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Craig, I'm okay with being one of the guys.

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Yes Lillian, you most certainly are one of the 'guys'. I meant that in a respectful way.

Colin, Your post means a whole lot to me, coming from the elite craftsman that you are. Here is a shot showing more of the brace profiles. I was lucky enough to have some very light ,but strong bracing stock at hand , so have them very thin




( In case you were wondering , the chisels are a special edition Marples Ridgeway ,I bought as a boy )Good old English stuff



Craig Lawrence

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Lovely work Craig, really very nice, but then it would have to be with your first setting the bar soooo high.

Merry Xmas to all.

Kim

O.K., I know this is a family forum, but I have to say it.. dang!

Craig, I hope you'll tell me that you build exact replicas of 17th century uber furniture for a living or something to that extent or I'm going off to burn all the guitars that I've build so far...

That is just crazy!

Note: notches in waist cauls = touche!Alain Desforges39074.8594212963

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Craig, like everyone else, I am so impressed with your work. It's obvious that you are enjoying what you do.
I've built only one 12 string, but I did what you've done. (3 tone bars.) But with this one exception, I added a third finger brace on each side.
Necessary, I dunno. But I think that 3rd tone bar IS.

Good stuff, mate.

SteveSteve Kinnaird39074.9724652778

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http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Very neat,nice job Craig! I'll bet she turns out sounding sweet!Love that little inlay on your neck block.
Very good looking bracing too!

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And all the best to you and yours too Kim . Better keep an eye on yourself over the festive season too Kim Thanks mate

I love that touche line Alain ,

Geez, you'd better light up the barby then mate cause I aint no builder of replica 17th century uber furniture , just a Piano Tuner,gone crazilly obsessed guitar maker, with an enormous amount of passion. My boss from my apprenticeship days, often said I had a good pair of hands , so that must help. Don't get me wrong here , sometimes I find things pretty tricky and nearly in the too hard basket. I think that's where we get a real buzz ,,, when we execute a difficult step and get a result much better than expected.

Good on ya Steve and Dave too and all the best To you and your familly for Xmas.


Actually , it's only about an hour and a half away from 12 midnight ,here in New South Wales Australia ,,,So   Merry Christmas all you fantastic folk !
Wow! nearly forgot the carrots and bucket of water to put out the front

CraigKiwiCraig39075.2720486111

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Beautiful work I love the 2 part linings, and the overall clean-ness.

Keep us posted!