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Here's a few more shots of the TTM/Lutz SJ taking shape.
Each time I look at this stuff--and work with it--I want more. This really is some fine wood.

Here's the finished look at the tail wedge. Binding is now complete:





This next shot shows the back purfling going in. Against the better judgment of our British peers, I decided to purfle the back with the same pale abalone as the top.





Next, a shot of the peghead w/ Tig.Myrtle:





Holes drilled:





And, roping on the peghead binding:





The first coat of sealer went on yesterday, and it is looking good. Shots of that next week.

Many thanks for looking,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Nice looking work Steve!  I'm getting anxious to see the final product

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Reguards,

Ken H

Wow, Steve, that is going to be a beauty!! I really like that wood and your binding at the tail look impeccable. Excellent work. Peg head is GGRREEAATT!!

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

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

Ooooohhhh la la!

That is pretty wood. Neat peghead too.

What will it look like under finish, can't wait to see it. bd

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Very nice! Can we get some pics of the top?

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

Steve,

Nice looking guitar, but don't stare at that peghead too long, I think it might induce a seizure!

Looks like it is coming along just fine Steve. That pattern on the headstock looks pretty special.

regards

Tim

Steve,

That's looking really nice. I love the headstock shape and the Tyger Myrtle figure there. It's great when your creations are held together by bits of string - the simple ways are often the best

I hope those shellfish gave you a good meal as part of their artistic sacrifice As one great (but slightly mad) English visionary wrote:

TIGER, tiger, burning bright   
In the forests of the night,   
What immortal hand or eye   
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?   

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?   
On what wings dare he aspire?   
What the hand dare seize the fire?   

And what shoulder and what art   
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,   
What dread hand and what dread feet?   

What the hammer? what the chain?   
In what furnace was thy brain?   
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?   

When the stars threw down their spears,   
And water'd heaven with their tears,   
Did He smile His work to see?   
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright   
In the forests of the night,   
What immortal hand or eye   
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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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

Thanks mucho, guys!

Ken, you and me too!

Ron, THAAAAANKS!

Bruce, you get a wee idea of the "finished" look on the 2nd and final shot. That little band of sealer painted on for protection gives a hint of the final appearance. You only have to use your imagination...

Peter, they be a'coming.

Rob, good to see you show up! And thanks for the warning... I'll spray the lacquer with my eyes closed.

Tim, what can I say? You're the man!

Dave, thanks. I'd nearly forgotten that little poem. I should get Craig to inlay that in the fretboard.

Thanks again,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Looking great Steve.

I can see a map of Tasmania in the top of the peghead. There are also two figures in the wood directly above it that would represent King and Flinders Islands.

If you aren't that familiar with Tassie check out a map on the net.

It's quite uncanny.

Cheers

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

Steve that is going to be one awesome looking guitar!

Looks very,very nice Steve! Your work as always is
so fine.It's going to be a beauty! I like how you
tied up the headstock binding. Neat.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Beautiful work as usual Steve. Hopefully when I come to see you it will still be there.

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Matt Jacobs

"Don't tase me bro"

Many thanks, fellas! Your support is--as always--greatly appreciated.

Bob, I will indeed check out the map. Does this mean that I can charge extra for this feature?   

Hesh, thanks buddy. Your previous Tiger Myrtle guitar is one of my inspirations!

Anthony, I hope you are right. But then, I've come to trust your eye, so...great!

Dave, thanks. Like Dave W. said, the simple solutions are oft'times the best.

Matt, I think it will in fact still be here. I'm not sending this one to Tony. Instead it's getting finished in-house. The hope here is to have it ready for the LINT show. (Chris Jenkins put some effective pressure on me!)

Thanks again guys,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Heh! that's nice, except for the.......

Steve I think it's very retro of you to use tuning pegs instead of those new fangled Waverly things, after a while you get to really like the 1:1 tuning ratio. By the way the strings are supposed to go straight up and down the neck, difficult to play the way you have them now.

Colin

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

....except for the what?
Are you assuming that there is Sitka on this guitar?
Not so. This beauty gets one of Shane's Lutz tops.
(It's enough to make even a Brit proud. Yes?)

As for the strings...point taken.

I'll untangle all that mess and do it right.

Good eye, and thanks!

Steve

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http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Re: poet- Matthew Arnold- do I get a tub of lard?mt

Beautiful Steve,

Can't wait to see this one under a finish it will be outstanding I am sure. Tiger Myrtle is great wood and it certainly does look like you have done that great set justice.

Also Bob is correct, that is a map of Tasmania on the headstock if I ever saw one....and I've seen a few

Cheers

Kim

[QUOTE=larkim] Beautiful Steve,

Also Bob is correct, that is a map of Tasmania on the headstock if I ever saw one....and I've seen a few

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

mt: tub-o-lard is on its way!

Kim: thanks mate!

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

[QUOTE=Miketobey] Re: poet- Matthew Arnold- do I get a tub of lard?mt[/QUOTE]

Mike,

Nice try but no tub of lard It was William Blake.

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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

Another beauty in the making, Steve.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Ooooh, Dave, you just saved my bacon (so to speak).
Do you know what the shipping is on tubs of lard?!
Thanks, amigo.

Arnt, thanks mucho!

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com