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So, I mentioned this in the "on your bench" thread.

this guitar is a pay it forward project as a thank you to all those folks who have given me free wood & stuff over the last year.

the recipient will be a young worship leader who needs a decent guitar.......

OK, NEARLY done.

still have to fit the under saddle piezo and strap button/jack socket.

Then fine tune the set-up, lower the nut a hair and the saddle about 2mm.

I'm REALLY pleased with this one!!

OK, summing up,

Body Walnut
top Sitka Spruce
Neck Mahogany
fretboard rosewood
binding & tail wedge mahogany
bridge rosewood
saddle & nut Bone
rosette leopardwood.

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Nice lookin guitar you got there !

I notice you have a pickup and equalizer installed there, what kind is it?

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Ken H

Martin--

Great looking guitar and a fine way to put some positive energy into the world. Kudos!!

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Jim Howell
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Nice guitar Martin.  Beautiful wood too.  A star for your kindness and thoughtfulness.

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I notice you have a pickup and equalizer installed there, what kind is it?

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it's an Artec eT-4 it put the et-5 in a previous build and it's pretty good (brilliant considering how cheap!!)

it has a built in tuner which is fun too.

BTW, all the wood excepth the fretboard and top were free. the walnut & mahogany came freom the shopfitter's skip and the rosewood bridge used to be a coffee table!!

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oops edit from, not freom

anyone notice the little blooper whenre the back joins the neck?

I was routing the binding channel and had cut out the sides from the neck pocket and the cutter dropped into the hole making a groove into the back.

I marked a balanced curve then cut it to 1/3 depthe of the back with a dremel in a mini router stand & glued in a patch. once the glue was dry I planed it flat with the back.

I really reckon that tas the skill increases the means of covering our mistakes increases too!!

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Very neat job there Martin. 

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Wonderful guitar and a very kind and generous deed.

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[QUOTE=martinedwards] BTW, all the wood excepth the fretboard and top were free. the walnut & mahogany came freom the shopfitter's skip and the rosewood bridge used to be a coffee table!![/QUOTE]

One coffee table to one bridge?

Sounds like my kind of wood working....90% dust and cut offs due to goofs and 10% wood left in the final product

I'm sure you came up with a few bridges out of that coffee table.

OK, OK, the bridge used to be PART of a coffee table

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Martin,

That looks good - they are getting better with each one. It's nice to be able to put them in the hands of people that will love, use and cherish them to death.

I think we need to start "Luthiers Scrapheap Challenge" - two builders, two dumpsters and 2 days to design, make and play an instrument - what larks

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2 days!!!!

as long as that!!!!

I reckon we should have a "how fast can you build a playable instrument" thread (and no a bin lid gong doesn't count!!(

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Nice guitar Martin and very nice thing to do!
Another star ....

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Martin and David...

Give us more than two days!! I've got at least FIVE different hats to wear in the course of the day.....

..and anyway I need to buy some duct tape and a tack gun.....

Oh yeah, Martin, although this is the third thread I have commented on...

here's some more stars....

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Sounds really good Martin.  Great job.   

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Nice guitar, Martin! I love the scavenger approach to wood collecting, & I'd say you did pretty well in the hunt.
And mercy, those are some tight bends in your cutaway. Impresive!

Steve

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