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For anybody who's interested, here's a link to photos showing my first build.

First Buld

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Beautiful guitar and Great job!!    

The documentation is very good also. Wish I had done that. It looks to me like you are well on your way to some great builds.

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Pat, Great job documenting your build and nice finished product! One question: How did you cut your slots for the braces on the kerfed lining? thanks

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Hi Gary...
Thank you for sharring the finest set of photos of guitar instruction I have ever seen.
Great job Brother,
regards...walter

Pat, great pictures. I particularly like your trick for fretting the neck extension...clever!

Great job, Pat. Very good documentation.

Lance or Brock, you might consider putting this little story up permanently on the tips and tools page, or somewhere. Very valuable to newbies.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Beautiful guitar, I would like to know more about that finish you put on your guitar, did I read that right? It was put on with a pad? Man that is one awesome finish.
                   Red

Thanks, all.

Walter, how are you feeling these days?


Dave,

To cut the reliefs for the braces ends into the lining, I first backed up each area with side cutoff wood that matched the curve at each relief. Then I used a very sharp 1/4" chisel.

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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Hi Pat, thanks for sharing your first build with us, it's excellent craftmanship i saw there!

Like Red, i'd like to know more about he KTM-9 applied with a pad plese! Sounds interesting! Thanks

SergeSerge Poirier38803.0330787037

Pat,

Very nice work! It must have been a thrill to play it for the first time. You also did a really pro-looking fret job--something that many of us (meaning, I!) struggle with.

Well done! Great looking guitar.

Excellent job on both the build and ducumentation! Willingness to document in this manner is a sure sign that there`s a future in this for you, not to mention the workmanship!

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Give me 50 cents worth of regular.
Check my oil too, if you don`t mind,,,

Superb job Pat. Your execution is top drawer. Love those braces, very clean. Keep'em coming!

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

Thanks again everybody for the kind words. BTW, the finish looks pretty good in the pics, if I say so myself, but up close in real life, it's just barely presentable.

I'm on the slippery slope - there are definitely more to come, if my growing wood stash is any indicator.

Hesh,

I guess documenting the first build is sort of like taking lots of pictures of your firstborn. And pretty near as exciting, too! Are you a Leonard Cohen fan? Have you seen his performance on Austin City Limits, around 1990? I had a truncated recording on VHS for years, having just caught half of it, then found the whole show just a few years ago.

Red,

I did use a pad for the finish, much like a French polish would be done. Here's the link to an old OLF post that got me started.

http://luthiersforum.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2194&KW=p ad+ktm#forumTop

It was nearly as labor-intensive as FP, but I prefer the way FP looks. Something about the clarity is different. I see just the slightest hint of haziness in the KTM9. FP is crystal clear perhaps with a bit of warming with the more colored varieties. The only advantage I can see to using KTM9 padded on compared to FP is KTM9 resistance to water and sweat damage. KTM9 may be a bit softer, but certainly not noticeably harder when it comes to dings and divets.   burbank38803.5780439815

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Great collection of photos and nice work on No. 1. How does it sound? Any sound files?

[QUOTE=old man] Great job, Pat. Very good documentation.

Lance or Brock, you might consider putting this little story up permanently on the tips and tools page, or somewhere. Very valuable to newbies.

Ron[/QUOTE]

I'll second that, very solid information to be found in there!