Official Luthiers Forum!

This is the little sister to my Dragonfly. Its a small signature body, 15.5 lower bout, 25.25 to 26.25 multiscale, lots of shell as you can see, bearclaw top, customer suplied braz B&S, 5 pc mahogany neck, braz headplate and backstrap, braz bridge, gold/ebonoid 510s.
armrest and ribrest are spanish cedar, then tinted dark brown. Binding is braz, purf lines are blk/blue/blk except on top, its blk/paua/blk. Has a stylized phoenix inlay at the 9th fret, in green and red ab.

_________________
Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Holy MACARONI Tony, do you build one a day!

This is one of the most beautiful guitars i've ever seen, are you trying to seduce me in following your courses? Just to make things clear between you and me, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW OKAY! SO STOP IT!

That wood is just marvelous, i'm jealous with envy of playing it, how's the sound bud?

Serge

Really well done Tony, love the hole guitar or is that whole guitar...anyway, love the port and rib rest buddy, any chance of a closer look at that, and maybe a run down on how you go about fitting it, or is that un-fitting it?

Cheers

Kim

Very pretty. Beautiful wood, attractive use of offseting on the peghead and bridge. Like your double neck Koa a while back, it's very inspiring.

BTW, how does the bridge placed at that angle effect the sound? Or is that more for aesthetic purposes?

Gorgeous! 'nuff said...

_________________
I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Holy Wow... Again!!! Stunning work Tony.

Lovely!!!

Shane

_________________
Canada

Sure doesn't get much nicer than a BRW/bearclaw multi-scale.

I hope you still have that one around when I stop by next week.

Josh

_________________
Josh House

Canadian Luthier Supply
http://www.canadianluthiersupply.com
https://www.facebook.com/canadianluthiersupply?ref=hl
House Guitars - Custom Built Acoustic Instruments.
http://www.houseguitars.com

Tony, really pretty.
And, as one who has labored over the appearance of something as simple as a "K", let me say that I like yours!

Nicely done.

Steve K.

_________________
From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

WOW

There is nothing I don't like about that guitar.

_________________
CVT Inc.
A tour of our shop (Somewhat outdated)
My Personal eBay profile. BCWoodBug

Wow is right!

wow.

Gorgeous.

_________________
Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Tony, great looking guitar, didnt you just post a different finish? If you did, you are faster than a train, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound

Mike

Tony, that thing is sick. B-E-A-utiful!

Ross

She's a real beauty!

Mike

_________________
Mike

"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

Actually this one was sent ot the client out west a few weeks back, I just never got around to editing pix down to size until yesterday.

I have a rather large mp3 of the guitar, I need to figure out how to snip it down, then I can post that too. The guitar sounds very nice, jsut not as much bottom as a full size body, but its still all there. The PU system was client supplied, he uses a Fishman saddle to drive a Dtar preamp, with the bass boost, so the bottom is really stunning when plugged in, no worries there.

The bridge hsa to be angled to meet the scale requirements - remember this is a multiscale, or FanFret for you Novax folk.

As for fitting the ribrest, its the same as doing an armrest, just more curves to deal with when fitting the rest block internally, more hassle when shaping it internally as the neck block and changing grain directions mean you have to carve in different directions for the curves, then you have to S shape bend the binding pieces. Other than all that, its cake !!! I added internal veneers to reinforce the sideport area, double black on this one, no other colour lines like I sometimes do. Simply cut to shape and glue in with a foam lined caul. Then use a template to cut the hole. I have one to do this week, so I should take some pix of hte template - its pretty simple to make up. I route that in once the sides are kerfed, before the top and back go on.

here is the innards of the back and sides ...

_________________
Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

As you can see, there is a bunch in behind on the wall awaiting binding and such .. just to the right is the padauk one I finished this week !!! And a cocobolo signature multi awaiting binding on the left - its one of the next to do once i get three more bods together this week .

_________________
Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Tony you do nice work.

Tony, i'd never be able to work for Taylor or Martin factories but i sure could work for a guy like you and learn, learn and learn more!

Thanks for sharing so much beauty!

NICE!!

WOW!

_________________
Give me 50 cents worth of regular.
Check my oil too, if you don`t mind,,,

Serge, I think he DOES do one a day!

Tony, you are SMOKIN'!!!

Whoa .... tastier than Deluxe french fries and a chicken on the bun (a little Sudbury humour).

Tony, That is just awesome.

You Rock Man.

_________________
My Facebook Guitar Page

"There's really no wrong way, as long as the results are what's desired." Charles Fox

"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson