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K2KEM

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:47 am

Mahogany

Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:53 am
Posts: 40
Location: United States

Very Nice! thanks for sharing the picture....I think after all the postings, I'm convinced my next guitar will have WALNUT!

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Dave Anderson

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:49 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:11 am
Posts: 2761
Location: Tampa Bay
First name: Dave
Last Name: Anderson
City: Clearwater
State: Florida
Zip/Postal Code: 33755
Country: United States

Hi Karen,Welcome to the OLF. Good luck with your first build.As the others have said walnut is fun and easy to build with so enjoy!

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Clearwater,Fl. 33755

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mikev

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:42 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:17 am
Posts: 338
Location: United States

dave, did you post photos of those parlors here. If not you can't mention them.

No really I was was just given 2 walnut boards over 1" thick by 12" and was concidering a parlor after my archtop. Or a walnut archtop, or both..
Mike

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peterm

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:51 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:05 pm
Posts: 3350
Location: Bakersville, NC
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Karen, I will post some pictures tonight when I get home!

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Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

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Dave Rector

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:39 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:07 am
Posts: 2281
Location: Jones, OK

Mike, I posted a couple of pics of one of them. The second was almost exactly the same, except for a slotted peghead.

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

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peterm

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:02 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:05 pm
Posts: 3350
Location: Bakersville, NC
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Here is the one I am in the process of finishing...just got the pores filled and spraying hopefully soon!
Grand Auditorium Walnut with Sitka top and Maple bindings

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

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Terry Stowell

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:08 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:53 am
Posts: 1584
Location: PA, United States

HANK! You've GOT to get a better picture! That's not funny in the least! Poor Form! Poor form!

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Rick Turner

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:15 pm

Koa

Joined: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:13 am
Posts: 1398
Location: United States

Walnut is fantastic instrument wood. We make a lot of guitars with it, and it's also been fantastic for tenor ukuleles for tops as well as backs and sides. It's a joy to work with and looks just great; even the more boring stuff is less boring than mahogany! The only issue these days is expense. Walnut has gotten more expensive than Indian roswood by a long margin.

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Evan Gluck

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:32 pm

Koa

Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:35 am
Posts: 728
Location: United States

Welcome Karen,
Great forum, I only repair guitars and don't build but I like walnuts if that helps. My wife likes cashews but they sound awful, no bass response

Evan

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Serge Poirier

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:13 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:32 am
Posts: 7774
Location: Canada

Striking Walnut you have there Hank, i second Terry' suggestion for a better pic, you're a real tease!

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Terry Stowell

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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:09 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:53 am
Posts: 1584
Location: PA, United States

Hank? Haaaannnnnkkkk?

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JJ Donohue

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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:47 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:50 pm
Posts: 4662
Location: Napa, CA

Welcome, Karen:

I also found Walnut a joy to bend, carve and finish. Here's a Parlor Guitar I finished last year... Zootman Walnut.

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Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

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Serge Poirier

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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:03 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:32 am
Posts: 7774
Location: Canada

i can't breathe!

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charliewood

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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:09 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:33 am
Posts: 1518
Location: Canada

WOW - that is some beautiful azzzz wood - I havent seen much in the way of custom built w/walnut up here in Cananada, but I can see the merit in it via OLF - OMG!

Cheers
Charlie

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SniderMike

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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:21 pm

Koa

Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:08 pm
Posts: 1018
Location: Denver, Colorado

Hi Karen! I'm so glad you finally joined and brought some female energy. (My apologies if there's any other women here, but I haven't seen any postings by one yet)

Note to everyone else: I am in Sr. Wingnut's class with Karen as well. She is a great person and her first guitar is looking totally sweet!

Mike

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"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

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Robbie O'Brien

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:27 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:23 am
Posts: 2353
Location: United States

Wow, it looks as though this Sr. Wingnut nickname might stick!

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Dave Rector

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:05 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:07 am
Posts: 2281
Location: Jones, OK

Could be a movie in this somewhere...Sr Wingnut and his amazing high-tech glue spreading device.

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Rector Guitars

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SniderMike

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:31 am

Koa

Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:08 pm
Posts: 1018
Location: Denver, Colorado

Yeah, you are kinda like a super hero, Robbie. Your glue spreading device could glow, throb, and shoot glue onto evildoers

Mike

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"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

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Larry Davis

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:47 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:40 am
Posts: 600
Location: United States

[QUOTE=JJ Donohue] Welcome, Karen:

I also found Walnut a joy to bend, carve and finish. Here's a Parlor Guitar I finished last year... Zootman Walnut.

[/QUOTE]

Wow!! Is that walnut crotch? If so how was it to work with? Did it lay absolutely flat or a bit of potato chip? Any extra special bracing?

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HankMauel

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:46 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:23 am
Posts: 267
Location: United States

[QUOTE=Terry Stowell] HANK! You've GOT to get a better picture! That's not funny in the least! Poor Form! Poor form!

[/QUOTE]

I warned you that I was NOT a photographer. That was a real quicky, taken in my living room a long time ago. Let's try another from a different guitar:

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Robbie O'Brien

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:17 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:23 am
Posts: 2353
Location: United States

hahahaha, you guys crack me up!!

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KevinA

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:23 am

Mahogany

Joined: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:15 am
Posts: 82
Location: United States

OK, what inspired Robbie's new moniker?KevinA38814.7176041667

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BlueSpirit

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:58 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:38 pm
Posts: 697
Location: United States

Welcome Karen. Walnut is a fine wood for guitars. Take the plunge!

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Steve Kinnaird

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:32 am

Contributing Member

Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:45 pm
Posts: 4337
Location: United States

[QUOTE=Dave Rector] Could be a movie in this somewhere..."Sr Wingnut and his amazing high-tech glue spreading device".

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Sounds more like the name of a rock band.

SK

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http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

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JJ Donohue

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:27 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:50 pm
Posts: 4662
Location: Napa, CA

Larry...That set of walnut was the zootiest set that Bob C. had at the time. It was and continues to be as flat and stable as any wood I've ever used. It was thickness sanded to .085"... pore filled with Z-poxy and finished with KTM-9. I used the bracing scheme called for in the Scott Antes plan.

Sometimes ignorance is (was) bliss. Now you've got me worried!!!

Should I be worried or has the critical time passed?

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Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

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