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Hatcher Greta - 13-fret Black Walnut / Old Growth Western Red Cedar
I have commissioned a guitar with Mark Hatcher of Hatchers Guitars, a sponsor here on AGF. If you have been hanging around the Custom Shop you've surely have seen some of the incredible instruments coming out of Mark's shop. He is a master of luthery, very talented photographer and a magician with design in wood.
I visited Mark's shop in February this year and we spent a day talking guitars, touring the shop and discussing the build. You can see my post about the visit here. Enjoy !!! Specs 13-fret Greta model w/Venetian cutaway Old Growth Western Red Cedar Top Black Walnut Back & Sides Abalone everywhere Brazilian Rosewood Binding and Trim Slotted-headstock Tamarind and Abalone Rosette 1 3/4" nut and 2 5/16" string spacing Soundport Schertler Tuners Plus lots of other fun surprises And the saga begins ... The Black Walnut set we choose. Joining of the top and back sets Joined back Joined back with a little naptha to simulate the look under finish. The back strip ... BRW w/abalone ... looks like jewelry!
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Life is like a box of chocolates .... Last edited by cigarfan; 09-24-2015 at 01:53 PM. Reason: update photo urls |
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Congrats Cigarfan!!!
Off to a great start, beautiful woods. We all know what Mark can do with these woods, he is a magician. I love the walnut. Ever since I saw that walnut bass that Mark posted, I think if I can ever afford another build, it will be with walnut back and sides. You already know I am a fan of the paua next to the BRW! I will be watching this build every step of the way. Fantastic so far. Tom |
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Wow!!! That looks to be a spectacular build! Congrats on this one! Thanks for letting us look in on the process!
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"Abalone everywhere" Those are some nice looking woods! I love black walnut. Great neck wood too, if Mark has any.
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Congrats, cigarfan! That is a superb set of walnut.
May I ask if you prefer Venetian cutaways in general, or just for this particular instrument?
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I am very happy to get this build started. Walnut is one of my favorite woods to build with. Cigarfan and I have hammered out a lot of the details when he visited but, additional ideas always seem to blossom when the wood starts getting cut!
Mark
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Actually, I'm not hard over on Venetian cutaways but I have one of Mark's Floretine cutaway's in my collection already so I wanted to change it up. Hi Mark. Good to hear from you here in the thread. I can smell the aroma of that Cedar getting cut as we speak!
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Congratulations Cigarfan! This is going to be a great one
I can't get enough of Mark's build threads: brilliant photography, of some beautiful instruments... that black ebony parlour he's just finishing really is phenomenal! Jon
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Thanks for the reply, cigarfan - I didn't realize that other Greta beauty was yours : )
Looking forward to following this one along as well.
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@JonBarclay: I have to agree, Mark's Black Ebony Parlor is a gorgeous little guitar. Bet it sounds awesome too!
@dcn: I wasn't the individual that commissioned the BearClaw/Coco but I am glad I had the opportunity to acquire it.
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Mark's approach to building lightweight, lattice-braced guitars is a perfect fit for walnut/cedar. By the way, I'll get to see your build in process next week when I'm up in Peterborough.
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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'm happy to hear (and a little jealous) you are visiting. I enjoyed my visit thoroughly. Think of me when you sit down with your cigars. And let me know what you think of our Greta.
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Mark makes incredible guitars, good choice. That's going to be another beauty.
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Looking good!
Beautiful cedar top as well. This will be a gem of a guitar.
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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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Thanks Trevor. I think so too!
@ukejon: Thanks for the pic. The top tapped very well. I'm very much looking forward to hearing it after Mark performs his magic.
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Life is like a box of chocolates .... Last edited by cigarfan; 06-21-2015 at 10:27 AM. Reason: correction |
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