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Old 06-02-2021, 07:44 AM
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You do have quite the eye for bringing together colors and visual texture into a form that is not only pleasing to look at, but which also evokes an emotional response without a note even being played. I’ve enjoyed looking at your work for quite some time now, and am looking forward to meeting you and seeing your guitars in person this September at BIG(ger).

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Thanks Joel. This is going to be a fun show! I look forward to meeting you as well.

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Thanks Lonzo, I look forward to meeting you in person at BIG!



Thanks ukejon!

Here is a side by side on these two:





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Those two guitars are truly outstanding, you are the wood wizard for sure!
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Old 06-06-2021, 08:20 AM
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My 00 Woodsman model has been popular right from the start so naturally I'm bringing one to the show. I never had a model where I have so consistently had orders for one done like the original.

For BIG I am preparing a Woodsman with a 250yrs old Honduran Mahognay neck, internal parts, back and sides instead of the original's 100yrs+ Eastern Black Walnut. Instead of Black Ebony the fretboard, headstock overlay, bridge and binding will be 5000yrs old Bog Oak. The nut and saddle will be 20,000yrs+ old woolly mammoth instead of bone. A couple other upgrades will gold Evo frets, gold MOP fret side markers and a very traditional looking slothead.

So it's all of what the original was and more!
Here are some catch up pictures of this guitar in process:











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Is that going to be an all hog body ..or what is the top ?

That joint in the 2nd pic is invisible.

Nice.
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Old 06-06-2021, 09:14 AM
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Is that going to be an all hog body ..or what is the top ?

That joint in the 2nd pic is invisible.

Nice.
The top is 100yrs+ Redwood like the original Woodsman. It’s a great color match with the light colored Mahogany isn’t it? It will be even closer when the finish is on.
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I would think people would sign up for B.I.G. just to see these guitars in person let along hear them!!! Thanks for the hard work.
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I would think people would sign up for B.I.G. just to see these guitars in person let along hear them!!! Thanks for the hard work.
Mark’s work will be a highlight for me.
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I would think people would sign up for B.I.G. just to see these guitars in person let along hear them!!! Thanks for the hard work.
I'm looking forward to hear Dustin demo a couple of these at BIG!

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Thanks Mike!

The 00 Woodsman will have the birds mouth style neck joint which is a standard feature on this model. It's the old way to attach the headstock and still the strongest!





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That is some seriously good joinery Mark. Mighty impressive
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What Mr. Kinnaird said... wow! Dave
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What Mr. Kinnaird said... wow! Dave
Thanks! That is a tricky joint to do so I'm proud I'm getting the hang of it.

I have the sides bent and am setting up the body. Here I am gluing in the Spanish Cedar kerfing and setting up to joint the back:









Here the back is on:



Finally a picture of the interior of my sound studio:



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I’ll certainly have my eye on the bloodwood guitar. Can’t wait to see it under finish!
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I’ll certainly have my eye on the bloodwood guitar. Can’t wait to see it under finish!
Me too! Bloodwood has such a deep shimmer under finish. I have high expectations of how that guitar will sound also.

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I’ll certainly have my eye on the bloodwood guitar. Can’t wait to see it under finish!
I guess you better sign up for B.I.G. then as I have a feeling this guitar will not be going home with Mark!!!
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Old 06-12-2021, 07:28 AM
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Default Setting up Top

There are many techniques I use when setting up and voicing a top. The process starts with splitting out the brace blanks and profiling them. I use sash cross joints to eliminate parasitic dead weight and hard spots on the soundboard. I use tapered edges on the bridge plate to reduce weight and stress points. I also use a tapping mold when individually voicing each top.

That's just a few of what I call best practices that I have accumulated over the years. I think where my approach shows results most obviously is in the amount of top end I get, particularly from softer tonewoods like Western Red Cedar and Redwood.





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