John, Mike and Perry ... thanks so much for the kind words and for hanging in there with with me for this glorious journey. I've said it before and it bears repeating ... Steve and Ryan have done an outstanding job! A dream guitar for sure! :)

And the initial pics after the first coat of finish. Just look at that Madi ... whoa nelly! I Kinnardly wait!

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Oh yea baby!!! She's lookin great!!!! Every step is better than the last, I can't wait to see it all put together now and see the neck with the rosette etc.

Hope you are having a Mcfun time this weekend!!!

So close...this guitar is already famous :)

Dennis, thanks for sharing this journey.

This is so amazing....Sorry for my delay in responding, I have been busy wiping the drool from my keyboard.

Thanks again, Tom. Perhaps getting inspiration for the next one.....

Thanks for that line, Mbroady! Much appreciated.

And thank you, Godfather. Hope the keyboard suffered no real harm!

Steve

Just incredible! What an awesome Guitar! Steve and Ryan really hit it out of the Ballpark!! Cheers!:)

Would love to see some finished photos of this beautiful guitar!!!

And the burst ...
 

I couldn't agree more. Waiting has become increasingly difficult. The guys are attending the GAL (Guild of American Luthiers) convention this week but should receive my guitar back the following week and begin final setup.

Boy! You and me both. We should start getting updates in a couple weeks.

Here are a couple shots of the burst. Mmmmmm!

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More pics when I get them.

I didn't know or had forgotten that you were doing a burst. Has this been the plan all along???? I like it.

The colorful purflings go great with the burst...:up:

Gorgeous guitar Dennis! I love bursts. Odd to think that as much as i like them, I currently don't have a one. I love the way yours is turning out. And yes that purfling rocks

It's coming...it's coming....

Steve

Nice Nice Nice...

Appreciate the affirmation on the burst Tom, Bob, Mike and Dave.

Steve and I had quite a bit of back and forth on the burst. I had it on my list from the beginning but left the final decision until after the first pics of the top under finish. Even though this Alpine Italian top is gorgeous by itself we felt a burst would provide some punch to the purfling and rosette. In the end, I think we were right.

Neck burst ...
 

Hoping to better match the neck with the Madi at the heel we decided to go with a slight burst on the neck. This photo shows the work in progress. Steve intends to hit the heel area with one more shot and then finish off with a satin finish. This is looking so nice. I am truly chomping at the bit. The blueish color is purely a reflection off the Wenge.

I think there is one more surprise for you folks when she is finished but I'll wait for the reveal.

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Wow Dennis, what a stunning guitar that I know will find a good home with your others. I am pretty new to this site but have seen you elsewhere, and now am enjoying watching your latest come together. Thank you for sharing the experience.

I can't add much more to the remarks about this stunning guitar. This is an absolutely breath-taking guitar that Steve and Ryan are preparing for you Dennis. Being an extremely fortunate owner of a Steve Kinnaird guitar, I can be sure of the incredible music this will make. Congratulations Dennis on your build.

Dennis...Is the wait getting to you yet?
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