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Old 06-09-2020, 04:40 PM
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Not high jacking the thread, but I have a F35 being built at this very moment, also!
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Check out this beautiful mahogany

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Not high jacking the thread, but I have a F35 being built at this very moment, also!
Awesome! Please start a thread.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:11 PM
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Alas, as is too often the case, WoeIsJuston is wrong. At my recommendation, having unfortunately met Juston in person, I advised Dale to rub Juston's guitar with a blanket wet with fire retardant solution as a defense against Juston's caustic personality.

As Juston has correctly (!) pointed out, the results are excellent.
The fire retardant was to prevent combustion from my fingers moving on the fretboard. You should consider it. If the sun hits your head just right, you might end up lighting a guitar on fire, too.
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Old 06-10-2020, 04:35 AM
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The fire retardant was to prevent combustion from my fingers moving on the fretboard. You should consider it. If the sun hits your head just right, you might end up lighting a guitar on fire, too.
Bald is beautiful!



Plus, the light reflected from my head provides a perfect hue for a Fairbanks sunburst.
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Old 06-14-2020, 01:38 PM
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In all seriousness, I completely agree. I cringe when folks either 1) exhibit guilt about not being worthy of their guitars or 2) criticize others for not being worthy of their guitars. Guitars, music, and lutherie are things of beauty. Our community should be about spreading and embracing beauty, as you are doing with this build.
I agree! If someone appreciates it, I'm excited for them to own the guitar. On the other hand, a rich kid who gets a prewar martin or incredible luthier built instrument because dad has a lot money and leaves it leaning against his bedroom wall never to be played or taken care of, THAT may leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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Old 06-16-2020, 05:28 PM
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Here are the end blocks attached in the mold.

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We’re also going back and forth on little touches that mean so much...
Dale had done a build with Rickard planetary drive tuners last year and it looked awesome. So today, we chose these in antique brass:


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If you have ever contemplated commissioning a build, I highly recommend it. And the cost doesn’t have to be astronomical. There are tons of lesser known luthiers that can create a beautiful guitar that costs in the realm of a ‘nice’ Martin or Taylor.

There’s an anecdote in my family about how we to make decisions like this (ie. spending money on a luxury). It was the night of my bachelor party (many years ago) and we had just had a great dinner at the local steakhouse. Then, we were going to head over to the local strip (ahem, pun intended) to visit several “dance” clubs. My brother was waffling, he had two young girls and was thinking of packing it in early.

One friend (now a psychiatrist) laid this piece of wisdom on him: “Bob, you’ll be dead a long time.”

So now, anytime we need to make a decision, those seven words help guide our decision!
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Ooh, Rickard tuners! I'm going to replace the Waverly banjo tuners on my 1910 Dyer harp guitar with Rickards.

Thanks for the update. Please keep them coming.
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Old 06-17-2020, 09:22 AM
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Looking great. Make sure you’re comfortable with the idea that the Rickard tuners will be a functional compromise. Although they are an enormous improvement over original 4:1 tuners, at 10:1 they are still very touchy. I have them on one guitar and they work fine, but Waverly tuners are a significant improvement in terms of tuning precision.

Every time I’ve ever heard jt1 play a guitar with banjo tuners, it’s been massively out of tune and atonal. Come to think of it, that was true of the guitar he played with 30:1 tuners. Maybe it’s not the tuners.
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Old 06-17-2020, 09:53 AM
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Every time I’ve ever heard jt1 play a guitar with banjo tuners, it’s been massively out of tune and atonal. Come to think of it, that was true of the guitar he played with 30:1 tuners. Maybe it’s not the tuners.
You may be right, it may not be the tuners. I built the guitar myself and confess to having had some difficulty installing the frets.

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Tonight’s Lotto number

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Who invented go-bars? An amazing invention

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According to Dale, this x brace slotting jig may look crude, but it’s fast and accurate.

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X marks the brace

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Coming along nice and steady Rick, I am excited for you!
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The s/n after mine! Great pics!
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Old 06-18-2020, 09:56 PM
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Wow, what a great build! Glad I am just catching up. That wood has supported a collage of experiences and has much more to give. Very thoughtful and sentimental. I wonder about all the homework the table propped up and what those students are doing now.


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That said, be forewarned: this thread will stir the sleeping shenanigans of JT1 and Justonwo, Fairbanks owners and all-around bad actors. Both are terrible people with trash guitars and zero skills hell bent on warping the AGF world to their petty whims. they will kidnap your thread and insist that Dale send your completed guitar to them first to disparage its tone and put inappropriately large belt buckle scars on its pristine finish.
You forgot the fact that they eat salad with large tined forks and starch their jeans.
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