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07-31-2013, 09:08 PM
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I got to play the guitar after Mike strung it up yesterday (perks of sharing a shop- one of many!) ... and it's magic. It's SO responsive and the overtones are incredibly lush, even after only being strung up for a couple hours. I can't even imagine how good this one will sound years down the road, well worn in.
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#92
08-01-2013, 09:36 AM
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I've been a bit delinquent in posting about this guitar but with Healdsburg right around the corner it's time to finally finish it up! As Nic mentioned, it was briefly strung up the other day and I'm pretty excited with the sound. More and more I'm convinced that elevated necks are the way to go -- they add a certain quality to the tone that seems consistent across shapes and tone woods. It adds a kind of a roundness or wholeness to the tone. Think of a wooden bell or marimba bar versus something metal. The wood has both clarity and warmth while the metal just cuts. It also has to be one of the loudest guitars I've made to date!
If timing works out I'm hoping to get my friend Mike O'Brien in the shop this weekend to record a demo on it so those of you not going to Healdsburg will get a chance to hear it! In the meantime, I finished up the magnetic truss rod cover yesterday...  All that's really left is to finish up the nut, buff, put on the pick guard and get on a plane to California! Mike
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#93
08-05-2013, 10:25 AM
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My friend Mike O'Brien came by the shop yesterday and recorded a couple of videos on the (now finished!) guitar. I'll try to post final pictures either today or tomorrow but in the meantime here's Mike's take on Tom Waits' "Chocolate Jesus"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBBiR4USolA Mike
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#94
08-05-2013, 04:53 PM
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Here are the final pics!
      Thanks for looking! Mike
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#95
08-05-2013, 05:01 PM
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Sweet!!! Love it!
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#96
08-05-2013, 05:23 PM
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That is one of the most appealing looking guitars I have ever seen Mike but I am a bit biased towards the look of a well figured blonde guitar. What you say about the elevated neck is interesting.
Jim
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#97
08-05-2013, 05:28 PM
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Beautiful!!!
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#98
08-05-2013, 05:51 PM
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Looks pretty slick
 I really like your bridge design, something different.
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#100
08-05-2013, 07:21 PM
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Mike,
Simply stunning - looking forward to hearing it! Gorgeous work, man...really. See you soon, Martin
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08-06-2013, 06:00 AM
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Thanks so much everyone! As far as aesthetics, this guitar has definitely been one of the bigger challenges I've taken on. I'm about to hop on a train down to New York where I'll be for a few days before flying out to California. Really looking forward to meeting/seeing a bunch of you out there!
Here's the second video I recorded this weekend -- Mike arranged Willie "The Lion" Smith's instrumental piano piece, 'Echoes of Spring'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdiDoTtPLxY Bye for now, Mike
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#102
08-06-2013, 11:51 AM
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This is quite simply one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen.
Great work and congratulations on completing a masterful work of art! Wow, just wow!
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Keep on Rockin' in the Free World......
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#103
08-12-2013, 12:07 PM
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Coming home to JR!!
Truly one of the finest sounding instruments that I played at Healdsburg 2013. JR
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#104
08-12-2013, 02:01 PM
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JR--I knew that guitar was going to find its way home to Texas with you! Awesome--it was great meeting you, man...
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2013 Stehr Auditorium (Carpathian/Myrtle) 2015 Stehr Auditorium (Adi/BRW) 2020 Baranik Meridian (Blue Spruce/Manchinga) 2020 Wilborn Arum (Tunnel 14/Coco) 2021 Kinnaird Graybeard (BC Cedar/Bog Oak) 2022 Kinnaird CS Student Build (Adi/Padauk) 2023 Kinnaird FS (Italian/Koa)
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#105
08-12-2013, 03:36 PM
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Stunning! You do beautiful work Sir!
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