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Show off time. These two in the 1930's Martin tradition. Only thing different is that I use a bolt on neck and shellac finish. But the body shape and size, bracing pattern and so on are all pre-war Martin.

BRW back sides
Torrified Red Spruce Top
One piece mahogany neck
Ebony FB and Bridge
Ivoroid bindings
Paua Abalone Purfling
Rickard Banjo Tuners
French Polish Shellac finish

#65









#66

Sweetness!

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Nice....that’s how they should be built...nice wood

Beautiful!

Lovely guitars. The torrefied spruce adds some years to the look of the classic O.M. shape.

Nice guitars, I've got one on the bench with a torrefied red spruce top, looking forward to hearing how it sounds.

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Steve Smith
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Approved.

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George :-)

Two beauties! Love the back on 66. Holy cow, 66! Nice work.


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Just the way I like them! Beautiful work.

Yummy!

I learned over on Classical Guitar Delacamp that the back on 66 is called watermelon Stripe. Have any of you heard of that? Supposedly it's from being sinker but I don't know. A few others have said that they got some BRW from a beam that had that look to it.

Torrified wood is interesting. I still don't know what to think of it. These are only the 3rd and 4th guitars I have used T-wood on. The one thing I noticed right off the bat was that from the very first set of strings there was very little change even within the first week. Typically I notice a change in tone on a guitar within hours of it's first set of strings. So it's almost like it's set from the beginning or at least real close. They definitely matured over the course of a month strung up. I always keep them that long just to make any changes necessary just in case. It's also totally opaque. You cannot see the bracing ghosting through the top with a strong light source on the inside.

And thanks for the kind words. I always feel bashful doing these threads but then I do enjoy seeing others too so it's all part of sharing.

Regards.

Very nice!

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Jim Watts
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Really nice work, love OMs.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Very nice work.