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Here are some pictures of what I'm working on. I hope to have them finished within the month. Theses are my first post Somogyi course guitars, so I am pretty excited about hearing them. This is the first time I had a clue on how to voice a guitar. I hope it works out like I planned.


The first is an Oak, Manzanita, Engelmann, OLF SJ. The White oak is from the Zootman.














Here is the other one. The OM is Adi on EI Rosewood, Afzelia burl and bloodwood trimming.

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Man those are nice.     Learning something new like that, then having to wait for fruition must be a killer.  You know they are gonna sound great though, don't you? 

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Waddy

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Very nice, Steve!! I'm anxious to see how that oak looks all finished as I'm building an OM with a set from Bob right now, too.

Ron

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Very cool. Your work looks very sharp. The wood combos seem to work very well to.

[QUOTE=WaddyT] You know they are gonna sound great though, don't you? 
[/QUOTE] The weird things is, I do. I hope that doesn't sound arrogant, cocky, stupid or anything like that. These are my seventh and eighth guitars. I've never known how to voice a guitar. Through Irvin's course, I think I have a clue. For the first six, I didn't have much of a clue. The tap tone on these 2 sound good to me, deep, full rich, warm, better than my others.
Still, like anything else, there is some doubt, so I can't wait to get the strings on.

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Thank you Hesh, Waddy, Ron and Donovan for your kind words.

One question. Would you butt joint the fretboard binding like I did, or put a 45 degree cut on those joints?

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Hi Steve,

The guitars look very nice...I think the joint looks fine, although a 45 might be a bit softer and a tad more refined looking.

Glad to hear that you think these are going to sound better than the previous one's, that's encouraging!!


Cheers,
Greg

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Wow Steve. They look great. I'm also anxious to see the oak with finish on it. As for the fretboard end I would miter your next one. It gives a cleaner more polished look.

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OK Miter it is from now on.
I had some weird thought that these joints might be more
stable, but the more I thought about the more I thought
a mitered joint, which does look better, would also be
more stable.

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Hey I see you got that headstock inlay done from the picture! It looks good from the picture!! Nice job in all those pictures actually. Very clean work!

Christian

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I'm with the others on the mitering of the FB binding.  Hiding that end grain would give future ones a little cleaner look. I don't know about stability.  As if I know what Im talking about.

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Waddy

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Very nice Steve.
I hope you are happy with the tone. I think you will be pleasantly suprised.
I love the look of the binding and rosette

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If I was using a butt joint, I would reverse what you have and let the long sides overlap the end piece. The end grain would be much less visible. But a miter would make it nearly disappear. Your joint looks very well executed, though.

Ron

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Very tasty work my friend!

I've been watching your build threads elsewhere and have really been
enjoying seeing them come together and watching your growth.

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I know exactly what you mean when you say you know it's going to sound better than your pre-Somogyi guitars. I just closed the box on my first (besides an existing one I re-topped) a week or so ago and the sounds coming out of it are pretty amazing compared to my efforts of the past. I can't wait to get strings on it.

So who's the person on the headstock?

[QUOTE=lex_luthier] I know exactly what you mean when you say you know it's going to sound better than your pre-Somogyi guitars.
[/QUOTE] I am always anxious, but more so this time. But this time it is with a bit of confidence rather than wonder.

[QUOTE=lex_luthier] So who's the person on the headstock?
[/QUOTE] The guy I'm building the guitar for wanted a tribute to his grandfather, whom he gives credit for his inspiration in music.

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