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It's a great pleasure to have received your beautiful SJ body mold and i just want to say that i am a very excited guy right now, and very honored to have it in my possesion. Michael, you just don't have a clue of what this means to me, it will be well taken care of and the guitars that will come out of it, i hope will make you proud my friend!

Andy, thanks again to you as well for your generosity!

I don't have pics yet but will have them tonight!

This is a real sunny day for me even though it's pouring rain here right now!


THANK YOU!, THANK YOU!, THANK YOU!

Serge
Serge Poirier38849.5278125

Great I finaly got there

Michael, is it made of baltic birch ply? I noticed how light in weight the mold was if i compare to the ply i used before, LOVE the SJ shape, i'll be looking into buying the OLF SJ plan, it will be a nice change from the dreads and the first guitar that will come out of it will be mine, all mine yeah!

It is made of Russian birch. It is kinda sexy curves to it uha! MichaelP38849.6025115741

Yeah, silky to the touch and i'm in luv with these SJ lines n curves whew hew hew hew!

Thanks Michael!

Serge
Don't thank me!!!
Thank John K and the Zootman for making some beautiful guitars that are
worthy of displaying on "Name the Builder"

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Andy Z.
http://www.lazydogguitars.com

Well, i remember how great i felt when you said you were giving it to me Doc! Nonetheless, i agree to thank everyone here along with John K and Superzoot BobC for the motivation they provide with such works of art!

Serge

Here are some pics of my awesome mold!





Instaling the latches



Et voila!



Yup, it was a sunny day!

Looking forward to seeing one soon now that you have the mold!

Mike
White Oak, Texas

You bet Mike, the first one coming out of this mold will be a red cedar top from Shane Neifer and a white ash back & sides from Bob Cefalu, the combo appeared nice and promising at first glance. I have to finish 2 and 3 for Mom and Dad first though!

Serge

Serge

That sounds like a great combo, really looking forward to seeing that one.

Russ

Russell,

I'll be he heading to the shop soon, what i'll do is put the untouched parts on my bench and take pics of the combo to give you a taste (avant-gout)of what it looks like when side by side. Thanks

Serge

Here ya go Russ, feel free to suggest any accents, i'm not there yet si i'll take it all into consideration!

Serge

so often I hear "it couldnt happen to a nicer guy" and it couldnt be farther from the truth - well in this case it is true! Congrats Serge - looks very sweet - indeed!
Cheers
Charliewood

Serge

Thats going to be stunning, I love Ash, the bindings will need to be dark, Ebony, Rosewood, Walnut ?

Russ

Thanks Charlie and Russell, both of them woods look very promising for tone, add to it an SJ shape and good bracing and i should have the geetar of my dreams! yeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaw!

Russ, which of them 3 bindings would you use first if it was yours?

i gotta admit i have a penchant for ebony tho!

Serge

Serge

Ebony would be cool the stark Black against the sides and top would be nice, two slight drawbacks with Ebony, one it is the most difficult of the three to bend,although with your blanket and bending machine that should be easy enough, secondly the dust from the ebony needs to be handled so it doesn't stain the light woods, I usually keep a seal coat on until final sanding, which is done with an ROS connected to a shop Vac. Ebony is a good material for binding as once on it is strong.

Thanks Russ, sorry for being late here, lookin forward to use ebony on that one for sure!

Serge