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Author:  martintaylor [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:48 am ]
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Hi Chris,

you should check out this guys inlay work (oh, and guitars). He has certainly played with the glow in the dark powder!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=457515307619216&set=a.449621275075286.90175.160482497322500&type=3&theater

Author:  Fred Tellier [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:23 am ]
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No shop happenings from me, fathers day was spent driving home from the A.S.I.A. symposium at East Stroudsburg Pa. It was a wonderful 3 days hanging with people of the same obsession with guitars and other string instruments. Great workshops presented by very dedicated builders, the only problem was choosing which one to attend in each time slot. Those who were not able to attend missed a grerat time.

Fred

Author:  douglas ingram [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:24 am ]
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Not a darned thing. Except work in progress taunting me.

Author:  Doug Balzer [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:50 am ]
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Built an outside mold for #2 - an OM cutaway...curly walnut B&S, bear claw Sitka top. This one is being commissioned by my 11 year old but I have waived the deposit and hopes are not high for even partial payment.

Author:  Robert Renick [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:06 am ]
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Working on some tables for a local retail shop. Black oak for the perimeter, the inside bins are prefinished 1/2" Nova ply capped with the oak. The money will fund some instruments that will be sold in this shop.

Author:  Stephen Boone [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:40 am ]
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I put strings on my latest. A Blanca. FP will start soon!

Douglas fir top
Port Orford cedar b/s
EIR fretboard/bridge
rosewood trimmings

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Author:  Chris Pile [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:54 am ]
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I displayed some repair work and a few modified electrics at a local guitar show this weekend. There were 14 vendors all having a good time eating BBQ and playing jazz and rock. I think the only vendor who sold anything was the guy selling PA gear and recording studio stuff. Glad there were no fees charged, as I made bumpkas for the weekend.

Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:06 am ]
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My older son decided to fall face first down a flight of stairs onto a concrete floor, resulting in a tennis ball sized knot on his forehead and a trip to the ER for Father's Day. He is fine. No skull fracture, or concussion, just a bad bump. Although, the swelling has slipped down his forehead to his eye and he now sports a swollen, black eye as a result, he is really fine.

Author:  Jason Rodgers [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:32 am ]
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Stephen Boone wrote:
I put strings on my latest. A Blanca. FP will start soon!

Douglas fir top
Port Orford cedar b/s
EIR fretboard/bridge
rosewood trimmings


How do you like the Doug fir? Did you thin it a bit more than spruce?

Author:  D. Ramsey [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:28 am ]
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Was able to finally finish my first complete instrument bliss

Working the final coats of Uke #2

Put a nice set of wood together hopefully to be sent off to buyer this week

It was a great weekend! pizza


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Author:  Stuart Gort [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:41 am ]
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I'm sick of sanding for now so it was just cad work for me...developing a baritone neck for my guitars...and the tooling that goes with it.

You're breaking my heart, Tony. :cry:

Author:  oval soundhole [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:22 pm ]
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Tony_in_NYC wrote:
My older son decided to fall face first down a flight of stairs onto a concrete floor, resulting in a tennis ball sized knot on his forehead and a trip to the ER for Father's Day. He is fine. No skull fracture, or concussion, just a bad bump. Although, the swelling has slipped down his forehead to his eye and he now sports a swollen, black eye as a result, he is really fine.


I think you should tell people he was in a fight and you don't want to know what happened to the other guy.

Sorry to see that, Tony: I hope your son is alright.

Author:  JoeUlman [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:28 pm ]
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Made a couple simple A-frame guitar stands. The finished stand in the pictures was a prototype I made for testing. It proved to be quite stable provided there’s suitable peg spacing and suede or some other friction producing padding is used on the pegs. The pictures are self explanatory, I think. One thing to note is that the top edge of the stretcher is shaped so the tail of the guitar doesn’t catch on it when placing on the stand.

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Cheers, Joe


Edit: I also put this in the tutorial section with some additional info for anyone who wants to make one. Joe

Author:  Joe Beaver [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:15 pm ]
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Reminds me of the time when I was about his age.... rode a sled headfirst into a tree. Ouch!!!

Author:  WudWerkr [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:23 pm ]
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Tony .. I bet you could show us some pics of you at that age with worse huh ! laughing6-hehe

Glad hes ok [:Y:]

Author:  Alex Kleon [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:31 pm ]
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It's good to know that your best work can take a hard knock, with no damage or repair required! Glad your little guy is ok, Tony! :D

Alex

Author:  Clinchriver [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:58 pm ]
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Gil Draper "Goodin" had some problem honduras mahogany I mistakenly thought I could bend gaah Anyway I have a decent stash of Honduras and hooked him up.
Mine bent perfectly???? OM-18 sides

Author:  Beth Mayer [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:03 pm ]
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Alex Kleon wrote:
It's good to know that your best work can take a hard knock, with no damage or repair required! Glad your little guy is ok, Tony! :D

Alex

No serious damage is really good news, Tony! Glad he's okay...and BTW, he is ADORABLE, but don't tell him I said that...it's not something they want to hear :)

Author:  Beth Mayer [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:06 pm ]
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I drove the bus all weekend on the lined ribs of a J45. My arms and hands are well aware of this today. I trust pictures of this process are NOT necessary.

Author:  Trevor Gore [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:13 pm ]
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Beth Mayer wrote:
I drove the bus all weekend on the lined ribs of a J45. My arms and hands are well aware of this today. I trust pictures of this process are NOT necessary.

If you prefer not to have muscles that big, check out Page 10-12. (Scribe, take off the bulk with a block plane, finesse the bevel (and only that) by "driving the bus"). All up, should take ~10 minutes max, leaving you plenty of time to go to the gym.

Author:  Clinchriver [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:56 pm ]
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Tony....... poor little feller, I think the "I don't know what happened to the other guy" is the story:)

ANYWAY LOOK AT THIS!!!
The wife has been on a remodeling binge and one of the workers saw my guitars, he asked "think you could use some Honduras Mahogany"? duh He said he had a board he got off a woman locally who's dad used to make Mahogany boats back in the 50's. He just dropped this off, 16' wide at the bottom.........one piece backs?

Author:  oval soundhole [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:29 pm ]
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I found and restored a sweetheart no. 6, started working on a les paul junior again, and began work on my parlor guitar design.

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Author:  AnthonyE [ Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:09 pm ]
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Clinchriver wrote:
Tony....... poor little feller, I think the "I don't know what happened to the other guy" is the story:)

ANYWAY LOOK AT THIS!!!
The wife has been on a remodeling binge and one of the workers saw my guitars, he asked "think you could use some Honduras Mahogany"? duh He said he had a board he got off a woman locally who's dad used to make Mahogany boats back in the 50's. He just dropped this off, 16' wide at the bottom.........one piece backs?



16 feet wide?!?!?! That is a serious piece of Honduran! In all seriousness, that is incredible even at 16". I wish I could run into some wood of that caliber locally.

Author:  Beth Mayer [ Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:27 pm ]
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Trevor Gore wrote:
Beth Mayer wrote:
I drove the bus all weekend on the lined ribs of a J45. My arms and hands are well aware of this today. I trust pictures of this process are NOT necessary.

If you prefer not to have muscles that big, check out Page 10-12. (Scribe, take off the bulk with a block plane, finesse the bevel (and only that) by "driving the bus"). All up, should take ~10 minutes max, leaving you plenty of time to go to the gym.


It was scribed, pre tapered and block planed to near shap, but I still had to do some bus driving:)

Author:  Mike OMelia [ Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:43 pm ]
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I finished one of the J40s! One more to go.

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