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Well my first 12 fret dred anyway, and my first guitar of Brazilian rosewood.

This guitar has an Adirondack top, Maple bindings, brazilian f-board and bridge. Every piece of the guitar was hand fabricated by me,ummm except for the bridge pins and tuners that is.
I have the pick guard on order.

I will be bringing this guitar down to the A.S.I.A. symposium, so please stop by my table and check it out.




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sorry about the poor photo quality. These pics really do not do justice.

thanks for looking.
Matt

Beautiful Matt - It looks you went to the "Way back Machine" for that one! She has Vintage written all over it. WEll, hows it sound!

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it sounds and plays awesome...my best effort yet, i think.

Yupp, vintage all the way... I didnt even bind the finger board, I almost beat it with a chain for authentisity!

Great work Matt,
I am beginning to really appreciate the simplicity of pegheads like you did on this one. They are just elegant and functional looking and seem to not be hiding anything under a mound of purfling and inlay. Nice! And that joint on the butt end, executed in maple looks flawless.

John

Hey Matt,
Did you get most of that wood from Steve? I really like that Guitar....Simply beautiful!!

Nice looking guitar, Matt. What are the tuners? What is the finish? I look forward to hearing at ASIA.

Brian,   Yupp, colonial tonewoods through out except for the top, which was one that I got from Tj a couple years ago. The dark patch`s on the back actually have a green colored streak running through it. unfortunatly my camera just dosent pick it up.

John, Thanks on the peg head. I love slotted peg heads, but from a players stand point I find these much easier to work with. I like the looks of the Laravee guitars very much, I noticed they rarely bind their peg heads. On mine, my headplate veneer is only .060" so i really dont have the depth for binding anyway.

Tom D.,   Hey Im glad to hear your making the trip down.
The tuners are Waverlys W/ iviroid buttons. I love them. The word "Positive" really is a great way to discribe them.

thanks guys

Great job Matt! Your work looks flawless, and the choice of curly maple binding really sets it off.

Are you planning to install an end pin? I ask because I didn't on a couple of mine and it's the first thing everyone asked about.

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cool man cool

Great looking guitar Matt. Can't wait to see it in person.

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Very nice Matt, can't wait to see and hear it.

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Matt,

I love it! Wish I was coming to ASIA so I could take a closer look.

Where did you get the 12 fret dread plans?

Jeff

That's a fine looking guitar Matt. Good luck at A.S.I.A. wish I could be there to see it in person.

Very nice work Matt!

Nice Job my man.

That guitar really captures the "idea" that you had when started to put that together.

Oh by the way the finish looks totally awesome dude.

Keep up the good work.

JO

Thanks a bunch everyone,

Dave, thanks for reminding me about the end pin.
I almost forgot.

I am really looking forward to meeting you all.

p.s. My work is definitly not flawless, I have much to learn in all areas. Always willMatt Gage38492.5772569444

Matt, Really nice. I'm a fan of the "understated elegance" look, and this one certainly has it.

Yeah, Matt--what everyone else said. Beautiful!
That is one of my favorite body shapes, which gets me in trouble w/ the president of LINT, but what would a classical maker know about shapes anyway?

By the way--no id on the peghead. Who made that thing?

SK

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Very nice and clean. Congrats...look forward to seeing it up close at the A.S.I.A. symposium.

Matt: Great looking guitar (as usual) I bet it's a cannon.

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Dang... I can't wait to play that thing at the ASIA Symposium!

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