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Author:  sharp_custom [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:00 pm ]
Post subject:  One More Out the Door

Here's a shot of one of my latest. It's an engelmann/walnut GA.

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Author:  Mark L. [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:06 pm ]
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Beautiful guitar! More pics?

Author:  sharp_custom [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:09 pm ]
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Mark L. wrote:
Beautiful guitar! More pics?




Thanks!!! More to come!

Author:  sharp_custom [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:32 pm ]
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Here's some more.
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Thanks for looking. Let me know what you think.

Author:  TonyKarol [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:04 pm ]
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OK Don .. I will .....

It looks mighty Sharp in all respects [clap] ... I love a good take your eye out Florentine cut (or as one of my florentine hating students likes to call them .. bar fightin guitars laughing6-hehe ).

lemme guess ..... claro walnut BS duh ... snake like curly binding (ok you got me there what is that, its cool), hogalam purf from Bob C (or maybe you made it yourself ..again, cool),. burl walnut rosette, one pc hawg neck, eb FB with maple line.

Cool from top to bottom .... I will bet it sounds as sweet as she looks .. mmm ... you sexy thang ...

Author:  sharp_custom [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:07 pm ]
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Thanks Tony!! I should have posted the specs to begin with...

B/S: Claro Walnut
Top: Engelmann Spruce
Bindings: Curly Koa
Rosette: Walnut Burl with b/w/b fiber (Home Made)
Top Purfling: b/w/b/Walnut/b/w/b
Back and Side Purfling: Maple/b/Maple
FB: Ebony Bound Ebony
Headplate: Ebony
FB and PH purfling: White Fiber (to match top scheme)
Bridge: Ebony
Frets: Gold Evo.
Tuners: Gold Gotoh's with Ebony Buttons.

This is the first guitar I've posted anywhere so, I appreciate everyone's feedback.

Thanks!! :D

Author:  KThomas [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:33 pm ]
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Don,

Beautiful work [:Y:] , God I love the look of that Walnut, pertty. Did that color just pop with the finish or did you stain it?

Kurt

Author:  ChrisC [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:00 pm ]
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Ooohh Yeah.....OOOOOOHHHH yeah!

Author:  sharp_custom [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:32 pm ]
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Thanks All!! Kurt, no stain on this one just natural.

Author:  WaddyThomson [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:32 pm ]
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Killer looking guitar! Wow! [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]

Author:  Hesh [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:30 pm ]
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Great looking guitar Don! [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]

Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:17 pm ]
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Yeah buddy! That's sweet.
Everything works together.
Very tastefully done.
Only wish it had a "K" on the peghead.

Steve

Author:  Steve Saville [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:28 am ]
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Very nice looking guitar Don!

Author:  MaxBishop [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:03 am ]
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Don,

That is one knock-your-eyes-out beautiful guitar! Love all the wood combinations.

Congrats,
Max

Author:  sharp_custom [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:49 am ]
Post subject:  Soundclip

Thanks for the kind words. Here's a link to a sound clipof this guitar. It was recorded by the customer who received it.

http://treative.com/agf/sharp%201.mp3

Author:  Peter Pii [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:56 am ]
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Beautiful workmanship!!
I really like your purfulling/binding :)

Peter

Author:  Dave Anderson [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:26 am ]
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Very nice guitar Don ! I really like it ,all of it!
The walnut top purf and rosette look great and the neck
looks super too. She sounds good too.Thanks fer the clip!
An all around great job ! [clap] [clap] [clap]

Author:  Ken Franklin [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:45 am ]
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Beautiful guitar, Don, in all respects. I love the wide purfling on top. Where did you get the ebony knobs for the tuners? I thought Gotoh only had plastic knobs.

Author:  Dennis Leahy [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:59 am ]
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Gorgeous guitar, and very well photographed!

Mmmmm, I just love Claro!

So, you made the top purfling strips? Is the Walnut in the b/w/b/Walnut/b/w/b going crossgrain, or the long way? (can't quite see) Was it difficult to bend near the cutaway? Did you get it wet to bend it, or just use dry heat? (Sorry for all the questions - I'm planning to try this with some pieced-together burl.)

Dennis

Author:  sharp_custom [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:15 am ]
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Thanks again Everyone...

Dennis, The grain in the walnut is going length wise. I made the purflings from the waste produced when I profiled the sides (before bending). Then bent them dry over a pipe immediately before installation. It's really not hard to do and it bends like butter, even dry. The purfling is figured so I didn't feel it was necessary to run the grain perpendicular to the bend. Plus, it's a lot more work. I just did it with koa purfling on an ebony guitar and it turned out nice but it too a long time.

Let us know how yours turns out.

Thanks!!

Author:  WaddyThomson [ Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:18 am ]
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Love the sound. Very open sounding, and even tempered. Nice!

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