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[QUOTE=Mattia Valente] Worked a shift from 8:00 to 22:00, admitted some patients, watched a few operations, stiched someone up, that sort of thing.[/QUOTE]


Hey, Mattia, you need to keep your tang nippers in your pocket while you're at work. I'll bet there are lots of times those things would come in handy.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

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

Worked on my shop, which means at this stage nailing up sheet rock.

On guitars, I coached a student on his guitar.
All I got done (on one of MY guitars) was pulling the tape off of one side of a binding job.
At this rate, I won't finish a guitar until 2009.

But it was a good day!

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Whoaaa - productive day team!!

I'm tired just reading the progress!

Mattia -- I sincerely hope your wing is up to your day job.

Good night all and God Bless!

Bob, it's a tight waist L-00. I made a Fox stlye bender and got a blanket from Blues Creek, I followed the directions on John's site and waited and waited for it to heat up,BUT, John never not once said to plug in the blanket! So I finally did and I think that all the water evaporated because I pratically caught the side on fire. I FINALLY got one bent tonight. WEWWW! Clinton

Bought a small plank of Jatoba, converted a section to fret board size, slotted and glued to the neck who's fret board was hot knifed off around last midnight. Fed the deer and went to Sandy's holiday dinner party.

It looks like the glue job went well. Clamps come off in the morning ;>)

Nothing at all

Scratched my leg last weekend, got a staph infection that's laid me out since Thursday.

Pity, it was a long weekend here I was planning on building guitars for three days.

Now I'm feeling better, just in time for work tomorrow

I played with my new toy!!

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Tickle your guitar daily, and it'll tickle you back.

John that is too cool! And, you've just got to respect a guy who French polishes his cam clamps.

I take it those necks are for the bodies you showed us last week? Your little ladder braced "Stella-ettes"?

Coolin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Nothing in the shop, I'm waiting for a new dust collection system to be delivered on monday, so I'm a bit inactive.

However, my wife and I gave a recital to the local classical music society, my wife played some violin solo's while I played some lute and guitar bits, about an hour and a half altogether. Seemed well received, my wife trained at the RCM and used to play violin with the LSO so she's pretty good.

We might make instruments, but we only make them so that we can make music!


Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Stableford Competition

33 points

Finished the front nine with par,birdie,par,par then fell to bits on the back nine.

Guitar building is my relaxation - not golf

Cheers

Bob

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

I spent part of my day at Guitar Center. The wife said she wanted to get me that Marshall thingy-whatever that I've always wanted for my birthday. I need another guitar amplifier like I need another hole in the head, but it's kind of like the Harley thing; no one buys it because they need transportation.

She had a little bit of sticker shock, and to be honest, so did I. Did they always cost $2k for a half-stack?

Guess I'll have to settle for that new Ping Rapture...mmmmm.....composite.....   

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John Watkins
CNC Guitar Parts

I finished a classical neck and kerfed an OM body. Then I helped 25 other people do the same thing.

Let's see

1. Braced a top on my go bar deck
2. Shaped the braces on a back
3. Installed kerfed lining
4. Added side support braces

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Matt Jacobs

"Don't tase me bro"

Rosette at the moment. Managed to get my cittern sides & back down to 2.5mm, will bring the top to thickness once I've done the rosette, which isn't exactly being done very quickly.....

Have been experimenting with some Santos Rosewood, but the stuff splits like crazy when under the jeweller's saw. And this is even at 2mm plus thickness!!!

Managed to obtain some top quality santos rosewood for a faceplate. Dunno about a headstock logo this time, I guess I'll keep it plain, even the truss rod cover will be simple.



I dunno about anyone else, but isn't walnut an extremely GOREGEOUS wood to work with? I can really abuse the stuff, and it just complies to my troglodyte attempts to do something useful with it!!!Sam Price39110.4401041667

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I dunno about anyone else, but isn't walnut an extremely GOREGEOUS wood to work with? I can really abuse the stuff, and it just complies to my troglodyte attempts to do something useful with it!!![/QUOTE]
Sam, Yes walnut is a beautiful wood to build with IMO.In fact my next is going to be walnut with a Lutz top.This will be my 1st walnut guitar ,I've heard it is very nice to work with.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Well, after overcoming my fear, and my over-preciseness, I finally have gotten around to installing the herringbone purflings on the top, and the maple bindings on the back. I should have time this week to install the maple bindings on the top. For the most part it went very well. I now have something new to deal with though. Seems the binding did not marry up to the back in a few small areas. I pulled that tape as hard as I could. In fact I broke a couple in the process. In one spot I used a bar clamp to snug it up, very lightly of course. If your wondering, did I pre-bend the bindings. The answer is yes. I suppose I will have to fill it with something.

By the way, has anyone tried this before?

I use a wood burning stove for heat in my shop. It has a 6" single wall flue pipe.

I looked at the pipe, and it was hot!
I looked at the maple, and it was good!
I said to myself, Myself! Go for it!!

Sure enough, It worked like a charm! I think the only thing I would do different next time is to make the bindings a bit thinner before I bend them. That may very well be why I have a few cracks between bindings and back.

Robert

“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”
robertandsons39110.4576736111

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Everything has beauty, But, not everyone see's it!

Installed 14 frets, (need to re-saw the lower slots)
Shaped and cut the nut and installed
Strung her up and took her to a huge jam session. Got lots of positive feedback on the "hybrid". The bass players liked the fretless zone near the sound hole
My buddy had a Rick Turner classical electric. Wow it sounds great!

Kurt

Today I started filling and decided that I will

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use the pumice method ever again!

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"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

Wooha a lot getting done here :)

I am well into my very first build which is a Stewmac 000 kit with a dovetail neck in mahogany and rosewood.

Today I...

Tidied up some ropey binding channels with an uber hsarp chisel and a knife and i am pleased to say they are looking a lot better now and I am not so worried anymore...phew.

Took the width of my fingerbaord a bit more narrow with my shooting block

Put a cool looking wave effect at the end of muy finger board. Not too traditional I know but i wanted my wife to have an input into my 1st so i asked her how i should shape the end (rosette) of the fingerboard and that's what she came up with which is cooool :)

Oh I also put my first ever fret into a practice fingerboard...first time nice job

Barry

Wrong window post moved snood39110.6525

Did final setup on #4 and packed it for shipping, rough carved a mando plate, and cleaned the shop. Time now for a nice glass of Barolo, and decide what's for dinner...

-Mark

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Pullman, WA

The more I know, the more I know I don't know.

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Lance and Dave---->>>>>>> Awesome gitters guys!

Today was much better than yesterday. Family healthier, no more gastrointestinal displays

Got the reassembled flamenco body cleaned up, glued in the label, fitted the back. Set aside to do the neck geometry and work on the fretboard til later.

Bent sides for flamenco #2, trimmed them up and got them fitted to the top and neck block. Oops - ran out of reverse kerf linings, which I love to use for the back sides on the classical/flamencos. Oh well, productive day anyway.

(I'm building a pair of flamencos following the Reyes plan from GAL. One for a good friend (and my former mentor/Ph.D. advisor) and one for me. He gets first choice.)

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

Thanks Serge and Hesh! I got my neck almost finished up today,just a little more sanding and I'll be ready to start filling and spraying some lacquer

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755