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Jeff Doty

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:42 am

Koa

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Hey Everyone,

Well I got the binding on, so thought I would shoot a few pictures. I am feeling like this guitar will turn out to be a keeper.

Ziricote from Bob C., and Caucasian spruce top from Steve at Colonial.

Jeff

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Dave Rector

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:46 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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Great job Jeff! That is some serious zoot!

Is that curly maple for the bindings?

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BruceH

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 3:24 am

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Location: Southern Ohio

Very nice, Jeff! Love that Zircote. What finish are you planning on using?

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 4:55 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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Jeff, looking great! If I may be so bold as to offer some constructive (hopefully) criticism...
The tail wedge bothers me. Why not do it in the same wood as the binding? I think you'll have a much more "professional" looking guitar if you don't route through the tail wedge and run the purfling across the top but rather stop and miter it with the purfling of the wedge. For me personally, as a builder that knows how much work it takes to get really good at this task, I would take much more serriously a guitar with this type of appointments.
My $.02 worth. Do with it what you want. Paul

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John Kinnaird

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:22 am

Koa

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Location: United States

Great work Jeff
The landscaping on that sircote is very pretty indeed

John

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RCoates

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 10:52 am

Koa

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First name: R
Last Name: Coates
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Beautiful Jeff. How was that wood to bend?

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Steve Kinnaird

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 1:30 pm

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Jeff, the top looks like it has bearclaw out the wazoo.
Is that true? And if so, is that fairly common in Caucasian?

And the Zootman has shown again that he well deserves his name!

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Matt Gage

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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:51 pm

Koa

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Location: United States

Nice job Jeff,

love that ziricote, keep up the good work.

Matt

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Colonial Tonwds

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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 2:44 am

Cocobolo

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Location: United States

Jeff,
Great looking guitar! The Zootman strikes again!! I wished I had 100 sets of Ziricote like that :)

Let us know what it sounds like when you've finished it.
Steve

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Jeff Doty

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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 4:43 am

Koa

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Location: United States

Thanks Everyone.

Dave, it is curly maple binding, with a b/w/b purf line on the side.

Bruce, I will use a nitro finish on it.

Paul, sorry the wedge bothers you. Guitar is going to a family member, and they requested ebony tail wedge and headstock overlay, and maple binding. I did what I could to make that happen. "Proffessional" and "serious" denote different things to different folks. Thanks for the input.

Steve, I emailed Steve at Colonial and asked if he had any bearclaw tops. He took the time to look through his stock and sent me that beauty. Not sure if that is common in Caucasian, but this one is gorgeous.

Jeff

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Roy O

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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 6:03 am

Koa

Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:48 am
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Location: United States

Yet another fantastic second guitar from an OLFer in the works. Keep up the good work Jeff.

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LanceK

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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:20 am

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Great work Jeff!
Ya gotta love ziricote! and that set - WOW!

Keep up the good work!

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Bobc

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:32 am

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Jeff that guitar looks great. Very beautiful work. Love that top too. It has beautifull figure. Can you give a few more details? Body type, scale, appont? I will post some pic's on my website Customer Guitars page.
http://www.rctonewoods.rcefaluguitars.com/built_by.htm
Steve I wish I had 100 sets of that ziricote too. Darn stuff is hard to get.Bobc38496.6121180556

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