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In case it's not been mentioned in the thread already - I'm thinking Tyler is Tyler Wells? (https://www.lhtguitars.com)
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If I said Healdsburg I misspoke. It was at the first Santa Barbara show that your amp weaseled its way into my brain. Hopefully my guitars did the same to a few people. Last edited by Bruce Sexauer; 06-09-2018 at 02:57 PM. |
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Self Portrait
I put the final coat of Varnish (with luck) on Ben's Guitar today. In a month or so it will be playable.
I also glued the neck to the body on the 00 I am making for the Vancouver event. And I should be able to play that one in a few days, hopefully before I leave for the Grass Valley Bluegrass festival next Wednesday. Ben's back: Last edited by Bruce Sexauer; 06-09-2018 at 01:46 PM. |
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That’s absolutely gorgeous Bruce. And, I like the watermark of your image imprinted on the back of the guitar, nice touch
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OH yes, that came out very nicely! Cool to have seen that one in person!!! I called Ben and told him it was coming out pretty cool (not really hahaha).
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Ben is SO cool, I'd be pretty hesitant to try to instruct him. Seriously! No, Seriously!!!
I spent much of the day on the 00, and here is the evidence. I have never owned or worked in a Camera Shop, and it probably shows. But I HAVE been building guitars steadily for over fifty years, and If you folks ever try one of mine, you'll very likely want to keep it. That's my plan, anyway. On the next working day I will make a bridge and glue it on. The day after that will be the day of reckoning, so to speak. |
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Now, I like that headstock - it meets with my complete approval. I wish everybody else's were as good. Simple, clean - and nice.
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Carry on! Paul
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Thats absolutely stunning Bruce! Can't wait to see pics of the Guitar you're bringing to Vancouver International Guitar Festival, will it be the same body shape?
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I am at the Grass Valley bluegrass Festival at the moment, and though we do have WiFi I have been too caught up to say anything for days!
Bob has it right, the Tree 00 is the guitar I am bring the Vancouver. I plan to right my Ducati up with the guitar on the back. I my find a way to bring 2, but possibly just the one. I’ll be home on Monday. |
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I am back from GVBF. Turns out that the best thing about this year's show was schmoozing with the boys, by which I mean my fellow luthiers. What a hoot!
And I am back to work on my first day post-show. Laurelyn, my daughter, is joining me in the shop for the summer and will build her first complete guitar, or so goes the plan. It is my intention to have her do as much as she can without it falling far short of my standard. In other words, we expect it to come out inside the normal range of my own work. Even if it strays a bit, it will be a true Sexauer! Today we picked her wood. It will be Honduran mahogany topped with German spruce. Tomorrow she will decide what size it is to be. Probably 00 or 000. More or less style 18. She does hope to sell it, and I expect it to be between a third and a half what I would expect for my own work. Here's the back and sides with the top peeking out: I will build a guitar along side her to demonstrate the main moves, not that she hasn't seen it all before. I think it will be Adirondack over Black Limba. This will be the guitar I take to Italy in the fall, assuming I sell the "tree" 00 in Vancouver. Looks like this: The next two pictures are the 4 piece back I am joining for Tom B'sox JB-L00, though it will be on the back burner while i work with Laurelyn. This is Imperial Brazilian Rosewood, sisterwood to the classical I built a couple of years ago. The first is laid out for matching, and the second has been jointed but not glued up: |
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Cool project!
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All of them, but I was referring specifically to the post immediately before my comment: the project with his daughter.(edit — I just saw your “winky”)
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