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Finally finished my first guitar. I had originally planed on building a kit, but knew I'd get more satisfaction building more or less from the ground up. I learned a lot, so when I build one for my wife, it should go easier. Of course, there were some flubs along the way. The biggest was making my radius dishes based on a 28' and 30' diameter rather then a radius. But, in the end it is without a doubt the best sounding guitar I've ever owned.

I'd really like to thank all the posters on this forum for the wealth of information that held make this build possible.

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That looks great. Nice job on the finish.

That's fine work! What did you use for your finish?

The finish is a french polish. Another thing I've never done before. I mixed shellac flakes with Everclear to make the shellac, then had a very enjoyable time applying the finish. I used the pumice method to fill the pores.

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Very nice looking guitar. That's a cool looking backstrip and it looks like there's something interesting going on with the end graft. Do you have a close up photo of those?

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Congratulations on your first! It looks really nice.

She looks fantastic Buzz!!!! Great job and something to be very proud of too!

Sorry for the delay guys, I just got out of the hospital today, I'll take some photos of the end graft for J. It's just a piece of red oak, but some rosewood got into the pores and make it look like stitches.

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Then not only congrats but feel better too!