It looks good!
Are you going to finish this one yourself??
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Mon May 29, 2006 2:21 am ] |
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Hesh -- that looks pretty darn nice to me. So if its boring -- I sure like boring! No burst required. Mind you I really did like the antique finish John Kinnaird showed us pics of! |
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| Author: | Colby Horton [ Mon May 29, 2006 2:39 am ] |
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It looks good!
Are you going to finish this one yourself?? |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Mon May 29, 2006 2:50 am ] |
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Hesh, you jerk, if you're so bored with it, throw it on the Barbie. Smoke it along with those ribs. Steve |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon May 29, 2006 3:28 am ] |
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Hesh, i'm with buddy Anthony, no burst on this baby, unless it's very subtle! Your call bud! 
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Mon May 29, 2006 3:43 am ] |
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Looks good bud. No FP? |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Mon May 29, 2006 4:13 am ] |
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Hesh, She's a beauty. Give the girl a clear coat to shine through. Sometimes subtle beauty is the best. Alain, "Now that you ask, Lois, I find this meatloaf rather shallow and pedantic" Good stuff. Wish I had said that.... |
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| Author: | Andy Zimmerman [ Mon May 29, 2006 4:43 am ] |
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Boring... Boring...Boring... Don't even waist time sending it to Tony A joke right???? Very Nice |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Mon May 29, 2006 5:12 am ] |
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I think either would look great on the top. I probably wouldn't burst the back or sides... those are very pretty as is |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Mon May 29, 2006 5:19 am ] |
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Man, I'd be really excited if I built such a boring guitar! |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Mon May 29, 2006 5:26 am ] |
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Hesh, what if you found a way to ever so slightly copper up the top? Put a little reddish brown in to hint at redwood or something like port orford cedar? But I mean, ever so slightly so that it's NOT as red as redwood or port. I believe this would still work with the chrome quite well. |
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| Author: | Bill Greene [ Mon May 29, 2006 5:27 am ] |
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Agreed. I love it. I like simple, basic appointed guitars (as a general rule) that sound terrific. |
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| Author: | RussellR [ Mon May 29, 2006 6:10 am ] |
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Hesh Walnut is a funny tonewood unlike many that are really pretty right from the start, Walnut doesn't shine until you get the finish on, trust me you will love it once the finish is on and all the colours pop out. I like it, it would look cool french polished. Hesh dude are you seriouslygoing to put burst on Brazilian Rosewood, Gibson did it at a time when Brazilian was just run of the mill, I hope even they wouldn't do it today 
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| Author: | RussellR [ Mon May 29, 2006 6:35 am ] |
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Pheew 
I think you should experiment with shapes etc, and it is also fun to expand into new processes etc. It is one of the great advantages of building for yourself you can experiment, how about a Lute. I am currently making my first classical and have thouroughly enjoyed the experienced. All I meant on the walnut one was sometimes they look a bit boring during building and it is hard to get excited by them. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon May 29, 2006 9:05 am ] |
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Hesh, you should seriously consider building Archtops after your next projects, that would be some challenge!
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Mon May 29, 2006 9:16 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Hesh1956] Since the OLF AJ plans were leaked AND since I had the opportunity to play one I have wanted to build one. Even though it's a D****N****T sized guitar [/Quote] It is? I wouldn't tell a crowd of Martin fundamentalists that... they will take up the torches and pitch forks. 
It is a big guitar, and probably competes with a dread, but I wouldn't call it a dread. I think a Gibson hummingbird is much closer to a conventional dread. |
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Mon May 29, 2006 10:57 am ] |
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Hesh, I really like Walnut guitars. I've seen a few Tony Karol has done and they look really nice under finish. You know if you are getting bored -- there is no shame in taking a break from building for a bit until the bug bites again. How many guitars have you cranked out in the last year? (I've lost count). As for building an Archtop -- my help (I sure Nelson, Brad, Craig, Paul and others) is but for the asking. (At the rate you build you'd be cranking them out in no time). I'll bring the Archtop posted here to Bob's and possibly one of the others in the works. It'll give you an appreciation as to why you farm out your finishing to Tony Ferguson. If you are thinking Archtop the Benedetto book and video/DVD set are the best at home study course I have ever seen. The other really good resource is issues #56, 57 and 58 of GAL which is a three part series by Tom Ribbecke. |
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| Author: | Pete Harrington [ Mon May 29, 2006 1:38 pm ] |
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Hesh, I really like that Walnut, it will look reeeeaaalll nice under Tony's finish. You will definitely have to post some of the "Xmas" photos from Santa Tony!! As Russell proposed, maybe some new shapes, offset sound holes, bracing schemes, etc. Lutes, archtops, double necks are also noble endeavors!!
Good job, Pete |
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| Author: | Andy Zimmerman [ Mon May 29, 2006 1:52 pm ] |
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I may be stupid, but what is an AJ |
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