[Joel Teel]

Originally Posted by Scallywag

What size fretwire is on that guitar?

EVO Gold…
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Originally Posted by Nemoman

The Pyinma guitar looks awesome, Joel!



Great stuff--can not wait to try it out!



Although I am bummed that the Koa one will not be coming along...

Thanks Kevin…..the good news on the Koa guitar is that the person who bought it is local, and has offered to let me bring it to the show.

Here’s a picture of the Pyinma guitar with some lacquer on it:
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And here are some interior progress pictures of the Mango guitar before closing the box:
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Here are a few pictures of the closed box held in the cradle to rout the binding and purfling channels:
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The purfling channel around the top of the arm bevel has to be cut by hand with an exacto knife, gramil, and chisel:
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That’s all for now…gotta get back to work. As always, thank you for following along.

joel