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Klepper Custom- Almost NGD
Fingers Crossed that the following photos have uploaded.
I never thought I'd post, or be fortunate enough, to post in this sub-forum. I was always a bit intimidated. But I have the honor (almost) receiving my dream guitar. 'Dream Guitar' sounds trite. But it is truly my dream guitar. Howard Klepper's accomplishments and brilliance as a luthier is only exceeded by his kind and generous spirit. And that's saying something. He's one of the nicest guys I have ever had the good fortune to meet. I'm honored on so many levels, you have no idea. I have hopefully attached the latest photos Howard has sent. Briefly the specs (I have cut and paste from Howard's email): 12-fret, 15" "SSD" (Small Slope Dread). 24.9"scale. Western red cedar top with Adirondack red spruce bracing. Quartersawn, old growth EIR back and sides. Wenge backstripe and end graft. Spanish cedar liners. Mahogany neck with cocobolo fretboard. Madagascar rosewood bridge with camel bone saddle. Hard maple bridge plate. Lignum vitae nut. Brazilian rosewood headstock veneers, front and back. BRW trussrod cover. Gold Schaller mini tuners with ebony buttons. Bindings and rosette are tortoise and white celluloid, with red, white, and black fiber purfling lines. Finish satin nitrocellulose lacquer. Pickguard 1970's vintage red tortoise celluloid. Frets are EVO. Fretboard dots are paua abalone, as are the fretboard side dots. I believe I will have the guitar by Tuesday if I behave myself. I often wondered where some of you have found the patience to... wait. I still don't. I might have been driving Howard nuts, but he's too nice to tell me (except once and even then he was nice about it!) to be continued. [IMG][/IMG]
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KLEPPER Guitars - Custom build 12-fret, 15" "SSD". 24.9"scale Guild 1964 M20 Eastman e20 00 Baby Taylor (99) Alvarez Yairi DY60 - 1995 Ibanez SR600 Walnut electric bass & amp. Ultrasonic AG-15 acoustic amp Last edited by liltiki; 05-30-2015 at 09:22 PM. Reason: Trying to upload photos. |
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Superb.
I love HK's work. Also great to see a WRC and EIR guitar. Kind of unfashionable choices but superb ones. |
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Congrats. This is just a classic.....
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My YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/ukejon 2014 Pono N30 DC EIR/Spruce crossover 2009 Pono koa parlor (NAMM prototype) 2018 Maton EBG808TEC 2014 Hatcher Greta 13 fret cutaway in EIR/cedar 2017 Hatcher Josie fan fret mahogany 1973 Sigma GCR7 (OM model) rosewood and spruce 2014 Rainsong OM1000N2 ....and about 5 really nice tenor ukuleles at any given moment |
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I can see why you are jonesing over your new guitar. Being a slope shoulder fan I really dig your choice of a 15 inch lower bout dimension coupled with a 12 fret neck. The whole effect has kind of a 000 cast to it with the slope shoulder aesthetic thrown in, and all the woods selected are just beautiful! What was the motivation for the lignum vitae nut (nice touch)? I'm hoping you can do some sound samples once you get it. Congrats on a great looking instrument.
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Congratulations, it looks superb. I like the red in the purfling lines...adds a nice little touch to set it off. I bet it sounds Great!
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As unfashionable as the majority of Jim Olson's guitars. This is one of my "Performance" guitars, so it has been deliberately kept simple; no upcharges, no bling. Just tone, playability, first-grade materials, and clean workmanship. I guess that IS unfashionable! Riverrummed: Lignum vitae is an ideal nut material: hard, dense, and self-lubricating.
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liltiki - Congratulations!! being one of the few who can say you own a Klepper is very special - and that looks pretty ideal!
Howard - how long have you been making lignum nuts? Makes alot of sense - just wondering about them long term - I've seen a fair number of ebony nuts, and they seem to hold up great, but only one or two lignum. Do you think the only reason there aren't more is color, or are they harder to work because of the natural lubrication? Any tricks in making the string slots? kinda imagine fine files would clog rather easily -
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More than a few Santa Cruz’s, a few Sexauers, a Patterson, a Larrivee, a Cumpiano, and a Klepper!! |
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Fine looking guitar (as one would expect from Howard).
Was there much discussion between the two of you as to which side of the fretboard to offset the position markers? |
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I think they must have come to a compromise! Looks cool.
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Congratulations! That is going to be an awesome guitar. I enjoy playing the guitars that Howard built for me and I am sure you will be delighted.
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Multiple guitars including a 1979 Fender that needs a neck re-set Last edited by jmat; 06-01-2015 at 12:57 PM. |
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Howard, I love that cursive logo you're using here - classy classy!
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I have always appreciated Howard's work and this is a beauty! Enjoy and congratulations.
Best, Jayne |
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I have a few different logotypes. I lettered this one by hand; I needed one for use on my replicas of Buddy Holly's 1943 J-45 (the guitars that went to Mick and Keef for the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation). It was supposed to be in the style of Gibson's logo from that period. I continue to use it on slope dreads.
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Truthfully, no discussion, but I'd would have said yes to anything he suggested.
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KLEPPER Guitars - Custom build 12-fret, 15" "SSD". 24.9"scale Guild 1964 M20 Eastman e20 00 Baby Taylor (99) Alvarez Yairi DY60 - 1995 Ibanez SR600 Walnut electric bass & amp. Ultrasonic AG-15 acoustic amp |