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Kathy Matsushita
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Just wanted to thank those of you who helped me out with my question
about what to do with the compensation for a 24.9" guitar, and those of
you who gave me tips when I had cracked my Malaysian blackwood side a
while back......I ended up going with all-rosewood, and it turned out
nicely.

As for the compensation, I went with John Hall's tips (0.10" at the high-E),
and finally finished up the guitar yesterday. Just updated my website
account of the building of this guitar this afternoon. If you're interested,
take a look:
Taylor Cutaway
Project

The finished result pages start are here:
Finished
Product!!!

Again, thanks for the help and encouragement!!!! It's good to know that
you can come to this forum for help anytime you get stuck or confused!!!

Now, it's time to think about school again.....sigh....

Kathy Matsushitakmatsu38948.860462963

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Dennis E.
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Wow — that came out nice! I can hardly wait to hear it. I hope you can eventually post some sound clips.


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Robbie O'Brien
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Nice work Kathy! Thanks for sharing!
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Your guitar looks beautiful, Kathy! Thanks for the documentation.
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"It's good to know that
you can come to this forum for help anytime you get stuck or confused!!! "

Its funny you say that Kathy, because for a lot of us here, you and your site provided the same thing!

Nice looking guitar!

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    I think that is a keeper. You should send that too me and I can grade it LOL Again great to see you in action.
     Kathy has helped so many of us in the early days and was one of the first guitar sites I visited. Her knowlege she is quick to share with anyone. A class act for sure. Had it not been for her I would never have become Blues Creek Guitars.
   Thanks again for all you have done.
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glad I could help even if it was in a small way.
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Kathy Matsushita
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Thanks, all, for the kind words!!! I appreciate it.

I've been playing the guitar throughout the day today — my fingertips are
kinda sore right now!!! I haven't really played steel string for quite a while
now, as I was kind of getting obsessed with the ukuleles in these past few
years. So my fingertips are not tough or strong yet — I need to build up
some calluses!!! I'm going to be playing a little each day to build them
up. Once I get so I can play well enough to record something to put on
the site (I still will have to figure out how to do that), I'll do that!

Building this guitar this summer was fun, and it came out much better
than I had expected...

Kathy

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Serge Poirier
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Great looking guitar Kathy, i'm one fan of yours too!


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Tom Morici
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Very, very nice! Give yourself a A+


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Colin S
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Just to echo what the rest have said, you have been a long term inspiration to me and the rest of the guitar building world for many years. And that guitar shows that inspiration will continue.

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Bravo, Kathy!
Impressive website!

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Dave Anderson
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Nice guitar Kathy, I too really like the Grand Concert size Taylors. Thanks for showing us the steps you took in completing this one.I like it a lot! Thanks for your great website also.

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I've been waiting with you until you could rub out the finish and string it up. Boy, it came out great! Thanks for the years of inspirational luthery.
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Very nice indeed Kathy

I love your website too.
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Wade Sylvester
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Kathy,

"Amateur" Luthier? I think not.
A few years ago I was trying to convince Kathy to drop the "amateur" out of the title of her web site.
I think some of us here would agree. "part time" maybe. but I don't think "amateur" does You justice.

I still love the way you document the goofs you had during a build, as well as the Fixes!

Fantastic work Kathy!

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Thanks for sharing Kathy. The guitar looks great! I have to echo the others sentiments and say you definitely can drop the "amateur". Keep up the excellent work!

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