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burbank
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After a long weekend in So. Cal. and a week of fine camping in the Cascades, finally some progress to report on my 2nd, a size 5 terz koa/Lutz.



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It's built very light, in consideration of the stiffness of such a small body. I cheated on the neck. It's a Martin reject from ebay. Next are rope purfling, Mad Rose binding, then headstock and fb inlays. Finish will be FP over Z-Poxy (no Z-poxy for the top), if my testing pans out. So good to be moving on this sweetheart again, and I'm off for two more weeks!

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Great to see ya back in the shop there Pat and it looks very nice so far, great combo and appointments you chose, it will be a very sweet axe! [=D>] [=D>] [=D>] [=D>] [=D>]

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Neat Pat.

What's the scale leingth? That bridge plate seems really far back. Of course, I've never built a small size guitar so if my question is ignorant, please forgive me.

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Very nice Pat! I want to try a little 12 fretter too, eventually...

Keep up the good work!

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Thanks, guys!

The scale length is 21.4, tuned a third higher. I had my doubts too about the bridge position, this being my first 12-fret, but I measured a bunch of times and it came out the same. I looked at a Martin terz and that's where theirs is, so I think I got it right.burbank38964.4329166667

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That's high quality, you can just SEE it. Beautiful guitar.

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Nice work, Pat! It's a cute little bugger!
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Lookin' good Pat! She's beautiful!

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Looks sweet man! Keep on truckin!

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