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Very Nice Larry.

I like your little birds !

I'm intrigued by the pin positions on the bridge shot, what the theory behind setting the little e back ?

WOW Larry!!
Lay it on us Brother...I love it.
Really nice looking guitars for sure.
Can you tell us a little about them? Please?

Say I noticed the Tortise binding.
I have been trying to find some GOOD Tortis binding...Where did you get yours????
I bought some from Martin and was very disappointed. Too dark, not enough multi-color.

Super job!

Walter WalterK38669.7059837963

Great job Larry, I really like your rosette!

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Dave,

Believe it or not, that was to cover a mistake in the original layout of the rosette!    I've since started using only Green Select Ab in the inner ring and with the Greven rosette cutter, I set it up the one time, and now don't have the problem of laying one out wrong!    Thanks for the compliments! Now let's see one from you!

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Walter,

The binding came from Stew-Mac...I don't believe LMI was carrying the binding at the time...(if they even are now )...the first guitar is a sitka/mahog Grand Concert shape, RW f/b, MOP "dove" inlays..(Ok, so they're the dove shapes from my Headstock logo!)...sounds like you'd expect from a small bodied sitka/mahog....pretty good, but won't knock you backwards...the second is a sitka/sapele Grand Concert shape, Ebony f/b, and the interesting headstock is a result of DROPPING the neck in the laquer stage, right on the corner of the headstock...oh, what to do!??...So, grind of the corners and hope it looks okay to it's future owner!    It did!!      The 3rd guitar is a sitka/EIR OM for a promising contemporary christian artist...RW f/b, plain "dot" inlays...but was the first time I used side purfling...I really like the look of it, and will try to side purfle (is that a word?) more in the next batch...thanks for looking! I just love the edification/comments/critique/wisdom on the forum!

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Dang Larry! Do you ever STOP! your kicking out some seriously nice guitars! Thanks for sharing, and PLEASE hog all the BW you want!

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Larry, forget the guitars, those are really nice pictures!
Looks like something one would see on the Martin web site.

And yes, falderal aside, the guitars look super as well. I like your shapes and the very clean look.

Nice job--er, jobs.

SteveSteve Kinnaird38669.9511805556

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Just a trick of the light! The little E is right in line with it's brothers!

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Larry, Well, I'm just now starting on my first OM so It will be a while before I can post some pics. You seem to be really knockin em out quick. Keep up the goood work

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Good work, Larry. Those are beautiful. I'm also impressed with your photography. I have a heck of a time getting pictures right. Bob C knows all about my inability to use a camera. I send him a lot of out of focus, blue hued, and mostly dreadful shots. I'm getting a little better each time, and shots like you posted here make me want to read a book, maybe!?
Great Work!

Sharp guitars! Good picture quality also.

Dave, Blue, and Colby...well, these guitars have been completed for a little while, and I have been just waiting for the photos to get to me...a graphics designer buddy of mine took these along with the first batch (the ones posted on my website)...so, I can't take credit for the picture quality!    He did show me how to do it tho, and conceptually it's pretty simple...as little artificial light as possible, only 2 soft white bulbs in "trouble light" fixtures...get near a window for the rest of the light...then photograph against a piece of unfinished drywall for a neutral background...then photoshop for a little artificial shadow and you're done...thanks also to Paul Woolson for helping me learn to drop out undesirable backgrounds with photoshop...so, the next batch of photos will be mine, and I hope for 1/5 the quality of these!

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Looks great Larry. I'm gonna have to get out there and see you. you can probably teach me a few things. I gave the OM I made to Bruce Carrol, christian singer-songwriter at our church. I have to pick it up today to fix some buzzing strings.

Hey Jimmie! Then you must go to Hope!? I've never met Bruce personally, but hear great things about him from Jim Cole...Jim's been to Life Church a few times and is great friends with Bruce...by all means come on out! I have one more trip this month and am off afterwards for the rest!

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Nice work, Larry. When are the next dozen due?

Bruce, 3 in the molds right now that aren't spoken for, and 1 to start that's already sold...plus I gotta fix that dang truss rod that a "professional" setup/repair guy broke on the OM I delivered a few months ago... ...but it's still better than doing most anything else I can think of!

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