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09-16-2011, 02:27 PM
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Dark Florentine OM Project
A few years ago this set of Macassar ebony caught my eye. I found the asymmetrical features of the back panels especially appealling. I'm pairing th ebony with an especially stiff (for WRC) 'chocolate' cedar top that's been in my shop for about a decade. My goal is to achieve a fingerstyle instrument that is not only dark to the eye, but also to the ear--one with a full, rich voice that performs especially well with alternate tunings. We'll see:
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09-16-2011, 03:08 PM
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Looking good. I think I'll like this dark chocolate beauty
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Rod True, aspiring luthier My current project A guitar I built for my Father in Law The Celtic Beauty - The Epic Journey True SJ - #9
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09-17-2011, 07:26 PM
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That's going to be beautiful, Michael!
Look forward to watching this one. Steve
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09-17-2011, 09:58 PM
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Looks great! Will be following this one.
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09-18-2011, 07:25 PM
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Certainly looks like you are off to good start!
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09-18-2011, 08:29 PM
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Thanks for all of the positive replies, gentlemen.
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09-22-2011, 12:53 PM
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Good stuff, Mike...now let's see some pictures of that chocolate cedar.
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09-22-2011, 01:14 PM
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looks great, would that chocolate cedar be from Mario?
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09-22-2011, 02:18 PM
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Loren, the top goes onto the body tomorrow and more photos will be forthcoming--including the obligatory "a bazillion clamps" pic.
And Henderson: I bought 'chocolate' cedar from Brent out of Alaska Specialty Woods somewhere between 7 and 10 years ago. It's some of the stiffest WRC--of any color variation--that I've ever come across. However, it does retain one of the properties common of all the WRC's: you can dent it with a hard stare.
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Michael Propsom
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02-20-2012, 09:46 PM
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I've been sidetracked with an order--which is not a bad thing. Nice to get back to this project however. Here are a couple of progress photos.
First off, roughing in the back braces  My top bracing ready for a final pre-glue cleanup:  And here's the obligatory, "Man, I knew I should have bought another gross of clamps" pic:  Laminating up the top purfling:  The top purf & binding of cutaway: 
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Michael Propsom
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02-21-2012, 01:08 AM
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Maybe it should be delivered with a Dark Milky Way chocolate bar in the case. Never hurts to fingerpick and eat chocolate at the sametime.
Looks like a real sweet build, looks like alot of guys will be following this build. Hate to see this project side tacked by some real work but sometimes it happens. Bruce,
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