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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
This is my ninth guitar. I really like it! It is Adirondack spruce on Oregon Myrtle, with zirocote bindings, fretboard, headstock and bridge. The segmented rosette and bottom wedge are spalted maple. The finish is Crystalac gloss with a little amber tint. Black Gotoh tuners. The neck is mahogany, oak and walnut. 27.5" scale. OLF SJ body size.       
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| Author: | Ricardo [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") Those are big honking frets!!
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| Author: | joe white [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Nice Steve! I like your choice of woods. How's she sound? ![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations")
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
joe white wrote: Nice Steve! I like your choice of woods. How's she sound? Joe, I really like the sound. I haven't put on baritone strings yet. I tried using mediums. I can't wait until the real strings show up so I can really give it a spin. I made it with a fairly thin top (.090'), and left the braces a little taller than I would have for a standard guitar. One of the biggest mistakes I made was not having you do the finish! |
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| Author: | joe white [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Looks great from here!
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Beautiful instrument, Steve. Nice work, and nice selections of woods. It all goes together very well.
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| Author: | KenH [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Having built with oregon myrtle before, I know that no picture can capture the beauty of the wood. This guitar is drop dead gorgeous! Well done my friend! |
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| Author: | Howard Klepper [ Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Good job, Steve! |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Really nice work Steve! You going to post some mp3's when you get the strings? |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Steve, Lovely guitar - baritones can be addictive. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
This is a great looking guitar Steve and I am sure that when you get your strings she will sound great too. Nice job!!
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Beautiful, Steve, absolutely beautiful! You have really made that myrtle gleam. I hope that I can bring the best out the myrtle OM I am building at the moment. A lovely wood to work with. Love the choice of binding too- the myrtle seems versatile with certain binding woods- I have used curly koa on mine, and that goes well too. A question about the bridge, if you don't mind. I remember you showcasing that design sometime back; and I really like the unique design- are there any structural/tonal reasons why you have chosen to take material off the bridge wings? |
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| Author: | Marc [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Great looking guitar Steve. I really like the wood choice, color combo, and the wheat purfling. |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Sam Price wrote: Love the choice of binding too- the myrtle seems versatile with certain binding woods- I have used curly koa on mine, and that goes well too. We thought about koa. The first thought, before the guitar was being built, was bloodwood. But when that body took shape, bloodwood just didn't seem to work, so we tried other woods like koa. I'm sure your guitar will be great, but this one seemed to need the ziricote. Sam Price wrote: A question about the bridge,.....- are there any structural/tonal reasons why you have chosen to take material off the bridge wings? Yes - I treat the bridge as a brace. I wanted to reduce overall weight and reduce stiffness at the wings, hoping to increase bass response. |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Zoinks! That's awesome! I love that stripey adi top...and the ziricote appointments are fantastic as well. Nice job...
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| Author: | GregG [ Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Hello Steve...she looks beautiful! Greg |
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| Author: | Todd Rose [ Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
I love the bridge shape and the effect of the ziricote components. Beautiful. I'm eager to hear more about the sound, once you get it strung up baritonely (how's that for a new word?). |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Strings? |
When I first strung this guitar up, I put on C.F. Martin Acoustic Marquis 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Medium, .013 - .056. I tuned it standard shape to D. It sounded good to my ears. The top was active, it was lively across all strings, and the low D rang out nicely. If I tuned it lower, the strings got too floppy to work the top and buzzed against the frets. Not wanting to leave good enough alone, I put on D'Addario Acoustic Baritone Guitar strings, .016 - .070. I tuned it to standard shape to B. The top is not nearly as engaged. The low B does not activate the top. It sounds a bit muted. overall, it sounds OK, the tone is pleasant, but the top is not very active. It does not vibrate like it did with the mediums. I have a set of Elixir Electric Guitar Baritone NanoWeb .012 - .068. I'm thinking about trying those. This is my first baritone. The client wants to have it in B tuning. Any suggestions? Thanks! |
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| Author: | peterm [ Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Hey Steve, looking good! Maybe Matt Mustapick may be able to help since he has built several baritone guitars. Shoot him an email.... |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strings? |
SteveS wrote: When I first strung this guitar up, I put on C.F. Martin Acoustic Marquis 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Medium, .013 - .056. I tuned it standard shape to D. It sounded good to my ears. The top was active, it was lively across all strings, and the low D rang out nicely. If I tuned it lower, the strings got too floppy to work the top and buzzed against the frets. Not wanting to leave good enough alone, I put on D'Addario Acoustic Baritone Guitar strings, .016 - .070. I tuned it to standard shape to B. The top is not nearly as engaged. The low B does not activate the top. It sounds a bit muted. overall, it sounds OK, the tone is pleasant, but the top is not very active. It does not vibrate like it did with the mediums. I have a set of Elixir Electric Guitar Baritone NanoWeb .012 - .068. I'm thinking about trying those. This is my first baritone. The client wants to have it in B tuning. Any suggestions? Thanks! Steve, For B-B try a set of D'Addario EJ 16's (12-53) discard the first string (12) and buy a single 66 for the bottom string. If you don't like the feel of the wound 24 as second string use a 20 unwound. |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Hey Steve, that looks great. Let us know what you settle on, and what works for this guitar. Any pix of the braced top before closing the box? Steve K |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
I'm getting used to the baritone strings. It must sound pretty good, I let a guy play it and after 20 minutes he decided to order one. That was pretty exciting. I just need to touch it up a bit and ship it to the client. BTW - This is a 14 fret model. |
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| Author: | CraigL [ Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
YES! Good job! |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Just finished my first Baritone! (large pics) |
Great looking guitar Steve!
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