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10-04-2014, 07:57 AM
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new model
Hey everyone. A few months ago I posted a thread here asking what people wanted out of a hand made archtop. A few of you participated and gave some great input.
After a month or so of designing I've finally started building a new instrument which I think embodied the discussion and input we had. I hope it pleases you guys. I will be debuting the model a the memphis guitar show next year along with a few other instruments. I started a build thread in the custom shop section of the forum. If you're interested, check it out and follow along. All the best, Stuart Day 
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10-04-2014, 02:36 PM
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Checked out the build photos - a couple questions/thoughts:
- The "Steel City" name for a Working Joe/Jane's archtop is a good one, as well as a nod (intended or not) to the ultra-high end Andersen "Emerald City"... - Don't know if what we're looking at is just a customer build, but as I recall the thrust of the first post was to develop a real utility archtop, along the lines of the Epiphone Zenith/Olympic or Gibson L-50; I'm thinking you could save a few hundred bucks by going with straight-grain body woods, rosewood fingerboard/bridge, eliminating the laminated headstock backplate, and painting/silkscreening the front of the head - none of which (with the exception of the bridge) have a significant impact on tone, and still allow you to maintain your construction/tonal standards at a reasonable price... Came across this one a while back; almost exactly what I envisioned, the price is dead-on at the $4K mark we were kicking around in the first thread, and with the tightening-up of the market in mahogany the price could probably be knocked down even more by using unfigured, home-grown maple: http://webermandolins.com/instrument...latin-arch-top
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10-04-2014, 03:29 PM
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Where is the link to the "Steel City" (if that is what you're talking about)? I got as far as your website from your user details and the guitars all look beautiful but wasn't sure what you were referring to aside from an archtop.
Thanks.
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#4
10-04-2014, 07:15 PM
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Papol, I'm sorry, the steel city isn't up on my website yet. If you go to the custom shop section on the forum here you can see the build thread I started there with pictures.
here http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=359376 I will update my website when the model is finished. you can also find me on facebook if you're on there at https://www.facebook.com/StuartDayGuitars?ref=bookmarks
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10-04-2014, 07:29 PM
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Steve,
I appreciate your comments as usual. I'm using my 9 years of experience to make decisions on this instrument that will certainty lower my costs and allow me to offer it at a much lower price point. Until I finish the first one I can't say exactly what that number will be but I'm shooting for around $4,500 I've spent a month designing this guitar and I'm really proud of what I came up with and I think when you see it finished you will be pleased. I think it is going to be a real players guitar, at a fair price. I'm building two instruments. One with and one without a back lam on the peg head. I will see which one I prefer. Back lams add significant strength, mass and rigidity to the end of the neck which improves sustain. So I wouldn't say eliminating it has no effect. But we will see how it develops. I hope you enjoy it.
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10-05-2014, 06:39 AM
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10-05-2014, 04:11 PM
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