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Hey gang!

Here's my #4, pre-buffing. Thanks to the Zootman for the quilted Sipo back and sides, Tim at AussieTonewoods for the Tiger Myrtle binding, headplate, and for sending the bridge blanks a little big so I can use the cutoffs to tile a rosette! The guitar is for my brother, who originally inspired me to play nearly thirty years ago. The neck is a 5-lam of walnut, Braz Cherry, and some rock maple that I uncovered while going through our late mom's estate....so there's even a little built-in heritage.

Thanks for looking, and also thank you ALL for the insights I gain from this forum.

Jon

Jon she looks GREAT!!!

I really like the Tiger head stock overlay and the Tiger bindings. I think Tiger bindings look very much like snake wood but they bend easier and have no splinters.

Nice job my friend.

Dang, that's nice nice nice.

How about those birdseyes on the back, close to hoot owl size, really incredible wood Bob found ya....

Thanks for posting it!

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Man, that's nice. The overall look is really great.

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Waddy

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Sweeeet, Jon! Could you post a sound clip! For those of you who don't know.... Jon has incredible chops! (Sorry buddy, now the pressure's on.)

btw... how's the little Sycamore guitar coming along?

long

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Ooooh, that IS sweet!
But you left out the most important part: what's the top?
Looks white like Engelmann or perhaps Lutz?

Steve

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Hey thanks everybody!!

Oh yeah, special thanks to Bob Long for making me record! Will see what I can do.

Forgot to mention the top is Carp Spruce...really stiff stuff! Can't wait to hear it when she opens up, although it sounds really full now with medium strings.

One more of the end graft (with only Zpoxy)...will get some decent studio shots when I get it back for buffing.



Bob L., the little sycamore is coming along really well! Just got the first Zpoxy coat on that last night, was interesting to see the colors pop on that stuff. That one's for my 9 year old daughter, had to talk her out of Padauk bindings on the top half and Granadillo on the bottom....eeesh.....so I combined them into padauk/granadillo/padauk with no side purfling. Mixing that all with another tiger myrtle rosette to boot, I was skeptical until I got the thing sealed and a little shellac on the top...hey, it's what she wanted after all.....and who woulda guessed, but the colors all match really nicely!

Gonna be quite yooneek when done, I'll say.

Jon,

That's a very nice guitar - well done. Your brother will love it.

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'Scuse me, I need a new keyboard....

Beautiful!!!!!!

The OLF never fails to astonish me in the amount of beautiful work that is posted here.

Very nice combo Jon ... love those big 'welts' on the back .. shows character !!!! I take it the sipo bends OK ??? I have only used it in a couple necks ...

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Hi Tony -

Yeah, no problems bending whatsoever...and not a lot of moisture required, just a couple spritzs with a spray bottle. Wishing now I woulda done a cutaway!

Unusual cut of wood with those big swirls and all...very pretty.

Thanks for the kind words!

Jon