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That's some killer looking Maple, David. Beautiful work, as usual.

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Waddy

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Drool... Very nice David.

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Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

Nice Dave-as usual!
I have some Bosnian curly Walnut that I just started a Flamenco with.

Hey-what make tuners are those?

Mike

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Mike Collins

Nice Dave-as usual!
I have some Bosnian curly Walnut that I just started a Flamenco with.

Hey-what make tuners are those?

Mike

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Mike Collins

Hey Mike,
Those are the Alessi "Sanfeliu" model in white brass. $500. direct from Nicolo.

Lovely work David, as usual. The top has some amazing character, Euro?

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/

Probably some of David's extra fine OLD Growth German Stash!

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Waddy

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Indeed Laurent it's from "Bezdez"............
.....Hey Waddy, have you got that top I sent you primed for something soon? <grin>

That's wonderful, David.
Fine job on the maple.
Love to hear your thoughts on its sound...especially how you would compare/contrast to rosewood.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Thanks Steve, one of the things I did to keep the response of this guitar closer to a rosewood one was to increase the relative thickness of the back.
I make a rosewood back from about 2.3-2.5 mm depending on species (Brazilian thinner, E.I. thicker). This one I left at a full 2.7 mm and would have left the sides slightly thicker than normal but decided to keep them at 2mm anticipating they might be difficult to bend. As it turned out they bent like butter but since my client had purchased this set from Germany at fairly high expense I didn't want to take any chances.
This guitar soundwise compares quantitatively to my rosewood guitars (soundclips recently posted at http://www.guitarsbydavidlaplante.com ) in terms of brightness, balance, loudness etc. Qualitatively it might be a tad drier sounding with slightly fewer overtones.

David, when I quit screwing up practically finished guitars, I'll pull out that top and the Brazilian!

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Waddy

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Looks excellent! Funny I am working on a maple guitar too and my rosette has the same interlocked meander combination like on your bridge! Great minds..

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Build log

That's a beautiful guitar, David. I love everything about it.

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Ken Franklin
clumsy yet persistent
https://www.kenfranklinukulele.com

I love it David. Very nice indeed.
Walter

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Walter Lay
"It's taken me so long, but now that I know
I can see. All that I do or say, is all I ever will be"
- Billy Joe Shaver

Beautiful guitar, as all yours. Is that a slot in the saddle between the 3rd and 4th strings? Clinton

No, the saddle is one piece. It's just the interface between the ramping of the saddle for intonation. The right (treble) section of the saddle (looking at the photo) is ramped diagonally back from the high E to the G string providing progressively more compensation.
The ramping repeats on the bass side from the D string to the low E.
Here's a shot of another guitar of mine which shows it better:

David, did you do FP with the bridge already attached?

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Walter Lay
"It's taken me so long, but now that I know
I can see. All that I do or say, is all I ever will be"
- Billy Joe Shaver

No, the bridge is polished off the guitar and the top is polished without bridge or masking in the bridge location. The bridge is located (I use two locator pins through the saddle slot) scribed around and the finish is removed underneath.

Thanks for that picture David. That's interesting, your site has some wonderful insight and recordings. Clinton