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JasonMoe
 Post subject: My #3 and #4
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:21 pm 
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My #3 I made for my wife. I figured if I made her one, then she won't complain about all the LMI boxes coming to the house. Anyway, it consists of:
Top is Carter redwood-LMI
B&S is IRW-LMI
Neck is mahog-Menards
Madagascar Ebony fretboad with abalone and bloodwood inlay
IRW binding w/basswood lam
rosette is premade russian-LMI
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And my #4 I made in the last 3 weeks. It's my camping/travel guitar.
It consists of:
top is Engelmann Spruce-LMI
Back is Ovankol-LMI
Sides are Mahog-LMI
Binding is Curly Sycamore
neck Mahog-Menards
Madagascar Ebony with pearl dots fretboard, binded in Curly Sycamore
The soundhole rosette was made from a maple stick my son handed me last year. He's 4. He said "Daddy, you can made a guitar with my stick if you want." So I did, I sliced off segments on a slight bias and used them in the ring. We went camping this last week so It got some use. I just finished it the night before we left. We had a nice campfire thursday night. My drunkin inlaws.
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DennisK
 Post subject: Re: My #3 and #4
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:39 pm 
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Excellent work! I love the maple stick rosette on the second one. You are a good daddy to find a way to incorporate that [:Y:] Cool soundhole design too.

The redwood is looking quite nice as well. I like the fretboard inlay. What kind of finish is that on it?
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 Post subject: Re: My #3 and #4
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:09 pm 
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number 3 has a bunch of coats of clear laquer and 2 coats of tru-oil. Number 4 just has 2 coats of laquer. I might do some more work on the shape of the neck and sand it all down again. I can see some glue around the neck and a few spots around the binding.

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Nice, Jason. A couple of beauties! Good work.

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That is the coolest most campfire ing guitar. Way to use the stick, looks so perfect around the bear claw. Good job, very original and pleasing,
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Yeah, Very cool campfire guitar! I love how you did the stick for your son.
excellent work on both. [:Y:]

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Very nice. Now just one point of caution. If you go to a french polish finish, Leinenkugel is not an adequate substitute for denatured alc or Everclear.

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Thanks for the comments. I thought about putting some sort of a light inside the box to light it up at nite. Maybe on the next one.

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Anyone ever put a light inside a guitar? I think it would be kewl to light up a soundhole on a guitar around a campfire.

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JasonMoe wrote:
Anyone ever put a light inside a guitar? I think it would be kewl to light up a soundhole on a guitar around a campfire.


Now there you go Jason...a light inside...me likes that idea also like the paw build...nice size.

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Thanks Padma for digging this back up. :)

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Another point of caution. Drunkin inlaws will not be good for French Polish.
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WHere did you get that Bearclaw figure? Nice work. duh

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I just cut it out with a dremel.

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