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Colby Horton
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Below are some picture of my 1st dreadnought. Not my first guitar, just my first dreadnought.
The top is carp spruce and the back stripped sapele. The bindings are cocobolo rosewood. All the wood for this one came from Bob. This was also my first time to do side purflings. The soundhole rosette is red heart abalone. Sorry the pictures are so rough.





These two pics are of my sitka/rosewood SJ. It has been finshed and sanded to 2,000-grit. I have not been able to buff it out yet because I've been touching it up where I had sanded through the finish in a spot.




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Excellent work Colby! Very VERY tight miter joints!
Clean, well executed!

Congrats on a job well done! And thanks sharing!

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Lance said it first. nice miters. Tighter than a well diggers...... Oh I cant say that here


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Nice Job and I reckon you are a natural with those mitres.
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Colby,

That's very pretty indeed. Looking forward to seing pictures of the finished articles!Dave White38614.7178125

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Great work Colby!

And you are what 19-20 years old? Keep up the good work.

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Nice guitars, great workmanship.


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Beautiful. Tell us more about the second guitar.

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Real nice work. I wish my first had been that clean.
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Hey Colby beautiful work indeed. You did that sapele proud. Can't wait to see it with finish.
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Very good work Colby and the purfs are perfect !

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Truly wonderful work Colby, very clean, unfussy and classy. Your wood combinations are perfect. In a few years time when your work goes for $20k were all gonna be able to say, that we knew Colby when he started! You have a natural talent that is very precious.

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Thanks for all the nice comments guys.
Steve, I don't know of much more to say about the second guitar except that I've learned that I hate rubbing through the finish when your so close to getting done.
    Colin, your post especially just makes my day. Your words are very encouraging, thanks.


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Well, ok, let me see if I can prime the pump:
The first pic (of the 2nd guitar) looks quite red. At least on my computer. Even the binding looks reddish. But then the 2nd pic of 2nd guitar looks more like Koa bindings. Right? And the sides look a bit like some reddish Indian rosewood. Is that right?
Those kinds of things.
If you have described this in another post, forgive me. But I really like the looks of that guitar, finish problem or not!

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Wow Colby, those are stunning! I could have sworn they were Kragenbrinks!

Beutiful details, and as others have said, great job on the mitres.

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Man Colby, you've raised the bar HIGH! If I wore springs on my shoes and brought a ladder THAT bar's outta reach for me! Can't wait to see them all together and buffed! Nice work!

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Steve, the first pic of that second guitar is not really true to the color. I see what you are saying about the first one having a red tint. The second shot is more true to the colors. The rosewood may have a hint of red when held in the light but not as much as it looks in that first picture. The bindings are curly koa.

Don, you must be joking. I can't hold a candle to what Lance is putting out there.

Thanks L. Presnall, Though I do believe that your work is just as good if not better than mine.
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Thanks Colby.

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Colby - Incredible work! You have talent far beyond your years.


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Ah Colby, but you're a young pup with all that potential...I'm 42 and nearly dead....I won't live long enough at this rate to catch up with you and even ol' Lance!

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Colby,

So when are you going to open your lutherie school so all us old ferts can study with you? Great work!


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Colby, there looking good like usual. I'm sure you are going to have a long career and be just as successful as you wish to be.

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