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Hi all so so good to be back here. Life had its turns, got me away from building guitars.. Now 11 years later i am back. as most of you know im swedish
but now i am living in Indonesia. So much nice woods here !! .
I would love to hear who of you my old friends is still here ? I just ordered some new gear, table saw, drum sander etc etc etc. look forward to get into the game again and see where it will end this time hh.

Look forward to hear from you all and see what has happened since 11 years

Sincerely, your friend Lars.

Lars! Good to hear from you!

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Nice! Welcome back. Luthiers sometimes get away from it but they always come back, it's a calling isn't it. I bet you have access to incredible wood there wow!

Hey Lars! Welcome back!

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Hi Lars, look forward to seeing more of your nice builds then!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Hi Lars,
I remember you !!! Glad to see you back.

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Simon Fay

glad to see your still around

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

Dang…11 years you say!

so happy to hear from you all. I hope you are have been well and life has treated you good. I look forward to start making siome nice guitarts now and ill update as soon as i have started. let me also know if you need some woods from here. I just bought some really nice local Mahogany look and feel just like honduran they say its called in latin Toona sureni. but i have no clue if this is that or not. but going by the feel and look its similar in texture and feel to honduran. They had 2 slabs that was many years old they said. 13cm thick 2,5m long. taken from the middle section of the tree so it has much quarter lines to it. SO i am good to go for some necks and back and sides soon , just waiting for the machines ..

Question.. Does anyone have any good knowledge about a wood called Trembesi ? is this wood good for guitars ? amazingly looking wood they have lots of here.

last post i made was in 2011 when searching the forum.. SO around 10 to 11 years.. wow time sure fly.

Seems that it's Monkeypod.
Good looking wood, seen it used in quite a few guitars.
https://www.faithguitars.com/guitars/archived-products/product/164-fvtb-trembesi-venus-cutaway
and
https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/faith-neptune-trembesi-397309

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Still here Lars. Welcome back

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Say what you do, Do what you say.

Howdy Lars!!

Hi Lars,

I’m not a member of the old guard, but welcome back all the same.

Michael

I'm still here Lars.
Good to hear you are back at it!

Hello;
I remember you!
Welcome back!
I've been here since 2006.

Mike

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Mike Collins

Hello Lars!
Welcome back! Let's see some new progress posts!
Rob

Hi Lars,
I remember you too. Good to see you back!

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Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

Hi Lars, good to hear from you again!

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Jim Womack

"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. "
Will Rogers

Welcome back, Lars. I remember you and your lovely instruments! Hope you can make some more soon and share them with us.

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"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

Welcome back, I don't post much anymore, but still like to see people's work and solutions to other builders questions.

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Jason Moe
LaCrosse WI 54601

wow so nice to hear from you all. I am also honored to see you remember me and my guitars.. gives me big inspiration !! I have missed all of you. Yes i will start soon to build.. I married and moved to my wife in Indonesia. So i am living like in the Jungle here hhh. I am in an Islamd called Lombok. So beautiful here. and so much cool wood to choose from Maccassar ebony, Amara wood Monkeypod (trembesi) and lots of mahogany. Just cut of 2 13cm thick planks with bark still on sides 80cm wide and 2,5m long look and feel like honduran but its local mahogany Guess the price i paid for all this ? .....100USD including cutting them to workable pieces in the mill. (they charged me 6USD for it .

Waiting for a drumsander and have ordered some tools needed..
Does anyone know where i can buy a drawing of a sidebender machine ?

Again so so nice to be back and talk to you all again.
I will try to update with some photos from here as soon as i am up and running..

Lars.

Here's one, https://cadguitarplans.com/product/pdf-cutaway-guitar-side-bender-plans

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.