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Great to see Karan Getting noticed
Karan is a great guy and a very talented building who is really dedicated to his craft. So nice to see that word getting spread around.
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Last Week, Ben Montague posted an amazing video interview with Jason Kostal at his shop. If you haven't had the chance to watch it, it really is a great interview that speaks volumes about Jason and his take on the luthier community.
If you watch the video and fast forward to the 27:00 minute mark, Jason speaks about Karan! Direct video link works: https://youtu.be/Yy_a__jbpCE
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Karan has been getting a lot of traction lately and now the fun part is to pick which set of wood to use!
Before the wood choices, please take some time to read this article that was recently published on Bigfoot Guitars! The article is written by Saul Hudson, owner of Yamahamusicians.com based on what he saw at the UK show in September: https://yamahamusicians.com/bigfoot-...nRH6w63gD6xMQc I have a Poll going on to see which sets of wood to choose from: https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...j03Wp_0L2O955A Here are a few pictures from the poll: Straight Grain:
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Sorry to have missed this thread, somehow!
I met Karan and his guitars at the Holy Grail show in Berlin May. He's a lovely fellow who builds lovely guitars. I'll be following this with great interest. Thanks for sharing the build process with us.
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wow, you are doing it again!!!
can't wait!!
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I can't wait either! The fun is about to start! So we have narrowed down the choice of guitar to a brand new model that Karan is building. My guitar will be the first in this new shape and size and I am beyond excited to have this guitar built for me! After spending some time visiting Jason Kostal at his shop, Karan was heavily inspired by both Jason's building techniques and philosophies. I often think how many luthiers are inspired from a week long course with Somogyi "on the subject of The Principles and Practice of Voicing the Guitar."After a week with Somogyi, many say their post Somogyi class guitars are much better than before. Karan was able to spend 4 weeks with Jason and is so excited to bring new ideas to his guitars. Karan loves smaller guitars and I love sounds that I get from bigger guitars. He wants to build his version of a Modified Dread but a little smaller. Since he loves to build the smaller bodied guitars, this will be his take on a model that I already love. He is doing some drawings by hand and its fun to see the progress come along: Here are the specs for my Bigfoot Mod-D Length - 19 3/8" Upper bout - 11 1/16" Waist - 10" Lower bout - 15 1/16" Depth at heel - 3.75" Depth at tail - 4.25" Scale - 25" 12th fret body join, 18 frets total 1 3/4" bone nut width 2 1/4" string spacing at bone saddle I don't currently own any 12th fret guitars so I'm very excited to have one coming my way. And of course if you've read anything about 12th frets, it basically pushes the bridge more toward a sweet spot on the top soundboard. We wanted to go with something very familiar to me so we decided to go with a very special set of Spruce that Karan has from his personal stash. I very special set that tapped very well had beautiful bearclaw and since I don't have any bearclaw topped guitars, I thought this would be perfect! The plane was made from an old block of Purple heart And then of course, the wood for the back. I am down to my final two choices of Indian Rosewood that are very special. One is figured and the other looks like old growth Brazilian! And then this beautiful indigenous Indian wood popped up on his facebook....
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You certainly have a tough decision here!
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Great thread (as always) Eric! Loving the stories, the detail and the photos.
As for wood choice, you already know what gets my vote. Actually, scratch that - go for something else so Karan can save that one for me Looking forward to following this one! Best, Dan
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I would be a little concerned with the figured set.
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Me too. I've seen what that leads to plenty of times.
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Thanks Josh! Looking forward to seeing your Halland come together!
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Here are my thoughts on my back choice of woods. I was really wanting to try the Ghamar wood which had beautiful color and amazing figure. It looked like master grade Koa and when tapped, it was much more resonant. But again, I am drawn back to the overtones that a great Rosewood guitar will bring. I was really on the fence between my final rosewood choices and was about 50/50 between the two. The straight grain really reminds me of some of the very nice old growth Brazilian sets I've seen. I absolutely love the darker lines that are really sharp and are sure to POP under finish! The figured set is something very unique for your typical Indian Rosewood. The majority of Indian Rosewood guitars that I see have very straight grain. With such a special project, I wanted a set that was both interesting an unique. At the end of the day, I don't think I could go wrong with the choices, but for this build, I'm happy that I'm going with the straight grain! I'm a sucker for good braz and this old growth piece reminds of of it! The good news is that if you are interested in a Bigfoot guitar, then the other wood options are available for you! Picture of back without backstrip: Picture of back with backstrip:
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This is extremely satisfying to watch
A quick video of the back being sanded:
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back looking great together!
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label created and attached to back
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