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Be careful, Bruce, you seem to be thinking this at least two days in a row, next thing you know you'll actually be doing it, which would be fine with me.
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Highly Recommended!! Although those 2 guitars would be reason enough, there are a few others he has in stock that are every bit their equal. Make sure you try the Relics, too - great stuff!!!
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About 20 years ago, and for 3 years of time, I have a band with Eric Schoenberg an I playing guitar, and Larry Mersereau playing double bass. Our biggest claim to fame was that we played as a "featured" act at the Healdsburg Guitar festival the year that it was held at the Dominican College in San Rafael; the year (almost) nobody came. Larry moved out of the area for a few years but saw the light and has moved back. We spent the morning playing tunes for the second Wednesday in a row, and plan to do so again next week. That's the music news for today.
I did close the box that will be the FT-15-D Kerala today, and here it is: If you have just a little knowledge, you can see in this pic how wonderfully quartered the material is! |
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This morning Gary Kaplan sent me a couple of the images he made. The back for the current build is on the bench.
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I spent the day binding the new guitar. It is sanded to 180 which make the wood's beauty more visible.
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That's a nice rosette, simple, distinctive, with a foot in both modern and traditional camps.
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I will also say the 000 had several elements that really spoke to me, and which have remained in my permanent "design locker" for future consideration! I encourage anyone here to give it a real good look--you won't be disappointed. Last edited by Rico59; 07-11-2015 at 08:55 AM. |
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I completely concur about "walnetto". When I tried it in mid-May, it was one of my favorites in Bruce's shop. With my eyes closed, I would have had no clue that I was playing an all walnut guitar, just an excellent one!
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Wow, stunning work as always Bruce. Your ability to seamlessly blend traditional and modern elements into your work is something I've always greatly admired and is something I very much try to emulate.
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I really liked the headstock on the "Walnetto", so I repeated the concept on the current build. It is so beautiful to me, that I cannot imagine it being the reason it was ignored, for the most part, at Memphis. I do imagine that the reason was that people weren't thinking all walnut, so it probably didn't look like a guitar to most casual observers. I think this new one would be more likely to show up on the radar.
Today I completed the major constructon and put on the first sealer coat, which is when the wood requires little to no imagination to envision it's true coloration. |
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That really is a nice headstock design. The top of it goes really well with your logo!
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Oh man Bruce - I love your slotheads!
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