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05-15-2019, 02:28 PM
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That OM looks very nice. Bet it’ll sound great.
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) 
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05-16-2019, 09:34 AM
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Nice of you to conjecturize, Juston. You are betting on the short odds side.
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05-20-2019, 08:10 PM
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Here are some pics of the hOMage, now five days old:
  
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05-20-2019, 08:28 PM
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I was just playing my Sexauer this weekend, it has been a while. Every time I pick it up I'm not only impressed by the tone but by the playability. None of my other guitars while all very nice IMO, have that same level of ease of play. The setup is absolutely butter. I couldn't tell anyone the reason why but it is. Obvious to me each time I pick it up...
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05-20-2019, 08:28 PM
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Does it sound OMy??
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05-20-2019, 10:01 PM
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It is a VERY traditional style build, and from the “right” materials. Probably I have made between 50 and 75 OM size guitars, at least half of which had pretty much the same tonal target. The target is a particular 1929 OM45 DeLuxe I once had around the shop for a few weeks. It is the best Martin OM I’ve seen by a fair shot. I like to think I’ve gotten very close to it several times. All IMO, of course. Thanks for the comment, Tom. This guitar would feel familiar to you, I am certain. It is not the same neck, however, as it is a more vintage V type of thing. It does play effortlessly, though. Last edited by Bruce Sexauer; 05-20-2019 at 10:13 PM.
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05-25-2019, 07:45 PM
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Today I joined the plates for a 000 in the traditional Martin Golden Era sense: A long scale 12 fretter. This is AmerRed over Koa.
 
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05-25-2019, 08:36 PM
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That’s going to be a pretty one.
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Chuck 2012 Carruth 12-fret 000 in Pernambuco and Adi 2010 Poling Sierra in Cuban Mahogany and Lutz 2015 Posch 13-fret 00 in Indian Rosewood and Adi
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05-25-2019, 08:54 PM
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I have built more all Koa than Koa/Spruce, and that makes this interesting for me. Koa is one of the most visual appealing materials I know.
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05-27-2019, 12:39 PM
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Beautiful woods. I kinda like some color in my tops, it makes for some character. I take it your using the 1929 OOO shape ?
Brent
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05-27-2019, 02:55 PM
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05-29-2019, 07:02 PM
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Yesterday I shipped the BRW OM hOMage to a land far far away . . . though still connected to this continent . . . to serve as an educational tool. It will be interesting to see how this goes, and perhaps one day I can be a bit more forthcoming about what I mean. Suffice to say it is breaking ground for me.
Today the Koa 000 is a closed box.   
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05-31-2019, 08:18 PM
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I have bound the 000 in Ivoroid. I spent some time on the phone yesterday with my friend John Slobod whom I consider the living master of celluloid binding. My results are still not as clean as his, but do show improvement.
  
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