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Its been a while since I posted--I'm going in for knee surgery and thougth I'd take some pics before I'm off my feet for a few days.
This is a lightly quilted mohogany back/sides with a Sitka top, herringbone rosette and top purf, EIR w/b/w binding, Koa and black back purf. One piece hog bolt on neck, EIR headplate, ebony fingerboard with Martin style gold lip pearl diamonds & squares, Ebony Martin style bridge. Gold LMI fret wire, gold Grover Sta-tites. She still needs alot of scraping and sanding, but I'm very please the way she came together--no real issues on this build. It's braced very lightly, and I've been playing with a new bracing pattern si it will be interesting to see how she sounds. I'm guessing it will be a very well balanced mid rangy type sound, but we'll see--I was going for the vintage look with a more traditional type sound.
Hope you like it.

Very nice!

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[QUOTE=Hesh1956] Hey guy good luck on the knee surgery and if you have a lap top take it with ya and check in with us from the hospital. The OLF is even more fun on morphine.....

Your guitar is looking great. What are you planning for the finish?

Nice work! [/QUOTE]
Not sure yet Hesh, I might send this to Tony?

Well Done Scott! Great looking HB Dred mate. Good luck with the knee op, hope your back at it soon.

Cheers

Kim

Nice looking guitar Scott!

Hope all goes well with the knee surgery too. Hope to see you posting a lot more when you cant do anything except sit around.

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Reguards,

Ken H

Thansk for the kind words guys--my knee surgery turned out GREAT! I've had no pain whatsoever so far--I'm limping to the shop to knock on some pretty wood.

Fine looking dread.
Here's a question for those who use herringbone:    

Should the h'bone around the rosette point clockwise, as does yours, or should it run counter-clockwise? I've seen it both ways (and I really don't care if there is a proper way), but I like your solution best.

Steve

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Steve, I copied a Martin--the HB purf also ran from bottom to top with the arrows going towards the upper bout an each side. The rosette also ran clockwise on all guitars I could find in my Martin history book