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Thats a mighty fine lookin porch picker

                                      Red

Todd, that sure looks good. It's kinda ironic, A spruce pattern Mahogany...ho hum and yet you'd pay a whole lot of cash if it had a Martin logo on it.

Nice work Todd, I always look forward to your posts.

Nice lookin guitar Todd!  I'd be proud to sit ont he porch and pick it a while

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Ken H

A fine looking comfort guitarr.  Very nice, and clean looking.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Finally, somebody posts a photo of a guitar with a proper body size.      And a beautiful one at that. Something inspires us to build, right? THAT is what inspires me.

Love those dreadnaughts - and notice I spelled it out completely!!

Bill

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Maple on Mahogany is a nice touch! I like the leopard pickgaurd. Clean Git!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

An awesome traditional guitar Todd! It really does invite one to the porch for a bit of pickin'

Shane

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Canada

Todd,
thats a realy beauty.
i think it was you who also posted a pic of a OO made using some of Shane's lower grade Lutz a while ago , and what i notice every time is that your top also have that amber-ish tint to them that makes them so look so warm and good.
care to share what it is that you'e doing there?

Udi.

Todd,

Nice guitar and a great place to play. If that's the one you showed with the binding ding then your repair skills are first class along with your building skills.

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Excellent work, nice guitar. Keep up the great work. First class OLF builder, eh?   

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The Porchlight Special. Nice work there, Todd. I like that amber tint, must try your method sometime.

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Wow todd ,very nice.I just now saw this post.I`ve built one very similar to this that is my favorite all time guitar.     What a beauty,
                      James

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James W Bolan
Nashville Tennessee

I'm a dread diehard and love that guitar, Todd. Man, front porches and guitars sure do go together. I pick out on my porch swing a lot.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

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

Yes Todd it`s the one with the wooden guard pictured in my avatar .Yeah it`s really sounding great.Your absolutely right about the quality of sound we seem to be able to achieve.I`ve had several top notch musicians here in Nashville,who are mostly vintage Martin owners that have played this guitar and saying how much they like it.Makes it all even more worthwhile.
                               James

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James W Bolan
Nashville Tennessee