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Mike Mahar’s new Redwood 000
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Author:  Mike Mahar [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:17 am ]
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Severl people asked that I post pictures of my latest. Here are the details:

Mahagony back & sides
Redwood top - Thanks Don Williams
Sycamore binding - Thanks John Hall.
Macassar Ebony fretboard
ab-lam rosette.
French Polished with Seal Coat.
1-3/4" width at the nut
2-5/16 string spread on Pyramid brige.
Scale length: 24.9

I had problems with the photography so this is the best I could do.

The full monty:




The headstock:



The soundhole:



The endgraft:



The binding on the top:




I very happy with the sound of this guitar. It is well balanced and has a lot of character. The wide fingerboard makes this guitar good for fingerstyle.

I hate finishing which is why the "Gods" made me finish this guitar twice. I'm still not happy with it. I'm going to spring for an HVLP sprayer for the next ones.

Mike Mahar38598.5660532407
Author:  Don A [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:58 am ]
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Mike, really like the color combo. How was the sycamore binding to work with. I have quite a bit of it but was warned that it is a bit soft to use as binding.
Author:  BruceH [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:44 am ]
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Mike - Nice guitar. I also really like the colors and the sycamore binding. What kind of mahogany did you use?

Author:  Dave Anderson [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:47 am ]
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Very nice job Mike, I really like the looks of that sycamore binding with the mahogany! Beautiful rosette too!
Author:  L. Presnall [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:51 am ]
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Bravo Mike! Encore, encore!
Author:  Terry Stowell [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:58 am ]
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Huray! Can you take it outside in the natural daylight and give us some more shots? Don't be shy, show it off!
Author:  LanceK [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:29 am ]
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Mike, nice guitar! The sycamore bindings look fantastic!

Nice work!
Author:  Mark Swanson [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:33 am ]
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Hey Mike, I like it! I like to use redwood too and think that it always seem to sound great.
Author:  WalterK [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:33 am ]
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Mike...
What a nice guitar!! I can almost smell the wood.
Great job...Congrat's!!

Walter
Author:  Mike Mahar [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:55 am ]
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Sycamore is pretty soft but considering that it has a redwood top I wouldn't use it as a touring guitar anyway. It is pretty though and works well for the "Wow" factor.

I'll have another one to show in a couple of weeks. This one is going to be quite different.
Author:  Tim McKnight [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:18 am ]
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Very nice looking guitar Mike. How does it sound?
Author:  Matt Gage [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:54 am ]
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congrats Mike, nice looking guitar
Author:  Colin S [ Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:41 pm ]
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Redwood/Mahogany a classic combination and in an OM like that should just about be perfect for DADGad. I love the classy restrained look, just my type of guitar, send it over and I'll give it a proper review.

Colin
Author:  Mike Mahar [ Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:52 am ]
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[QUOTE=Colin S] Redwood/Mahogany a classic combination and in an OM like that should just about be perfect for DADGad. I love the classy restrained look, just my type of guitar, send it over and I'll give it a proper review.

Colin[/QUOTE]

I'll have it air lifted out to our ship right away.
As for the sound, Your's right. It does like DADGad. This is not a guitar for cowboy music. Each string has a lot of overtones and they tend to overwhelm each other if you're flat picking.

I don't care for gaudy guitars and this is about as fancy as I'd like to get.
Author:  Colin S [ Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:20 pm ]
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[QUOTE=Mike Mahar] [QUOTE=Colin S] Redwood/Mahogany a classic combination and in an OM like that should just about be perfect for DADGad. I love the classy restrained look, just my type of guitar, send it over and I'll give it a proper review.

Colin[/QUOTE]

I'll have it air lifted out to our ship right away.
As for the sound, Your's right. It does like DADGad. This is not a guitar for cowboy music. Each string has a lot of overtones and they tend to overwhelm each other if you're flat picking.

I don't care for gaudy guitars and this is about as fancy as I'd like to get.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Mike I'll be expecting it, I'm getting a bit fed up with my little plywood travel guitar! My main DADGad guitar is a Mahogany/Cedar OM - I don't have any redwood - but I want to put together one with redwood as a future project. I think you really need a 14 fret for DADGad as you tend to capo up often.

I'm not a fan of gaudy guitars either I like to let the wood speak for itself, I've only used pearl once and didn't like the effect, so I stick to using only wood.

Great guitar, it just looks right, which usually means it sounds right.

Colin
Author:  bob J [ Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:17 pm ]
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What do you use for seal coat?
Author:  Mike Mahar [ Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:10 pm ]
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[QUOTE=bob J] What do you use for seal coat?[/QUOTE]
Seal Coat is a brand of pre-mixed shellac made by Zinsser. It is a 2 pound cut and works just about as well a shellac that you mix yourself.
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