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This guitar is a loose interpretation of the Gibson 00, though it is actually a little smaller. Body is Brazilian and the top is Carpathian. The binding is curly maple and there is a black/bloodwood/black purfling line just everywhere. The tuners are gotoh 3 on a plate which I think is a pretty good value in tuners. Thanks for looking.




John Kinnaird38721.9254513889

What a beauty!

Nice looking guitar John!

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Very nice John!

Thanks for sharing the pictures. I really like your guitars. They are good inspiration. I like the bridge.

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Thanks guys. Half the fun of this place is looking at everybody's work.

John

Beautiful, John. I'm partial to slotheads and pyramid bridges...and yours are among the best!

That's gotta be the lightest colored Braz I've ever seen...I like it a lot!

A few questions:
- What finish?
- Can you describe the sound?
- How do you make the pyramids?

Thanks for sharing.

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This one is going to a guy named Lars who lives in Sweden, but not the Lars that is our newest member.

The finish is just plain old Nitro. I get Addam Stark to do it. He does it well

It sounds very full and seems to have good articulation and separation between strings. I am pleased with the sound and I don't cut small guitars any slack

To make the pyramid bridge, I first do the slot and drill pinholes (of course) then arch the bottom of the bridge, and then sand in a curved channel on each side of the rectangular center section to define where it is going to be and separate it from the wings. I have this spindle sander now and using the smallest spindle, which is about the size of a pencil, this goes pretty fast. I used to use a chain saw file.
After that, there is a lot of rasp work. If I had a disk sander or an edge sander cutting the pyramid facits would be easier.

John

awesome guitar John!

Thanks for sharing!

Serge

Hey bro-

Nice as usual. I like the modest use of decoration.
And, you were wise to hide that set of Brazilian from me!
Where did you get that?

KBW

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Really lovely little box John! Your choices in wood & design detail are always elegant & perfectly suitable to the guitar's style. The craftwork is always impecable too. Again, bravo on yet another beautiful instrument.

Skip

John,

Beautiful guitar! It has a very classy look and I love the shape. I'm partial to small guitars, and to my ear they have more character in general. How about a closeup of the bridge?

Best wishes,
Joshua

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It's a beauty John, I bet it sounds great too. How is your finger doing?John How38721.9552546296

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Wow that is so beautiful I literally gasped when I saw the back and the slot head is an inspiration - very nice.

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Thanks mucho guys

Bro this rosewood was sent to me by the customer. I don't think you have been to my house during the wood sojourn here.

John the finger has healed up enough to play guitar again. It still aint pretty though.

Here is a closeup of the bridge.
John Kinnaird38721.9641550926

Very elegant and tasteful.

Ron

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How 'bout a close up of the finger? (Just kidding...I picked our food processor up by the blade over the holidays trying to help my wife load the dishwasher....thin superglue to the rescue! I had to play in church the next day...).

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But what a beauty of a guitar! Maybe you'd do a pictoral of making that bridge for us???

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As usual John, your work is beautiful
Andy

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She's georgeous John. The subtle burst on the neck really adds to the character of this little guitar.

Great job!

Shane

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John
I am building a small parlor, actually an 0 12 fret, so a bit smaller than
yours. I am curious how deep your guitar is? I am not sure how deep to
build this one. I want some depth and bottom end.
Thanks
Andy

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John your work is impeccable as usual. I love evrything about this guitar. Just gorgeous.

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John

I love it, I really like the 12 Fret Clear design I think it really helps the sound on the small body guitars. Love that Bridge too.

Very Elegant.

Russell

Very nice work John keep them coming they're inspiring.

Well thanks guys for your kind remarks.

L.P. I am impressed with your superglue finger repair. I know that hurt to play.

I have no pictures of the bridge making process but will take some and post them. You guys would be very unimpressed. I am such a low tech builder compared to the crowd around here.

Fabulous looking guitar John, beautifully executed - whether high or low tech craftsmanship shows.

Does the bridge position in the lower bout help drive the top better?

That exact design but with the upper bout lowered to meet at the 13th fret would be very cool too.

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