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Hello Everyone,

My first commissioned build will be delivered this Saturday. Parting is such sweet sorrow!
Here are some pics taken by my talented wife!



























Thanks for looking!

- Ric

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Ric Hollander
Kings Park, NY
http://www.hollanderguitars.com

Nice job Ric ! where is kings park ? jody

That looks pretty sweet Ric!!

I can't think of another I have seen with steel (brass/bronze?) bridge pins. Obviously you like them?

Great job

Shane

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Canada

That's a beauty, and your wife certainly knows how to show it at it's best. I only have reservations about 2 things. The volute seems a little strange and I'd like it better with wooden bridge pins.

Cool... I love the wood combo.

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Congrats on the commission! The new owner is about to take delivery on one fine looking guitar!

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Jim Howell
Charlotte, NC

Sweet guitar! Where did the bridge pins come from? I like the look. Congrats on the next step!

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Chansen / C hansen / C. Hansen / Christian Hansen - not a handle.

Christian

Very nice and clean work Ric and it looks like an excellent guitar that I am sure that the new owner will love!

The pics are great too, kudos to your wife too.

And..... - congrats bro on your first commission too!

Congratulations on your first commission. Great looking guitar. Nice work.

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Waddy

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Wow, great looking guitar! BTW where did you get the guitar stand?

Congratulations,
Max

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan

Thanks everyone for your kind words, both about the guitar and my wife's photos. It's not going to be easy to part with this one.

Jody: Kings Park is on the north shore of Long Island, NY

Shane, Chansen: The bridge pins are Carraco's EZ-Pegs and I love em! These are solid bradd and have abalone inlay.

MaxBishop: I had built a guitar stand a few years ago but the angle was a bit too steep for photos. Nice and safe for the guitar but not right for pictures. That is a Taylor stand I had kicking around. It's nice to look at but it's real easy to damage the guitar when using it, i.e. no padding, just hard rubber bumbers.

- Ric

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Ric Hollander
Kings Park, NY
http://www.hollanderguitars.com

Exceptional work Ric!
The rosettes is STUNNING!

Im sure your customer will be pleased!

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Rick it is a bute.

Now in critique mode, two things that I did notice is the side purfling at the end graft and back purfling at center seam is not mitered. Next time out the gate mitering these joints will really make the end graft and back purfling joints pop and add to the craftsmanship. The other is work on the butt joint of the binding. You go a bit of a gap not bad but noticeable to the discriminating buyer. You might give scarf joint there a try for a near seamless look.

I too am not real hot on the Brass pins. Bone or wood would look much more classic but that is just a personal opinion

Michael,

Thanks for the input. I am planning on mitering the purf joints for the next one as well as tweaking the binding joints. Things seem to move so fast when gluing up the binding! As far as the bridge pins go, I do like them and am getting favorable feedback from folks who see my guitars. My next build will be very similar to this one and the customer wants the brass/abalone pins. As you stated, this is clearly open to personal opinion, and also easily swapped with any other bridge pin as the hole is still your standard 3/16".


Lance,

Thanks!!!!


- Ric

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Ric Hollander
Kings Park, NY
http://www.hollanderguitars.com

Michael,

I forgot to mention that actually there's no gap on the binding. What happened is that the ends got slightly burned a bit when I trued up the ends using the disc on my stationary belt sander. Next time I'll need to be sure and use a fresh disc before starting that process.

- Ric

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Ric Hollander
Kings Park, NY
http://www.hollanderguitars.com

That's beautiful, Ric.
I'm with the Don...I love your wood combo.

Steve

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Wow! Very Nice Ric!!
Very tasteful! I like that rosette too! Great photos!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Beautiful guitar Ric
I am really impressed with the wood choices, the rosette and the general execution. I am not a brass pin lover but those look nice. I am wondering how the increased mass of those pins, when compared with wood, affect the tone of the guitar. It would be an interesting experiment to try some wood pins and see what difference that makes.

John

Excellent! I like the look of the dark contrasting heal cap. Great photos too! Also Ric... I really like your logo/inlay!

long

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Steve, Billy, John, Bob

Thanks guys!

With regard to the sound differencebetween brass pegs vs. wood... I think that would be an interesting test and I'll definately do that at some point. When I do, I will post my findings.

- Ric

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Ric Hollander
Kings Park, NY
http://www.hollanderguitars.com

Ric, That's a very perdy guitar. Great job!
The binding and rosette look very nice and I really like your H logo.

Congrats on your 1st commission!

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