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Author:  Dave Livermore [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:43 pm ]
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Hey all,
I can't begin to talk about how proud I am of this build. It is a commission for a client who is giving it to his gigging wife for their anniversary. One of the biggest directions I took early on in the process was to find a way to incorporate Purpleheart because it is his wife's favorite wood.

So I did.

Top is WRC. Binding is maple. Bridge and fingerboard are rosewood. Everything else is purpleheart. Inlay, radial purfling, tuner buttons.... it's a whole lot of purple.

And it sounds fantastic. Tone is VERY similar to a EIR/WRC guitar that I copied for this build.

The finish has to be as close to a perfect one as I've done so far.

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Author:  Chris Pile [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:08 pm ]
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Very well done.
Author:  Lincoln Goertzen [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:10 pm ]
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Very nice work, David! Everything is so clean and in sharp detail.

Did you make your own tuner buttons?
Author:  Dave Livermore [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:21 pm ]
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Everything was from scratch.
Got the board from a local lumber yard and milled away.
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:08 pm ]
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Hey, Dave, it's purple! Nice job. [clap] [clap]
Author:  George L [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:27 pm ]
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Nice work. Gives me visions of sugar plums!
Author:  alan stassforth [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:06 pm ]
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Nice!
I like the rosette which has the spruce top stop and start,
or did you line up the grain and build the rosette seperately?
Author:  DennisK [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:24 pm ]
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Awesome! I really like all the purple. Props for making your own tuner buttons and stuff. Also love the purfling scheme. The bindings look like they could use some more rounding over to not be so sharp, but that's just a matter of taste.

What kind of finish is that? Looks nice, not excessively shiny but not icky satin either. Just right :)
Author:  nickton [ Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:31 pm ]
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very nice work. Practice certainly makes perfect. Looks like a beautiful top. I wonder how thick you kept the cedar?
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Author:  Dave Livermore [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:46 am ]
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I think the Cedar is around .125"
Author:  WudWerkr [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:59 am ]
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Love the look . I really like the bridge design as well. Great job [:Y:]
Author:  NWflyonly [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:23 am ]
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Great looking guitar are those purple heart bridge pins?
Author:  Quine [ Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:42 pm ]
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Nice. That purple looks great
Can you tell us how you did the rosette?
Author:  Pmaj7 [ Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:57 pm ]
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Any idea how is the purple holding out on this guitar?
Author:  bfeils [ Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:59 pm ]
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Looks great! I like the purfling.
Author:  Alain Lambert [ Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:37 pm ]
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Very nice.
What thickness did you made the back and sides.
Was it easy to bend?
Author:  DannyV [ Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:05 pm ]
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Nice Dave! Looks great.
Author:  Mike OMelia [ Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:22 am ]
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Oops
Author:  Mike OMelia [ Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:25 am ]
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pat macaluso wrote:
Any idea how is the purple holding out on this guitar?


Very nice work! However, the above is a valid question, PH is well known to fade to brown. Have you figured out how to avoid this? I would love to use this beautiful wood.
Author:  Dave Livermore [ Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:44 pm ]
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I just heard from the owner that the Purple is as beautiful as the day she opened the case.

The board i cut for the instrument is still in the shop and is still quite Purple.

Hope that helps
Author:  Pmaj7 [ Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:32 pm ]
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Thanks Dave! I can't wait to try some.
Author:  Cablepuller [ Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:32 am ]
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Look great..well done
Author:  Jimmyjames [ Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:32 pm ]
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I really like your rosette. It's got the quality of motion. Excellent.

-j
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