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Old 08-02-2011, 03:29 PM
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Default Smooth Stone custom acoustics

Smooth Stone guitars,Nice guitars , great builder, tell him you heard it from Greg.
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Old 08-04-2011, 09:52 AM
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Interesting! Would love to have Dale among us here on the AGF. A web site is good, but not as good as conversation.

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Old 08-05-2011, 06:15 AM
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Interesting guitars. Pretty low prices....are they fully custom made here in America or are they simply finished here?
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Old 10-29-2011, 01:13 PM
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Dale Builds his guitars from raw stock. He will build anything from a tripple O to a Jumbo. He even builds electric guitars. Click on the link to see some of Dales work.

http://s1096.photobucket.com/albums/g324/russell388/

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Old 09-04-2012, 08:28 AM
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Our shop actually handles sales for SmoothStone and any questions you may have please don't hesitate to send our way. If you would like us to post pictures we would be more than happy to .
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Old 09-04-2012, 09:35 AM
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some nice photos of the standard offerings, but it would be nice to see what some of his custom work looks like... maybe get an idea of what woods he enjoys building with, what his personal style is. the general offerings look great, but very traditional in design. Does he crawl outside that box?
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Old 09-04-2012, 10:56 AM
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Most of the work Dale does is traditionally based forward shifted X braced D 28 sized dreads, Om sized and D 18 sized acoustic guitars, but he also builds what the customer desires as far as a true custom build to include size,inlay,binding,frets,number of frets and headstock shape and style.We have recently paid to be a vendor here on AGF and are awaiting the AGF forum to recieve funds via paypal so we can post without being considered spam.Thanks for asking about these guitars.

Here are some examples of builds for clients,






His website is here.

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Old 09-24-2012, 08:14 AM
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What do you think of a question and answer thread from members to Dale ?
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Old 09-26-2012, 06:38 PM
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Looks like his hand-built guitars start at $1250 for a 000.

http://www.gregsguitars.net/vintage_...ic_guitars.php
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Old 01-15-2013, 07:05 PM
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Guys here are build pictures of A custom Smooth Stone Guitar. There are alot of pictures, and they are not in any paticular order.

http://s1096.photobucket.com/albums/...r%20build%203/
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Old 01-15-2013, 07:11 PM
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The woods that were used in this build.

Cocobolo back and sides
Adirondack top and braces
Flamed Maple Bindings
Ebony fretboard, headstock overlay and bridge
Sapele neck(stained)

This guitar combination has monster tone and volume.
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Old 01-15-2013, 10:06 PM
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Looks cool! Is that you playing the finished guitar in those pics?

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Old 01-16-2013, 02:49 PM
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That's me.
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Old 01-23-2013, 03:37 PM
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This is one of Dale's BC models. It is Based on a slope shoulder dread.
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Old 01-23-2013, 06:53 PM
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Here are 2 guitars Dale built for a rodeo giveaway for a commercial client.
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