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Excuse me if I missed this, but how did you land on the headstock image?
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Rick PS - The logo was my choice, not Dale’s
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Details that Drive a Luthier Crazy
The devil is in the details. The armrest drove Dale crazy. He was really annoyed at the way it looked and spent many hours trying to figure out a fix.
Before: arm rest before resized.jpg Here's what he worked out: armrest after.jpg Would you or I have been bothered by this detail? Probably not. And likely, a little tint could have hidden the flaw. But the guitar is a projection of a luthier's soul and this luthier had to get it 'just right'.
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Cool guitar! I knew I had seen that face somewhere before...
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Yup… that’s the one. As I said, “done at my request and for personal use only.” I always admired the logo when I used the program (way back when) and thought it was the perfect piece of artwork to pay homage to my late friend Larry Fox.
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Ready for the Spray Booth!!!
FredSJ200 and I have two Fairbanks builds at the same stage:
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Oh yes Rick! Our builds have been sharing a lot of quality time together!
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Congratulations Fred and Rick! It's twins! Not identical, however.
Before we can release them to your care, they need to be sprayed and buffed, then set-up. Just be patient, labor and delivery always takes a little longer than you expect. best, Dr. Fairbanks
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There's going to be a couple of happy people here at AGF not long from now!!!
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As the build is wrapping up, my phone has been pinging off with messages from Dale and accompanying photos. Each time it pings, my wife asks, “Is it done yet?”
“No, that was a picture of the bridge:” 7E129505-22DB-427B-AC6F-825A22B5CC73.jpeg “No, that was a picture to show me how the pickguard will look:” 418F8744-8B77-4A82-B261-1202A88BD3E2.jpeg “No, that’s a picture showing the guitar masked off for spraying:” 1506CD27-93E9-4975-BFC4-C2C6F1C086C2.jpeg My point here, besides showing all of the eye candy, is to reiterate how many steps are involved in building a guitar and the number of hours required to attend to every little detail. It’s an impressive accomplishment for sure. With a little luck, tomorrow will be “Spray Day!”
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Yeah, but is it done yet
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Adding to the suspense is that our phone system makes a verbal announcement throughout the house: “Text message from Fairbanks Dale.”
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Awesome Rick!!! Looks like the twins will be split up for the time being as I do not think mine is quite ready for the spray booth. Hopefully, they will spend more quality time together next week.
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Is it done yet?
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Sealer Coat is On!
Wowza!This vintage wood “looks” vintage!!
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