Official Luthiers Forum!

I had a guy come over to "play-in" a couple of guitars for me. Hey a half and hour or so on each is a lot more time than that had before tonight. Anyway he brought along a Froggy Bottom 12 fretter (very nice little guitar,) an Osthoff Dread (well he likes it (ok me too)) and this other really cool guitar.

I took a couple of photos of it.



The guitar played and sounded really nice and it is really a unique instrument. I know a few of you will recognize this one. Koa neck ... cool, very cool.

I thought Walnut, then Koa, heck, I'm not sure. Love the flamed three piece neck, clue us in JohnO.

Great Pics by the way....

what a killer kinnard!

_________________
John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

I built that, a knock-off of a Kinnaird.


Which brother? It sure is a beauty!

_________________
"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."

Definately a kinnard. It really looks like Steve`s work. I don`t remember seeing it in Steve`s shop but it could be. Come on guys ,fess up! Which one did it?

Ok,Ok, I must tell the truth.
My brother built that.
It is sweet, isn't it?

Steve

_________________
From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Yea it is sweet and to see this guitar up close and personal, that is always fun.

The whole guitar is really nice but the koa neck is just cool. The guy who owns this said he practically "stole" it. I don't know what he paid (actually I think he did some trading) but he is very happy. Who wouldn't be.

The guy who owns this Kinnard has lots of guitars including 2 from us OLFers. Who's next?

Congrats John on that nice guitar. It is a little road worn, but still looks really great (i think it is 4 years old) Once again nice work.

Wow, that neck really is nice but the whole guitar is just...fine. I was betting on Steve just based on the headstock shape but I do think I remember John posting some pictures of the ribbon inlay. I'd be more than happy to own that one.

_________________
Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

Thanks guys
Yup, That's one of the kids that has been away for a while. Steve and I share that headstock shape and may put it on our colaborative effort. (That's up to steve since he is building the neck) That is the best photo I have ever seen of that particular instrument. Way better than mine. Is this the result of work lights, umbrella reflectors and velvet? I have started accumulating those items already.

John

Yea John I had my photo stuff out when the new proud owner of that guitar came by, so I threw it in the holder.

Notice on the back shot by the tuner you can see the holder (fishline.) I only erased the stuff on the top and did not get to fussy.

Nice guitar John.

I never even noticed the fish line until you pointed it out. So John you suspend each guitar in front of the black background. How much space is normally between the back of the guitar and the black velvet background? Did you use photoshop to erase the line?

Yup I just have a loop of fishline suspended from the ceiling, (I musta got that idea indirectly from Frank Ford.) I guess it is about 12 inches from the wall maybe a little more, so that when I shoot the guitar on angles i have the room. I have a small arm that come out from the wall above the backdrop and I have a small piece of wood attached with a kerfing clamp to it. The small piece of wood has slots in either end and I run the fishline through that. Then by adjusting that little piece of wood, I can set the angle of the guitar for the shot. It does still take some time for the guitar to stop swinging.

Using the clone tool in the software, I just copy the backgroud next to the fish line to get rid of it.