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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:03 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

Here's a little Koa from Colonial Tonewoods.
Nelson

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Serge Poirier

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:08 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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

Whew hew hew hew hew! WOW! i love it!

I want some more of it!

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Don Williams

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:20 am

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Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:25 pm
Posts: 7207
Location: United States

Hey...now you're teasing....let's see the rest of that baby!

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CarltonM

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:39 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:31 am
Posts: 3134
Location: United States

Very appealing, distinctive design. I agree with Don--show us more!

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:05 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

Awe shucks, guys.

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:06 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

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Dave Anderson

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:07 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

Just wettin' our koa appetites eh ? More,More,More.........please

Posting at the same time! NICE Guitar

DaveAndy38853.6319675926

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CarltonM

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:19 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:31 am
Posts: 3134
Location: United States

Beautiful, Nelson! I just know that guitar could make me a star!

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:25 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

I must say thanks to Anthony Zlahtic for walking me thru the koa binding process.
Nelson

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Andy Zimmerman

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:25 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:51 am
Posts: 2148
Location: San Diego, CA
First name: Andy
Last Name: Zimmerman
City: San Diego
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 92103
Country: United States
Focus: Build

Fantastic!!!!!
That is just not fair!!!

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:32 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

RC Tonewoods
Almost forgot Bob, the Zootman for the laminated neck blank!!!
Thanks for the kudos guys.

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Serge Poirier

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:52 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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

Very beautiful guitar Nelson!

Serge

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:02 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

Here's a shot of the Zootmaple!

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:03 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:26 am
Posts: 2556
Location: United States

Nelson, great work as usual. I've admired your work for some time now (in fact I've got two archtops on the bench right now thanks to your inspiration).
Is that headstock unique to this guitar or is that your usual design? I don't recall seeing it before. I like!

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Serge Poirier

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 7:52 am

Brazilian Rosewood

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

Nelson, you Paul and Anthony will get my buggin'you PMs when i start building me one! Incredibly beautiful!

WOW!

Serge

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:02 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

Paul--This a new headstock layout for me. It's wider than my previous 7-stringers to be more in proportion to the wider neck. (2 1/16" nut)
P.S. Better not forget credit to our daughter, Stephanie,for the photography.
Check out the babes!

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Pwoolson

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:04 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:26 am
Posts: 2556
Location: United States

Yeah, that headstock would be fun to bind

You are a glutten for punishment. But it looks fantastic.
Did you make a full "ring" to drop in the chanel or are they individual pieces mitered?

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ATaylor

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:02 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:05 am
Posts: 227
Location: United States

WOW. THAT is a fabulous guitar.

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:24 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

Thanks again, guys.
Paul--The binding is done the old fashioned way as in cut, bend, miter, cuss, cut bend miter etc.

Nelson

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Tim McKnight

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:55 am

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Joined: Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:43 am
Posts: 1532
Location: Morral, OH

Beautiful guitar Nelson. I was admiring your logo "P" and something came to mind. Since you build primarily archtops I noticed the bottom leg of the P looks similar to your F hole. Have you played around with making the entire leg of the P in the shape of an F hole and then add the upper circular P part? If you have settled on a logo then disregard this thought.

Your daughter has a gifted eye and remarkable ability with a camera lens. You must be one proud papa!

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http://www.mcknightguitars.com

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npalen

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:35 am

Koa

Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:19 am
Posts: 1534
Location: United States
First name: Nelson
Last Name: Palen

Thanks for the great idea, Tim!!

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Anthony Z

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 12:46 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:53 am
Posts: 2104
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
First name: Anthony
Last Name: Zlahtic
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Nelson, absolutely stunning! (struggling for appropriate words). Stephanie does great work. What a talented family!

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Brock Poling

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:08 pm

Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 1:20 pm
Posts: 5915
Location: United States

[QUOTE=Tim McKnight] Beautiful guitar Nelson. I was admiring your logo "P" and something came to mind. Since you build primarily archtops I noticed the bottom leg of the P looks similar to your F hole. Have you played around with making the entire leg of the P in the shape of an F hole and then add the upper circular P part? If you have settled on a logo then disregard this thought.

Your daughter has a gifted eye and remarkable ability with a camera lens. You must be one proud papa![/QUOTE]

I think that is a great idea, but it seems to borrow heavily from Tom Ribbecke. He does the same thing with his R.

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Columbus, Ohio
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Larry Davis

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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:35 pm

Koa

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

Got any pics of the back or am I just blind today. Sorry if I missed it somehow.

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