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Outstanding Chris! I'm certainly not surprised, but what a great job you have done. Great finish too.

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Waddy

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Sound Clips of most of my guitars

What a fantastic first. Thanks for posting the pics.

FANTASTIC first guitar. That's a million times better than my first one. Easily.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Really a great job on your #1 Chris
I like your rosette a lot and the cutaway
looks really good too. An all around super first effort!
And that's great that it sounds so good too.
CONGRATULATIONS !

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Chris, I didn't realize that this was your first. Very impressive very impressive indeed! Tell us a little about that headstock logo -- I really like it.

Congratulations on an outstanding job!

Beautiful guitar. You produced a great looking instrument.

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Jamie M

VERY cool geetar Chris my friend. I think that anyone would be very proud to have built a guitar this nice even if it was their 20th!

Chris, That's one to be very proud of.... outstanding first effort! Great rosette, wonderful instrument.

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Peter

Great work, Chris! Very graceful and balanced. Inlay and rosette are stunning.

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It's not the miles ahead, it's the stone in your shoe


In Markham,Virginia

Beautiful work Chris!

Nice Guitar Chris…any chance of posting a sound clip???

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Rich S

"The inconvenience of poor quality will linger long after the thrill of a bargain has been forgotten"

That's really pretty Chris.
I love Mahog like that...

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Nice job! Looks great Chris! The first of many I hope?

Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Chris that looks amazing, you must be very happy. Redwood/mahogany is a classic combination, should sound like an angel.

I like the rosette particularly, would not have looked so good bookmatched, yes I like that.

I've just started working on a redwood/Cuban mahogany OM, next to Euro, Redwood is my favourite topwood.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Lovely first guitar Chris. Very elegant design and great use of woods.

I look forward to the drunken sound clip. Good luck with the exams.

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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

Beautiful guitar, Chris! Gorgeous tone, and that's got to be the fastest neck on an acoustic I've ever played!.

I will now never, not ever, show anybody MY first guitar!

Congrats!!

Oh ... and will I'm at it ... congratulations on your upcoming graduation from Georgetown! Bravo!!!!

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James Warwick
J. Warwick Guitars, LLC
http://www.jwarwickguitars.com

That is an astounding effort for a first guitar.

That's it- I am taking my first to bits and reharvesting the parts!

Somebody said that redwood/mahog sounded like an angel, that really appealed to me. I have some redwood, now what is the very best mahogany can people recommend?

Thank for your reply, Chris.

I am guilty of acquiring different tonewoods over a couple of years and have neglected mahogany....

Honduran I think is nigh on impossible to import into the UK- although I think Cuban is available SOMEWHERE, need to go and do some research.

Now I know why the chap at the scrapyard was charging me £150 for a 8ft x 2ft x 6" chunk of 100 year old 'hog.

As for the bling, it doesn't matter too much to me- I keep seeing this redwood/hog combo coming up as a great pair and really want to build a guitar made of this one day.

I blame your beautiful guitar for starting a relapse of WAS again....

Wow, that's superb.

My redwood will be multi-piece, as it was from a seriously QS redwood giant loom my principal gave me from work.

Very nice. I like the rosette a lot, and the redwood looks great.

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Mike

"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

Sam, don't forget that due to the CITIES restrictions getting Honduran or Cuban from the US is not now a legal possibility. I'd probably call the usual suspects over here and get a couple of sets of Honduran while it's still at a reasonable price. Luckily I've got enough sets to see me out, both plain (my favourite) or fiddleback. Cuban is no longer a reasonable alternative as the last logs apparently came into the UK in 1928! Dave and I have just ordered some Cuban that was imported in 1908 and is thought to be 150 years old, just don't ask the price!

Sapele or Khaya, though not mahogany, are good alternatives.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

Colin, you've made me proud. I'm glad we're able to offer you something from this side of the pond!

However, that said, I did see a number of redwoods growing in the west of Scotland......

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Colin,

I will make some phone calls this week to the UK guy I can trust. I cannot believe the last import of Cuban was 1928, that's astounding. I thought Honduran was the only restriction. Learn something new every day!

That 1908 Cuban is going to be something special . No, I won't ask the price, it's just not the ettiquette!!

Beautiful guitar!!!



well done !!

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Reguards,

Ken H

Great looking guitar. I really like the top, great color.