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Author:  Brad Goodman [ Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:39 pm ]
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The latest guitar off my bench…
The back story on this one was that I made a neck 15 years ago with a snakewood fretboard and head veneers that all split on me,so i threw it in a corner. I removed the fretboard and veneers and put a new ebony ones on.

Also the top had a sap pocket on the edge and the back had a large dark mineral streak on the edge so that is why I did the burst...

Sitka spruce top
Birdseye maple back and sides
Curly maple neck
Celluloid nitrate Pickguard and truss rod cover
Kent Armstrong handmade pickup
25 1/4 inch scale
Nitro finish

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Author:  ballbanjos [ Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:11 pm ]
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Great save!
Author:  SteveSmith [ Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:26 pm ]
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Wow, I really like that one!
Author:  Chris Pile [ Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:48 pm ]
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I like it!
Author:  bcombs510 [ Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:29 pm ]
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That’s a beauty!!


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Author:  Jim Watts [ Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:32 pm ]
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Really beautiful Brad. Nice job!
Author:  Colin North [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:14 am ]
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Really look forward to you posting a finished guitar Brad, everyone's a winner!
Author:  meddlingfool [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:59 am ]
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Sexy!
Author:  jfmckenna [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:28 am ]
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Beautiful as usual Brad!

Is that a normal scale length for those type guitars?
Author:  Ken Nagy [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:42 am ]
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There's been a several times where I've made comments, and they never show up. I think another post comes in before me, and it asks if I want to re-think my post. I don't notice that and move on, and it's gone.

Hah! It just happened again!

For someone like me who knows nothing, this instrument tells a lot. The same edge work/banding all around, even the fretboard.

Archtops seem to be great candidates for a bound fretboard.

Inlays on the fretboard look better than pieces of blue masking tape on the sides of the 5th, 7th, 9th and 12th frets! Yeah, I could add some dots, but I haven't yet.

Too bad about the stain. I have no problem with sap pockets, I patch them up from the back, and let them show on the front. Like battle scars. Never been a fan of burst, but when it is bright and bold, like on the back of this one, it is cool.

I just took the varnish off a violin that I just couldn't get right. Already took it off once before. It has a Birdseye back, and the flash and look of it was obscured. Now I'm going to go for a glowing gold color. Who cares if the original was red over gold. The original wasn't Birdseye either.

Nice looking instrument Brad.
Author:  Andy Bounsall [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:25 am ]
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Love it! Nice work.
Author:  Clay S. [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:39 am ]
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Fine looking instrument,
A nice quality finish can hide a lot of cosmetic flaws. Fantastic save!

"The back story on this one was that I made a neck 15 years ago with a snakewood fretboard and head veneers that all split on me,so i threw it in a corner."

It must be in the air- maybe it's a Covid thing. Cleaning out the dust holes of failed guitar parts. I recently started on a build with some wood I laminated over a decade ago. It was some of the fist veneers I laminated before I had a good handle on the process and it warped either because of too much moisture in the wood or being unclamped before being fully cured. It warped along the edge I intended to join. The other edge contained sapwood, which I generally avoid, and some other minor flaws that can be hidden. So I decided to join the sapwood edge and get more than just headplates out of it. I've also been eyeing a rim set I put aside several years back which got away from me on the powered sanding dish. I don't want to make a "lefty" Manzer wedge guitar, so I'm thinking about some sort of "thinline" instrument. Sometimes it takes time to find the inspiration to use things that "went South" and were a disappointment.
Author:  Terence Kennedy [ Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:25 pm ]
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Nice. 16" is the perfect size for an archtop. 500K pots? What size tone cap did Kent recommend?

Your bridge hardware looks a little different from the usual StewMac style adjusters. Do they have a bushing in the base of the bridge?

Have you ever build with Steve Holst's laminate plates? I have been surprised at how good they sound acoustically.
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:22 am ]
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Terence Kennedy wrote:
Nice. 16" is the perfect size for an archtop. 500K pots? What size tone cap did Kent recommend?

Your bridge hardware looks a little different from the usual StewMac style adjusters. Do they have a bushing in the base of the bridge?

Have you ever build with Steve Holst's laminate plates? I have been surprised at how good they sound acoustically.


Hi Terence,

I have always used a 500K for the volume and a 250K for the tone with a .022 microfarad capacitor with the Kent Armstrong pickups.

Good eye on the bridge posts! They do have a bushing in the lower half of the bridge-I buy them from Allparts.. They are much easier to adjust under string tension.

I have often toyed with the idea of using laminated plates, but have never pulled the trigger for various reasons.. I was looking at the Acme plates-not sure if he is still in business.
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:28 am ]
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jfmckenna wrote:
Beautiful as usual Brad!



Is that a normal scale length for those type guitars?


Thanks.

Archtop scale lengths generally vary from 24.6" to 25-1/2".

I like the tension (with medium gauge strings) of 25-1/4" and it's the one I use unless a customer requests a different one.
Author:  Terence Kennedy [ Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:39 pm ]
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Thanks Brad. I have used Acme in the past as well but not since Dan sold it. I think the Holst plates are acoustically better. I have used them on four or five guitars. I have used both Spruce and Maple outer lams for the top and most recently a Mahogany lam on the back with Spruce on the top. That was for a well known jazz player in Minneapolis and he was impressed with the acoustic tone. So was I. Worth a shot if you are thinking laminate in the future. I think 16" is as high as he goes.

I will look for those bushings. Adjusting under string tension is always tough.

Beautiful guitar!!
Author:  James Orr [ Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:04 pm ]
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Super cool, Brad!


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Author:  DanKirkland [ Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:34 pm ]
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That's classy! I like it.

I had a D'Angelico on my bench not long ago and the maple on yours reminds me of the back it had. Looks great and I'm sure it sounds great to match!
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